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By Bruce Rommel
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The Kent Community Health Center and the new King County Natural Medicine Clinic opens its doors today, although patient and clinic staff will have to make do with slightly cramped quarters for a few days.
The new Natural Medicine Clinic has two naturopathic physicians, an acupuncturist and a nutritionist. The Community Health Center has three family physicians. The combined staff makes the facility the nation's first publicly funded clinic offering conventional and alternative or natural medical services for low-income residents, immigrants, and refugees.
Some final revisions and a city inspection are required for a modular building recently moved to the site of the clinic. " It may be a few days before that building is open, but there is room for normal operation in the remainder of the facility," said Tom Trompeter, associate director of Community Health Centers of King County.
Community Heath Centers operates six clinics in King County outside of Seattle, including those in Auburn, Kent and Renton. The downtown Kent clinic was closed in August and the temporary Kent clinic was established until a new building for the facility is completed next summer.
Until then, the Kent Community Health Center and the Natural Medicine Clinic will be as the temporary site on South 259th Street just east of Central Avenue.
"When the Kent clinic closed in August, doctors were seeing about 200 patients per week," Trompeter said. Those patients have been going to the clinics in Renton or Auburn until the temporary facility opens here.
The clinic serves low-income residents, immigrants and refugees, and those on Medicare and Medicaid assignment. The clinic also serves those who aren't receiving public assistance and don't have health insurance are charged discounted fees on a sliding scale based on household income.
For further information, call the clinic at 852-2866.
Echinacea, Burdock Root, ginkgo biloba...
A unique clinic opens in Kent
By Emelyn Cruz Lat
Liz Sandin had tried pain relievers, shots and other traditional medications for severe recurring headaches, but none had worked.
Yesterday, she visited a homeopathic doctor and received gelsenium, an herb made from yellow jasmine, and it worked.
Sandin's switch to natural cures was nothing new. A 1993 Harvard study indicated fully a third of all Americans had used some form of alternative remedy.
What 's new is that the Metropolitan King County Council has helped to foot the bill to provide the service.
The nation's first publicly funded natural-medicine clinic opened its doors yesterday to low-income South End residents.
The King County Natural Medicine Clinic, 8309 S. 259th St., offers a blend of modern Western medicine and natural practices, such as acupuncture, herbal remedies and massage therapy.
Yesterday, patients crowded into the gray single-story facility for treatment of ailments ranging from headaches to asthma, getting prescriptions filled for herbs such as echinacea, burdock root, ginkgo biloba and freeze-dried nettles -- remedies used to treats various symptoms including migraines, hay fever and gout.
The clinic, managed by Bastyr University officials, has a staff of two family doctors, a physician's assistant, two naturopathic doctors, an acupuncturist and practitioner of traditional Chinese herbal medicines, and a nutritionist.
The County Council approved the two-year pilot project in February 1995, after health-care experts testified at a hearing that alternative therapies such as massage and herbal remedies often cost less and focus more on preventive care.
The county received a $750,000 federal grant to start the clinic.
"Serious injuries and emergency cases such as fractures, strokes and lacerations will be treated by conventional methods," says Marty Ross, the clinic's medical director. Patients with less serious ailments such as cold, constipation, allergies and migraines will be given their choice of traditional or alternative treatments.
"The naturopathic approach works with the notion that the body is a wise organism that in many instances can heal itself," said Jane Guiltinan, Bastyr University's chief medical officer.
Before health-insurance changes went into effect in January, most insurance carriers were unwilling to cover alternative therapies, so most users tended to be more affluent.
The clinic, which is expected to treat 1,700 individuals in the next year and provide up to 7,000 visits, will serve a low-income population that is about 25 percent minority, many of whom are recent immigrants or refugees.
"The clinic has generated a lot of interest in the Russian, Ukrainian, Southeast Asian and Hispanic communities where members are often more accustomed to traditional cures," said Thomas Trompeter, associate director of community health centers of King County, which runs the clinic along with five other health centers in the area.
However, some like Tom Curry, executive director of the 8,000 member Washington State Medical Association the question the county's role in natural medicine.
"I think it's a political issue between the County Council and their constituents," Curry said. "The issue is whether the county should be spending its tax dollars on this type of treatment...(Natural health) practitioners should be held accountable to the same standards as traditional medical providers in terms of proving effectiveness of their treatments."
Clinic officials said studies will be conducted in the next year to evaluate the clinic's success.
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The SEC administers a number of the most important reform measures of the New Deal: the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. In addition it may act as a participant in corporate reorganizations in the federal courts under the National Bankruptcy Act.
The first three of these statutes were passed in response to the pressure for greater protection of investors that developed as a result of the drastic decline in values of securities after Oct., 1929, the revelation of fraudulent and unfair practices in the sale of stocks and bonds, and the widespread belief that such practices had contributed to the severity of the Great DepressionGreat Depression,
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The Securities Act of 1933 is intended to compel full disclosure to investors of material facts about securities offered and sold in interstate commerce or through the mails. It requires that before an issue of securities may be offered for public sale the issuer must file with the SEC a registration statement giving complete information on such securities and on the issuing company. Dealers in securities must provide their customers with a condensation of the data in the statement. The SEC examines the statement and may refuse registration if it appears to be misleading, inaccurate, or incomplete. If registration is denied, the securities may not be offered for sale. However, an approval of the statement is not a finding by the SEC that the securities have investment value, or even a guarantee that the disclosures are accurate.
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is designed to increase the information available to investors and to prevent unfair practices in U.S. stock exchanges. It requires that certain current information be made public on the financial and managerial condition of corporations whose securities are traded in the exchanges. A registration statement containing such data for each listed security must be submitted to the SEC. The act also places the stock exchanges and over-the-counter markets under the SEC's supervision. Stock exchanges, brokers, and dealers must file information about themselves with the commission. Manipulative practices and false and misleading statements are prohibited. Other practices, such as short sales and market pegging, are regulated. Officers, directors, and principal stockholders of corporations whose securities are registered must report all their transactions in equity securities of their companies. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is responsible for regulating by means of margin requirements the use of bank credit to finance trading in securities.
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The Trust Indenture Act requires that securities of trustees meet satisfactory standards, and it also sets up qualifications for trustees. The Investment Company and Investment Advisers acts provide for registration and regulation of investment trusts, investment companies, and investment advisers.
The various laws administered by the SEC are intended to give investors a greater degree of safety in entrusting their money to enterprises than was previously afforded them. With these laws the emphasis in determining responsibility for the quality and condition of goods sold has shifted from the buyer to the seller. However, the statutes do not guarantee investors against loss. It is perhaps no more difficult for them to lose their money than before. The regulatory measures were at first bitterly opposed by the financial community, on the ground that they imposed such severe limitations and liabilities on security issuers and dealers as to impede the financing of industry. Persons aggrieved by the decisions of the SEC have a right of review by a U.S. circuit court of appeals. The original penalties of the Securities Act of 1933 were softened in 1934.
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Wednesday August 14 2019
Monchi has much to prove upon Sevilla return
After a disappointing stint at Roma, sporting director Monchi has returned to Sevilla this summer and Kaustubh Pandey argues he has much work to do.
Many fingers were pointed at Monchi when his Roma failed to make the top four in the Serie A last season. The wishy-washy recruitment from the sporting director was seen as a big factor, as the signings made by the Spaniard underperformed and never lived up to whatever he saw in them. Goalkeeper Robin Olsen became one of the worst signings Monchi has ever made.
But coming back 'home' to Sevilla isn't just a shot at redemption for Monchi. It is a chance to prove that he is not bad as how the troubled Roma stint has made him look. It has been a little over two months since Monchi came back to Andalusia, but Sevilla have already signed 11 players this summer in an attempt to get ready for a return to the Europa League. Monchi and the competition is a love-story that has become famed and it is no coincidence that he is again out to build a squad that can help his hometown side win the title after three long years.
Sevilla have lost Wissam Ben Yedder, who has joined Monaco in a €40m deal. Luis Muriel has joined Atalanta after a very good spell with Fiorentina and his loss is felt by any side that he leaves. Monchi then decided to go head-hunting in the Netherlands to sign one of the most consistent and reliable strikers in that country - Luuk de Jong. The 28-year-old is not as mobile a forward as Muriel but he does bring something fresh to the plate. More like a combination of what Andre Silva - who has returned to Milan - provided and what Muriel offers. And for a of around €13m, De Jong brings reliability and an assurance of goals. He scored 33 times in all competitions for PSV in just 41 games.
What was more concerning than the departure of Muriel was the sale of Pablo Sarabia to Paris Saint-Germain for a fee of €18m as the Parisians triggered the Spaniard's release clause. Quincy Promes, who was disappointing for the club since his arrival, left for a similar fee and Gabriel Mercado joined Al Rayyal in Qatar.
Losing multiple key players can be worrying for any team in the world, but instead of falling away, Monchi helped the side improve. Jules Kounde's capture certainly stands out. The defender was one of the most highly rated defenders in France and is expected to have a bright future ahead. The fee of €25m shelled out is something that will only increase in the next few months as Kounde will certainly be part of Julen Lopetegui's first-team plans.
Diego Carlos, who has joined from Nantes, is expected to replace Mercado right away and with Sevilla playing in the Europa League, him and Kounde will add much needed depth in a side that will need it to go a long way in Europe.
In the duo of Oliver Torres and Lucas Ocampos, Los Hispalenses have players who are ready to take their careers to the next level. While Ocampos had a fruitful spell at Marseille over the last two years, Torres comes to the club after having his career hindered by inconsistency. But Monchi has granted them the first-team places that each need to reach the next level.
Munas Dabbur will surely add impetus when it comes to scoring goals. The Israeli was involved in 53 goals in 48 games in all competitions at RB Salzburg and a fee of €15m is very good business for any club. Fernando- the former Manchester City player - and Joan Jordan add venom to a midfield with Maxime Gonalons, Marko Rog and Ibrahim Amadou having left. Having a player like Ever Banega is an added bonus as he is technically sound.
The foundation is there for the Andalusians to soon take this side to another level and Monchi has played a key role in laying that foundation down. His relationship with Lopetegui is better than how his relations were with Eusebio di Francesco at Roma and that will go a long way in deciding where they will go next season. That side has a lot to gain in European football.
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Caroline: Little House, Revisited by Sarah Miller: A Book Review
Caroline: Little House, Revisited
Author: Sarah Miller
Genre: Historical Fiction, Western
Publisher: William Morrow
Source: This book was given to me by TLC Book Tours in exchange for an honest review.
Synopsis: In this novel authorized by Little House Heritage Trust, Sarah Miller vividly recreates the beauty, hardship, and joys of the frontier in a dazzling work of historical fiction, a captivating story that illuminates one courageous, resilient, and loving pioneer woman as never before--Caroline Ingalls, "Ma" in Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved Little House books.
In the frigid days of February, 1870, Caroline Ingalls and her family leave the familiar comforts of the Big Woods of Wisconsin and the warm bosom of her family, for a new life in Kansas Indian Territory. Packing what they can carry in their wagon, Caroline, her husband Charles, and their little girls, Mary and Laura, head west to settle in a beautiful, unpredictable land full of promise and peril.
The pioneer life is a hard one, especially for a pregnant woman with no friends or kin to turn to for comfort or help. The burden of work must be shouldered alone, sickness tended without the aid of doctors, and babies birthed without the accustomed hands of mothers or sisters. But Caroline's new world is also full of tender joys. In adapting to this strange new place and transforming a rough log house built by Charles' hands into a home, Caroline must draw on untapped wells of strength she does not know she possesses.
For more than eighty years, generations of readers have been enchanted by the adventures of the American frontier's most famous child, Laura Ingalls Wilder, in the Little House books. Now, that familiar story is retold in this captivating tale of family, fidelity, hardship, love, and survival that vividly reimagines our past.
My Review: Caroline is a retelling of Little House on the Prairie told from Ma's point of view. Caroline lives a comfortable life in Wisconsin. She is a mother of two with another child on the way. However, when her husband asks her to leave her cozy home and begin a new life in the Kansas Indian Territory, Caroline reluctantly agrees. Caroline must leave her friends, family, and home behind and head with her husband and two children to an unfamiliar territory. From the beginning, Caroline is beset with hardships. Yet, while she tries to endure the hardships of settling in the Kansas Indian Territory, she also experiences moments of joy and love of her family.
As a huge fan of Little House on the Prairie, I was eager to experience the tale again from Caroline's point of view. After reading this novel, I have come away with a deeper understanding and appreciation for Caroline. While Caroline's role seems to be of a housewife and a mother figure, she plays a much bigger role. She is often filled with setbacks and hardships, yet this is what makes her stronger. She struggles to make the best of her situation. She is very determined, practical, and hard-working. There were a few times where she complains and feels distant to the reader. However, we sympathize with her character and admire her struggle for survival.
Overall, this book is about family, love, loyalty, bravery, and survival. Caroline is a very faithful retelling and in this novel Ma truly shines. All of the other characters are very similar to their counterparts. While it is darker than the original, I found it to be a more realistic portrayal of pioneer life. The book is very well-written, and it is clear that the author did her homework. She made the Kansas Indian Territory come alive. The only thing I did not like about this book was that there were a few scenes that were unnecessary. Still, Caroline is definitely a novel that I would love to reread again! I recommend this book not only for fans of Little House on the Prairie but also for those who love Vengeance of Mothers, Maud's Line, and Into the Wilderness.
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REAKA'S "HISTORY'S MYSTERIES!"
Historical research is always a continuing process! The purpose of this website page is to
raise questions about local history that needs additional research!
It is my belief that historical mysteries can be solved by many resources provided by the
local community. When generations pass on, family history is either passed on or
discarded. Unfortunately, much is discarded by younger family members who have no
current interest in such information.
Answers to "history's mysteries," may lie in a family's genealogy. Therefore, please don't
throw away family records, photographs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, etc.—look
carefully and examine them before sending them to the paper shredder or the trash pickup
service. Or give me a call…..?
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History's Mysteries Number 1
Baptiste Peoria who is noted as one of the founders of Paola has had much history written
about him.
However, while I was helping to put together the new displays at our Miami County history
at the MCHS museum, I ran on to two interesting notes about this man.
If these are true, then these tidbits become part of his and our history:
• Baptiste may have been a black man rather than an Indian?
• He may have also "owned" a slave woman while living in Miami County?
Get to researching fellow historians! Contact the MCHS in Paola if you discover any history
relating to these mysteries!
The town of Paola was referred to by many names. Depending upon whether you were a
Catholic Missionary (maybe from Italy?) or a Native American Indian, a settler, a surveyor, a
Union or Confederate army member, the U. S. Post Office, or a typesetter for in reference
to the community that we now call Paola.
Here is a list that I have compiled from my research efforts:
Battiesville, Osage River Indian Agency, Baptiste Peoria's Trading Post, Wea Village,
Bulltown, Peoria Village, Paoli,* and Paola.*
Get to researching fellow historians! Contact the MCHS in Paola if you discover any new
names from old maps, books, family history, etc. relating to these mysteries! You then will
be shedding more light on our local history!!
Phil Reaka
*Note: Paoli and Paola are both Italian names!
Another mystery during the Civil War is the building of a fort on Tower Street (redoubt as it
was referred to by the military).
The first evidence of such a structure came from a military inspector's report by the name of
Sutton in 1865 and a drawing (see it in the history book that the MCHS published in 2005
on page 36).
The black military map by Col. Drake indicates the location as being on Tower Street in
1864—see the map on display at the museum.
Further research indicates the building of the "fort" took place in late summer of 1864. A
preparation effort to deal with the pending invasion of Kansas by General Sterling Price,
who was in Missouri at that time, was taking place.
The mystery is: where is there a picture of it? Or other records of its existence? Please
contact the MCHS at 913-294-4940 or at museum@mchgm.org or
info@thinkmiamicountyhistory.com if you discover anything?
Get to researching! Contact the MCHS in Paola if you discover any new information relating
to these mysteries! You then will be shedding more light on our local history!!
There was a Union military hospital located in Paola
during the Civil War. The Col. Sam A. Drake military
map found in the museum shows that a hospital
was located about eight blocks east of the square.
One reference below stated that it was a small pox
Does anyone have any additional information
concerning the location of this hospital? Here are
the three references from my recent research
concerning this military facility:
Here is a mystery that is really not a mystery but a little known local fact regarding the Civil
When the Civil War broke out, Ft. Scott was a dilapidated military outpost along the old
military road.
In the very beginning, the establishment of the fort was a link in the development of a
system of defense for the Western border. The route of the Western military road,
approved by congress in 1836, was the principal factor in the location of Fort Scott.
Its main function was to deal with the Native American Indians that were in the territory--
"to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the
frontiers."
"The old frontier military post of Fort Scott had been abandoned for over eight years and a
town of the same name had grown in its place. With the advent of war, the U.S. Army
returned and established a military headquarters in the town of Fort Scott. As early as
August of 1861, the Union Army occupied its former frontier hospital, the adjacent barracks
and stables, and began construction on new warehouses, powder magazines, wells, a
blacksmith shop, an icehouse, a military prison, and over 40 miles of fortifications around
Fort Scott. As the site of a quartermaster supply depot and countless regimental camps,
Fort Scott would become the largest and strongest Union point south of Fort Leavenworth."
"During the four years of war, soldiers from Wisconsin, Ohio, Iowa, Indiana, and Colorado
passed through the streets of town. Some regiments camped only temporarily at Fort Scott
on their way to campaigns in Missouri, Arkansas and the Indian Territory, while others
were permanently stationed here to protect the area. Fort Scott also was home to several
of its own regiments including the 2nd Kansas Light Artillery, the 6th Ks. Vol. Cavalry, and
the 1st Ks. Colored Vol. Infantry. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Indian Home Guards, recruited
primarily from displaced Indian refugees, could even be found among this sea of faces in
After the Civil War ended in April of 1865, the U.S. Army remained at Fort Scott through the
summer. By October, the Army had sold their buildings and military surplus at public
auction, the hospital was closing down, and the last troops were marching home.
Over one hundred years later Ft. Scott became dilapidated again. From 1873 to 1965, the
buildings of the fort were left unattended, and slowly deteriorated.
It was again rebuilt but not for military purposes but as a National Historic site ran by the
National Park Services.
I chose the Wea Creek Baptist Mission east of Paola as my next "History Mystery."
While much is already known about this Indian Mission in Miami (then Lykins) County, there
is apparently no photo of the most well-known name connected to this historic site: David
Lykins.
Here is a brief historical report of the mission site:
Wea Creek Indian Mission
A. This mission was established to serve the Indians who were promised a permanent
home in Indian Territory by President Thomas Jefferson. The Miami, Wea, Piankeshaw,
Peoria, Kaskaskia, Potawatomie, and Shawnee tribes were resettled partly to present day
Miami County, Kansas.
B. Between 1821 and 1856, the Presbyterian Church established nine missions in the
Missouri-Kansas area. One of these missions was established near Wea Creek. The
mission society of the Presbyterian Church contracted to build a log house, one and a half
stories tall. The Rev. and Mrs. Wells Bushnell and Rev. and Mrs. Joseph Kerr and teacher
Miss Nancy Henderson moved into the partially completed mission building on April 17,
1834. By late June the mission house for school and church services had been built, along
with a smoke house, com crib, spring house and other little conveniences.
C. The buildings of the Wea Mission were taken over in 1838 by the Osage (Marais des
Cygnes) River sub-agency of the Department of Indian Affairs. During the summer of 1839,
small pox vaccinations were given at the agency location to 479 Indians from area tribes.
In 1843, the sub-agency was moved to a new location in eastern Kansas and the Wea
Mission was again vacated.
D. In March of 1843 the Indian Mission Association of the Southern Baptist Convention
appointed Rev. and Mrs. David Lykins as missionaries to the Wea Indians. David Lykins, his
wife Abigail Ann Lykins and Miss Sara Ann Osgood established the Wea Baptist Mission.
They began as assistants. The school enrolled as many as 42 children at one time, serving
the Wea, Piankeshaw, Kaskaskia and Peoria Indians. The mission, strongly desired by the
Indians, received substantial financial and moral support from Baptiste Peoria. Except for a
period of eight months, they operated the mission from December 1844 through 1860.
E. As a result of being adopted by the Confederated Indian Tribe and because of the
Federal treaty signed in 1854, David Lykins was given 800 acres of land by the United
States Government. The original patent presented by President James Buchanan included
the Wea Mission site. The Miami County Register of Deeds indicates that David Lykins sold
or conveyed the Mission Site property to Baptiste Peoria on June 3, 1854.
F. Oil was first found in a well in Kansas about 200 yards from of the Wea Mission site.
In 1860, three oil wells were dug in the Paola vicinity. David Lykins joined Dr. G.W. Brown,
editor of the Lawrence Herald of Freedom in obtaining leases on some 30,000 acres for
exploration. The outbreak of the Civil War broke up the drilling operation. David Lykins was
arrested in June of 1861 and upon being released fled to Colorado Territory. He died
August 13, 1864 and is buried in Denver, Colorado.
Rev. /Dr. David Lykins
A. In March of 1843 the Indian Mission Association of the Southern Baptist Convention
appointed Rev. and Mrs. David Lykins as missionaries (first as assistants) to the Wea
Indians.
B. Lykins, his wife Abigail Ann Lykins and Miss Sara Ann Osgood established the Wea
Baptist Mission. The school enrolled as many as 42 children at one time, serving the Wea,
Piankeshaw, Kaskaskia and Peoria Indians.
C. As a result of being adopted by the Confederated Indian Tribe and because of the
States Government.
D. I joined Dr. G.W. Brown, editor of the Lawrence Herald of Freedom in obtaining
leases on some 30,000 acres for exploration & we found oil close to my mission.
Dr. Woodson D. Hoover
A. My partner, Rev. Dr. David Lykins and I practiced medicine at his old mission site
east of Paola. The county was originally named for him (Lykins) before being changed to
Miami in 1861.
B. Dr. Coffey, Dr. Lykins, and I ran an ad in the 1857 edition of the Osawatomie Herald
advertising our medical business to the area.
C. David Lykins was better known than I, but he was asked to leave the area because
of his stand on the slavery issue! I wonder how he liked Colorado.
Now the mystery! We need more local history on David Lykins. He supported slavery and
was later asked to leave the area after the territory changed its political views to a free-
state position. He left for Colorado then. A stone is located in our local cemetery but he is
not buried there. It is only a "commemorative stone!"
• Does anyone have a photo of Dr. Lykins?
• A cemetery did exist at the mission site. Does anyone have a photo and/or additional
information on the cemetery that has mysteriously disappeared along with any of the
grave stones?
If you do have more information to add to this important local history, please contact the
MCHS museum at Paola.
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This is meal #7 in my personal challenge to eat one meal from every country in the world.
This week I used my Great Aunt's dishes for the first time. Her name was Caterina, but we called her Lulla Rina.
Lulla Rina made two of my favorite childhood treats: spaghetti tossed with boiled potatoes and marinara, and braided challah with whole eggs baked inside. She's been gone a long time now but I still smile when I think of those unusual treats.
The day of our Argentine feast, I carefully unpacked the dishes. Many were missing or chipped, but I pulled out what I could and rinsed them under hot, soapy water. My fingers traced along the hundreds of harmless fractures that spidered across the old china, telltale signs of decades of use. She must have served thousands of meals on those beautiful dishes.
I drank Yerba Mate tea from a teacup she'd once drank from and my heart was with her.
Imagine, if you will… aged goat cheese melts like butter into steaming roasted squash. Baby arugula wilts just slightly. Mint-oregano vinaigrette adds tang. Smashed together, these ingredients are gourmet comfort food.
Honestly, the salad is stellar. This weekend I made it with roasted acorn squash. I've always felt pretty luke-warm about acorn squash – given the choice I'd pick a butternut squash for the sweet comforting flavor. However, this salad transforms the acorn squash to craveable, talk of the town kind of food.
Nothing really comes to mind, so instead I'll give you a tip. Make sure you roast your squash until soft, or you'll have trouble mashing the salad together. Also, brushing with olive oil is very important if you do not want a leathery skin to form on the cut end of the squash.
Beef empanadas have a fun "Superbowl Sunday" kind of vibe to them – a party on a plate if you will. The cayenne gave the empanadas a nice kick, while the hard-boiled egg and green onion were a nice surprise (in fact, if you are trying to sneak eggs into your kids diet, this recipe just might be the way to do it).
I am not usually a big beef eater, but in small packets like this I'm a fan. The most frustrating part of this recipe is how long it takes to make. For those who are not keen on making their own pastry, feel free to buy premade pie dough and save yourself an hour of trouble. I almost wished I had.
Chimichurri should be renamed "Garlic Lover's Delight." I enjoyed the fresh parsley and oregano with the garlic but do read my next comment.
This sauce will easily overpower most any food. At first I found myself using only a tiny bit of the sauce, however by the end of the meal I was slathering chimichurri all over the empanadas. A bit like culture shock, this dipping sauce scared me at first but then I grew to love it!
This is a comfort food dish… soft ooey potatoes with sweet corn on top (pureeing the corn actually amplified the natural sweetness a hundred fold). Everyone was a big fan of this side dish – even the pickiest eater will probably be in love.
I found this dish incredibly filling and should have taken a smaller portion. Be sure to serve with foods with crunchy or firm texture or else you will feel like you're having baby food for dinner. I also don't like calling this dish a pie – casserole is much closer to reality.
I've always loved crepes. Especially filled with yogurt and fresh fruit (that's my Saturday morning go-to). I am pleased to have another trick up my sleeve (this can be my Friday night go-to).
My husband had a great idea – to fill these crepes with dulce de leche AND brown sugar bananas (from Antigua and Barbuda).
We served the crepes with hot Yerba Mate tea. I really enjoyed this tea – the flavor was a lot like green tea, but a bit smokier. I totally understand why Argentines love to drink Mate so much!
Instead of following my recipe, I made the crepes to order and filled as I went. As a result, the dulce de leche cooled off (I should have heated it up more after taking it out of the fridge). I wanted this dessert hot. If I'd rolled the crepes up and put them in a warm oven for 10 minutes before serving, there would be no issue.
This week Ava got her first teeth (two bottom teeth – she's 8.5 months). She's in pretty good spirits considering, but she is having a hard time eating. Normally she eats 10 spoonfuls a minute. Lately, she just takes one or two spoonfuls, chomps on her sippy cup for five minutes and then eats another couple of small bites.
Dinner takes a really long time.
It so happens that I almost forgot to feed Ava something from our Argentine meal. When I did remember, we were already 30 minutes into dinner (I guess it's a good thing she's taking as long as she is!).
Even at 30 minutes, she hadn't really touched the potato and broccoli puree I made her. That's when it hit me – she's supposed to sample something from our meal!
I was going to have her try the meat, but it was pretty spicy and I did not want to send her to bed with indigestion. So, she got to try a little of the corn puree from the Potato and Corn Pie. This was her first time trying corn. I mixed it with the homemade puree that I'd already been giving her. She perked up and ate several bites in a row.
I think the sweet corn made her forget about teething for a minute.
That all looks absolutely incredible! As I was reading, I was going to comment that the salad looked like the best part, but I kept reading and each dish sounded more delicious than the last.
The meal was very tasty, and VERY filling. My favorite part was the squash salad. I could make a meal out of this alone!
I realise it's filling! I thought I could either eat a few bites of each or else do one dish at a time. One at a time seems most likely. These days, I don't have the time or energy to make all of those at once anyway.
Chimichurri is s.t.r.o.n.g. Just a bit for me. Our friend Alan went thru his entire portion though.
Crepes were fantastic. The only downside was there weren't 2nds… and 3rds to be had.
Because your blog is so much fun, I'm passing up the Sunshine Award to you. You can pick it up on my blog.
Thanks Ingrid! How wonderful 🙂 I'll be stopping by…!
I made this last night. It was delicious. I used acorn squash instead of pumpkin and substituted Cypress Humboldt Fog as a replacement for the Bucheron goat cheese.
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Who Invented Atari?
The history of Atari began in 1972 when the company was founded by Nolan Bushnell and his associate Ted Dabney. Originally the firm was called Syzygy but Bushnell later changed it to Atari.
Beginnings and Early Success
A year before the company was founded Bushnell hired Al Alcorn to recreate the Odyssey game Tennis for Two. The result was Pong. When the game was released in 1972, it became a huge hit. The Atari Company was founded that same year (the word Atari means go in Japanese. Sometimes it is also translated as to hit the target).
The success of Pong (150,000 copies sold) marked a significant turning point in the history of Atari. In 1975, Bushnell sold the company to Warner Communications.
It was under Warner that the gaming platform attained success. The Atari 2600 was so popular the sales made up a third of Warner's profit for the first few years. In 1980 the Atari home video system made nearly half a billion dollars in sales.
The 1983 Crash
In 1983 sales of video games plummeted in the United States. Atari losses amounted to over $550 million. The following year Warner handed over Atari to Jack Tramiel (former head of Commodore). The Atari St came out and sales peaked at $25 million in 1986.
The next stage in the history of Atari involved its struggles with rival Nintendo. Their rival was winning market share so Atari worked on the Lynx system. It was a handheld console complete with color. The Lynx sold poorly for two reasons. Number one, shortage of components prevented it from being released during the 1989 holiday season. Second it cost twice as much as the Nintendo Game Boy.
Tramiel had also stressed personal computers were Atari's future. Its computer line however, was affected by the unexpected rise of Microsoft Windows. In 1992 Atari released the Jaguar, but it could not revive the company's fortunes. The company also became involved in a series of lawsuits with Nintendo.
Fall of Atari
The history of Atari in the 1990s and 2000s was that of being sold and resold. A company called Sega put in $40 million to gain rights to all is property. Two years later a new division of Atari was setup but it failed. A couple of years later, JTS (which owned Atari) dumped the assets as intellectual property scrap. Hasbro
bought them for $5 million.
In 2000, Hasbro sold Atari Interactive to Infogrames. In 2008, Infogrames bought all the shares of Atari and became sole owner. At the end of the year 2008, Atari Inc (under Infogrames) took over Cryptic Studios.
However there are reports Namco Bandai wanted to obtain a stake at Atari Inc. As of the present time, there is no clear indication as to what direction the company will take in terms of producing or distributing games.
Going over the history of Atari, it's clear that the company is now but a fraction of what it once was. Nevertheless, its contribution to the gaming world cannot be denied.
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Max Dale Cooper, född 28 augusti 1933 i i Hazlehurst i Mississippi i USA, är en amerikansk immunolog. Han är professor i patologi och laboratoriemedicin på Emory University i Druid Hills, en förort till Atlanta i Georgia.

Max Dale Cooper växte upp i en familj, där bägge föräldrarna var lärare, i Bentonia i Mississippi. Han utbildade sig till läkare först på University of Mississippi i Oxford och därefter på Tulane University School of Medicine i New Orleans i Louisiana. Han disputerade på Tulane University 1957.

Han fick Laskerpriset för medicinsk grundforskning 2019 tillsammans med Jacques Miller.

Max Dale Cooper är gift och har en dotter och tre söner.

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Property owners already paying for Governor's tunnels, group says
July 7, 2016 /in California and the U.S. /by Ed Joyce /Central Valley Business Times (Stockton)
The "Zone 7 Water Agency" of Alameda County has been using property taxes to pay for planning costs for the governor's massive Delta water tunnels without a vote by the public, the anti-tunnel advocacy group Restore the Delta says Thursday.
It says it's claims are based on documents released under the California Public Records Act.
Fees for the tunnels were to come from water ratepayers not property taxes..
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BLOG: California's Agriculture Chief: Why Can't We All Get Along?
July 7, 2016 /in California and the U.S. /by Ed Joyce /The Huffington Postby Seth M. Siegel
Among Nebraska's best farm exports may be one of the country's most important agriculture officials, California's Secretary of Food and Agriculture Karen Ross. Raised on a Nebraska farm, Ross knows her way around fields and barns, but has spent much of her adult life focused on farm policy, including stints working for a US Senator and the current US Secretary of Agriculture before accepting her current post.
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House approves Denham bill to protect salmon, eliminate wasteful water usage
July 7, 2016 /in California and the U.S. /by Ed Joyce /The Ripon Advance (Washington, D.C.)
The House of Representatives approved legislation on Tuesday that U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) introduced to address conflicting statutes that endanger salmon in California.
The Save Our Salmon (SOS) Act, H.R. 4582, would strike a doubling provision for striped bass — a non-native predator of salmon — outlined in the 1992 Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA). In the process, the bill would help curb non-essential water usage because millions of acre-feet of water have been flushed into local waterways to help salmon and other native species reach the ocean while striped bass simultaneously feed on them.
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Super-warm seas wiped out an entire underwater forest, scientists report
July 7, 2016 /in California and the U.S. /by Ed Joyce /The Washington Postby Chris Mooney
This year, the tragic die-off of large volumes of coral at the treasured Great Barrier Reef has provided a climate change shock like few others. The cause was too much warm water — which seems to have pushed the corals past a thermal survival threshold. And that warm water, in turn, is tied to climate change.
Now, however, a team of researchers has revealed that another Australian coastal ecosystem that gets less attention — Australia's kelp-dominated Great Southern Reef, which covers a huge expanse along its more temperate southern and southwestern coasts — saw an equally dramatic ecosystem upheaval five years ago.
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BLOG: Leave California's 'New' Water in the Ground
July 7, 2016 /in California and the U.S. /by Ed Joyce /The Union of Concerned Scientistsby Juliet Christian-Smith
In the last couple of weeks, the California media have been heralding the discovery of "new water" in deep aquifers as a possible solution to the state's ongoing drought and water shortages. Unfortunately, the updated estimate of available groundwater reported by Stanford University researchers isn't that new—scientists have long known that there are many deep aquifers throughout the state—and more significantly, accessing these waters would be extremely expensive due to their great depth and poor quality.
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Progress report on Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
July 7, 2016 /in San Diego County /by Ed Joyce /Kern Golden Empireby JIM SCOTT
California is being pulled, kicking and screaming to the point of becoming the last state in the western U.S. to regulate its groundwater resources.
Legislation passed in 2014 sets the stage for an unprecedented effort to balance our groundwater supplies with demand. Thursday in Bakersfield, growers and water managers received a progress report on the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, which promises to be a game-changer down on the farm. At Hodel's Restaurant Thursday morning, stakeholders were digesting what they learned about the landmark water legislation passed in 2014.
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Arctic ice is getting hammered this year and that could affect weather patterns here in the future
July 7, 2016 /in California and the U.S. /by Ed Joyce /ABC10by Rob Carlmark
It's always difficult to imagine how something thousands of miles away will have anything to do with you directly, but we need to do just that with the Arctic because big changes are happening now and big changes are coming.
Let's get caught up with Arctic Sea Ice, if you're not familiar. At the top of the planet, we have a big chunk of the ocean that is frozen and we call it an ice cap.
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Irrigators hope water supplies last through season
July 7, 2016 /in California and the U.S. /by Ed Joyce /Capital Press (Salem, Ore.)
The unpredictable water picture continues to worry farmers across the Pacific Northwest and California as they head into the heart of irrigation season. Water managers anxiously watch river and reservoir leve
Yet overall the consensus that emerges seems to be: So far, so good.
"I'm very pleased with where we are compared to a year ago. That's not to say we won't have lower than normal flows in July and August but it can be managed and we will make it through," said Jeff Marti, drought coordinator for the Washington Department of Ecology in Olympia.
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Tentative Ruling Sets Back Delta Plan
July 7, 2016 /in California and the U.S. /by Ed Joyce /The Independent News (Livermore)
The plan to improve the Delta's natural environment and the efficiency of the state and federal water projects has been put on hold by a tentative ruling from a Sacramento Superior Court Judge.
On June 24, Judge Michael Kenny ruled on clarification motions concerning a consolidated suit aimed at halting the Delta Plan. In his words, the plan is "vacated and invalid."
Although the Delta Plan was created as an environment enhancer separately from the previous plan that included the Twin Tunnels, it still is linked to the Twin Tunnels.
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OPINION: It will take new reservoirs to meet state's growing water needs
July 7, 2016 /in California and the U.S. /by Ed Joyce /The Modesto Beeby Jerry O'Banion and John Pedrozo
These past few years have shown us just how bad California's water situation can be when the rain doesn't fall in the Valley and the snow doesn't accumulate in the mountains.
A lack of precipitation in the Central Valley means reduced water allocations for farmers and a greater demand on groundwater supplies. The fallout is a sluggish economy, a loss of jobs and an increased number of dry wells.
Face it – California has pretty severe weather cycles.
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It's not too often that co-founders, let alone co-founders that were quietly pushed out of the company they created, go out of their way to help their former employer with a product issue. But Palmer Luckey, who started Oculus VR and left parent company Facebook in 2017, is doing just that.
In a blog post, Luckey says he's offering free audio repair kits to owners of the initial consumer version of the Oculus Rift headset, which suffers from a widespread audio cutout issue that Luckey says is caused by a "failure of the complex electromechanical assembly that gets audio from the Rift to your ears." The RR1 kit, for "Rift Repair One," took Luckey less than three hours to design, he says, but he went on to perform intensive testing using…
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As part of the series: Similarities: An Investigation on Hereditary Alikeness which goes beyond generations, age and gender.
As part of an ongoing investigation on hereditary genes and the way they are received from parents and passed on to their offspring, I focus my attention on physical likeness in my Similarities series.
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The process is extremely simple, yet the results are fascinating.
NB: the photos themselves have not been edited on photoshop, I have just made the layers transparent so as to better see the similarities between relatives.


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Khan met Irfanullah and other brave workers and appreciated their efforts.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan commended the endeavors of laborers who walked through waist-deep snow to regulate police vaccinations to kids.
Khan met the specialists who were video-charted propping harsh climate and trekking antibodies to help destroy the devastating infection.
An image was broadly flowed that demonstrated laborer Irfanullah attempting to stroll in knee-profound snow in Swat. Khan met Irfanullah and other brave workers and appreciated their efforts..
The PM additionally talked about systems to destroy the malady in the nation's first across the nation polio immunization battle for the year.
Irfanullah's image increased wide acknowledgment via web-based networking media and netizens commended the polio laborer's assurance and duty. Indeed, even UNICEF Pakistan, in a tweet, had additionally valued the long-separate travel of polio laborers and shared an image of polio specialist strolling through snow, as indicated by reports in Geo TV.
In a report in Washington Post, Pakistan is one of three nations on the planet where polio is as yet endemic.
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<?php

namespace OpenCloud\Common;

/**
 * @deprecated
 * @codeCoverageIgnore
 */
class Collection extends Base
{

    private $service;
    private $itemClass;
    private $itemList = array();
    private $pointer = 0;
    private $sortKey;
    private $nextPageClass;
    private $nextPageCallback;
    private $nextPageUrl;

    /**
     * A Collection is an array of objects
     *
     * Some assumptions:
     * * The `Collection` class assumes that there exists on its service
     *   a factory method with the same name of the class. For example, if
     *   you create a Collection of class `Foobar`, it will attempt to call
     *   the method `parent::Foobar()` to create instances of that class.
     * * It assumes that the factory method can take an array of values, and
     *   it passes that to the method.
     *
     * @param Service $service - the service associated with the collection
     * @param string $itemclass - the Class of each item in the collection
     *      (assumed to be the name of the factory method)
     * @param array $arr - the input array
     */
    public function __construct($service, $class, array $array = array())
    {
        $service->getLogger()->deprecated(__METHOD__, 'OpenCloud\Common\Collection\CollectionBuilder');

        $this->setService($service);

        $this->setNextPageClass($class);

        // If they've supplied a FQCN, only get the last part
        $class = (false !== ($classNamePos = strrpos($class, '\\')))
            ? substr($class, $classNamePos + 1)
            : $class;

        $this->setItemClass($class);

        // Set data
        $this->setItemList($array);
    }

    /**
     * Set the entire data array.
     *
     * @param array $array
     */
    private function setItemList(array $array)
    {
        $this->itemList = $array;
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Retrieve the entire data array.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function getItemList()
    {
        return $this->itemList;
    }

    /**
     * Set the service.
     *
     * @param Service|PersistentObject $service
     */
    public function setService($service)
    {
        $this->service = $service;
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Retrieves the service associated with the Collection
     *
     * @return Service
     */
    public function getService()
    {
        return $this->service;
    }

    /**
     * Set the resource class name.
     */
    private function setItemClass($itemClass)
    {
        $this->itemClass = $itemClass;
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get item class.
     */
    private function getItemClass()
    {
        return $this->itemClass;
    }

    /**
     * Set the key that will be used for sorting.
     */
    private function setSortKey($sortKey)
    {
        $this->sortKey = $sortKey;
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get the key that will be used for sorting.
     */
    private function getSortKey()
    {
        return $this->sortKey;
    }

    /**
     * Set next page class.
     */
    private function setNextPageClass($nextPageClass)
    {
        $this->nextPageClass = $nextPageClass;
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get next page class.
     */
    private function getNextPageClass()
    {
        return $this->nextPageClass;
    }

    /**
     * for paginated collection, sets the callback function and URL for
     * the next page
     *
     * The callback function should have the signature:
     *
     *      function Whatever($class, $url, $parent)
     *
     * and the `$url` should be the URL of the next page of results
     *
     * @param callable $callback the name of the function (or array of
     *      object, function name)
     * @param string $url the URL of the next page of results
     * @return void
     */
    public function setNextPageCallback($callback, $url)
    {
        $this->nextPageCallback = $callback;
        $this->nextPageUrl = $url;
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Get next page callback.
     */
    private function getNextPageCallback()
    {
        return $this->nextPageCallback;
    }

    /**
     * Get next page URL.
     */
    private function getNextPageUrl()
    {
        return $this->nextPageUrl;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the number of items in the collection
     *
     * For most services, this is the total number of items. If the Collection
     * is paginated, however, this only returns the count of items in the
     * current page of data.
     *
     * @return int
     */
    public function count()
    {
        return count($this->getItemList());
    }

    /**
     * Pseudonym for count()
     *
     * @codeCoverageIgnore
     */
    public function size()
    {
        return $this->count();
    }

    /**
     * Resets the pointer to the beginning, but does NOT return the first item
     *
     * @api
     * @return void
     */
    public function reset()
    {
        $this->pointer = 0;
    }

    /**
     * Resets the collection pointer back to the first item in the page
     * and returns it
     *
     * This is useful if you're only interested in the first item in the page.
     *
     * @api
     * @return Base the first item in the set
     */
    public function first()
    {
        $this->reset();
        return $this->next();
    }

    /**
     * Return the item at a particular point of the array.
     *
     * @param  mixed $offset
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function getItem($pointer)
    {
        return (isset($this->itemList[$pointer])) ? $this->itemList[$pointer] : false;
    }

    /**
     * Add an item to this collection
     *
     * @param mixed $item
     */
    public function addItem($item)
    {
        $this->itemList[] = $item;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the next item in the page
     *
     * @api
     * @return Base the next item or FALSE if at the end of the page
     */
    public function next()
    {
        if ($this->pointer >= $this->count()) {
            return false;
        }

        $data  = $this->getItem($this->pointer++);
        $class = $this->getItemClass();

        // Are there specific methods in the parent/service that can be used to
        // instantiate the resource? Currently supported: getResource(), resource()
        foreach (array($class, 'get' . ucfirst($class)) as $method) {
            if (method_exists($this->service, $method)) {
                return call_user_func(array($this->service, $method), $data);
            }
        }

        // Backup method
        if (method_exists($this->service, 'resource')) {
            return $this->service->resource($class, $data);
        }

        return false;
    }

    /**
     * sorts the collection on a specified key
     *
     * Note: only top-level keys can be used as the sort key. Note that this
     * only sorts the data in the current page of the Collection (for
     * multi-page data).
     *
     * @api
     * @param string $keyname the name of the field to use as the sort key
     * @return void
     */
    public function sort($keyname = 'id')
    {
        $this->setSortKey($keyname);
        usort($this->itemList, array($this, 'sortCompare'));
    }

    /**
     * selects only specified items from the Collection
     *
     * This provides a simple form of filtering on Collections. For each item
     * in the collection, it calls the callback function, passing it the item.
     * If the callback returns `TRUE`, then the item is retained; if it returns
     * `FALSE`, then the item is deleted from the collection.
     *
     * Note that this should not supersede server-side filtering; the
     * `Collection::Select()` method requires that *all* of the data for the
     * Collection be retrieved from the server before the filtering is
     * performed; this can be very inefficient, especially for large data
     * sets. This method is mostly useful on smaller-sized sets.
     *
     * Example:
     * <code>
     * $services = $connection->ServiceList();
     * $services->Select(function($item){ return $item->region=='ORD';});
     * // now the $services Collection only has items from the ORD region
     * </code>
     *
     * `Select()` is *destructive*; that is, it actually removes entries from
     * the collection. For example, if you use `Select()` to find items with
     * the ID > 10, then use it again to find items that are <= 10, it will
     * return an empty list.
     *
     * @api
     * @param callable $testfunc a callback function that is passed each item
     *      in turn. Note that `Select()` performs an explicit test for
     *      `FALSE`, so functions like `strpos()` need to be cast into a
     *      boolean value (and not just return the integer).
     * @returns void
     * @throws DomainError if callback doesn't return a boolean value
     */
    public function select($testfunc)
    {
        foreach ($this->getItemList() as $index => $item) {
            $test = call_user_func($testfunc, $item);
            if (!is_bool($test)) {
                throw new Exceptions\DomainError(
                    Lang::translate('Callback function for Collection::Select() did not return boolean')
                );
            }
            if ($test === false) {
                unset($this->itemList[$index]);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * returns the Collection object for the next page of results, or
     * FALSE if there are no more pages
     *
     * Generally, the structure for a multi-page collection will look like
     * this:
     *
     *      $coll = $obj->Collection();
     *      do {
     *          while($item = $coll->Next()) {
     *              // do something with the item
     *          }
     *      } while ($coll = $coll->NextPage());
     *
     * @api
     * @return Collection if there are more pages of results, otherwise FALSE
     */
    public function nextPage()
    {
        return ($this->getNextPageUrl() !== null)
            ? call_user_func($this->getNextPageCallback(), $this->getNextPageClass(), $this->getNextPageUrl())
            : false;
    }

    /**
     * Compares two values of sort keys
     */
    private function sortCompare($a, $b)
    {
        $key = $this->getSortKey();

        // Handle strings
        if (is_string($a->$key)) {
            return strcmp($a->$key, $b->$key);
        }

        // Handle others with logical comparisons
        if ($a->$key == $b->$key) {
            return 0;
        } elseif ($a->$key < $b->$key) {
            return -1;
        } else {
            return 1;
        }
    }

}


Red Steel How to continue?
When I load the game up the profile says 6% complete but I cant find how to jump back into my level. If i go load it takes me to the first mission. HELP!
Mmm thats strange. Are you sure after selecting your profile you are selecting the 2nd option down which is to "load game"
I remember selecting the 1st option (start a new game) and hence started from mission 1 again!
when you get to the second screen, there are 4 icons on the right hand side - the continue mission is the second one (i think). I took me a while to work out what was going on - having to drag items across the screen - just give me a clicky button!
Starting to really annoy me! Definately no continue option.
On startup it says 6% complete. Then I go to my profile. Load game. Then I got slot 1/2/3. Only 1 highlighted. This is the first mission.
I can replay levels (level 2) but even if i do and get to next checkpoint, after I quit I can not continue from checkpoint.
It does say all progress will be lost if i quit the game. But this is correct isn't it? Should load up after checkpoint, or is there a saving method im missing?
It doesnt save checkpoints, it saves the beginning of that level. Therefor turn it off and you start from the beginning of that level again.
It is annoying! Wish it was like Zelda where it saves EXACTLY where you are.
That is SHOCKING. I thought it was me for a minute there. Some of these levels are 30 minutes long, terrible you have to retrace through. Obviously now I'll just turn it off once into a new level, but that is bad. Every game I know (FPS) reverts to last saved checkpoint.
I dont like the replay options in red steel. It can take some time to get through a level especially if you get stuck at the sword fighting sections. I have left the console on over night before so that I wouldnt have to fight thru a section again.
when playing, and you die, you will start again at the last chckpoint. If you quit your session and then play again, you will start at the last save point. A save point is when the spinning disc appears at the bottom right corner, and some tips apear on the screen. My point being that there can be many save points during one mission.
you know those people who give you missions in the bar right, well i did one of them the fish market one and i went up to the same guy who gave me that mission and then it transported me to that same mission again i did, how do you quit the mission?


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GUIDED GRID VALVES
The first of the following two extracts comes from the Practical Television magazine for March 1960 edition of Practical Television magazine. The second artical is from the same magazine but in Dcember 1962 following the introduction by mullard of the PC97 guided grid valve.
A NEW TYPE FOR HIGH GAIN
THE trend in modern television design is to reduce the size of components and receivers so that entertainment can be obtained without the apparatus taking up valuable space. The size of picture tubes is gradually being reduced so that the large screen types need only shallow cabinets. Reductions in the sizes of other sections of the receiver, such as I.F. strips and time base units have been made, but it is only recently that the design engineers have begun to make smaller tuner units.
New Turret
Several new British designs have been announced which are now widely used and a new turret tuner is now being marketed in the U.S.A. and is substantially smaller than other current types. The reduction in size is obtained for the most part by using a new type of valve known as a " guided grid " valve. The new miniature turret occupies only a quarter of the volume of earlier tuners but has a superior performance and, with suitable coil strips, can be used for UHF reception. The tuner is the product of Standard Coil Products Co. Inc., and the R.F. amplifier valve was developed as a result of the co-operative effort of R. C. A. Eland, Director of· Research of Standard Coil Products, and two of the major American valve manufacturers. The new valve - a 6ERS or 6ES5 - is used in the R.F. amplifier stage in an improved version of the neutralised triode or Neutrode circuit.
Additional elements are included in the valve and are connected to the screen grid. These elements are termed by the inventor "the guided grid," and act as shield plates which draw no current (Fig. 1). Their inclusion in the valve reduces the anode-to-grid capacitance, thereby increasing the anode impedance. Radiation from the local oscillator into the aerial circuit is also reduced and with the increased anode impedance the coupling coil in the anode circuit is less heavily damped. As a result, the signal-to-noise ratio of the tuner is improved and its gain is considerably higher.
Although guided grid valves are not available here as yet, no doubt British manufacturers will introduce suitable types in the future. The introduction of frame grid valves in this country has enabled substantial improvements to be made in TV front end design. With these new valves excellent reception can be obtained with simpler, neater, and less bulky tuners and the increase in efficiency enables reception to be obtained even at the limits of the fringe areas.
Triode R.F. Amplifier
Until recent months all television tuners featured a double-triode r.f. amplifier valve connected in the well-known cascode circuit. Recently, however, the new Mullard PC97 triode has halted this convention and tuners are now being made with a single triode r.f. stage.
The general idea of the r.f. circuit is shown in Fig. 23. It may surprise some of our readers to see that the valve is connected in the earthed-athode mode instead of the more usual (from the v.h.f. point of view) earthed-grid mode. The earthed-grid configuration was demanded in past days to avoid instability resulting from the inter-electrode capacities of the r.f. amplifier triode. With the grid earthed, the capacitances are broken up by the grid and feedback is usually avoided.
However, the new PC97 has such a low grid-to-anode capacitance (about 0·5pF compared with 2 to 4pF of the double-triode cascode valve) that the circuit can be arranged in the earthed-cathode mode without the need for elaborate neutralising.
Generally speaking, a higher stage gain can be obtained from an earthed-cathode circuit than from an earthed-grid circuit using the same valve, and since the slope of the new triode is somewhat higher than that of its older counterparts - brought about by the frame grid construction - the overall gain of the new r.f. stage is almost the same as that of the former stages using double-triode valves. Moreover, the noise performance is improved as the result of the valve itself.
The low internal capacitance is achieved by the employment of a specially shaped earth screen situated partly between the grid and the anode assembly, as shown in Fig. 24. In effect, the screen acts as an electrostatic shield between the side of the grid assembly and the anode, without affecting the normal function of the valve.
In essence, the low capacitance means that the stage can be designed with a non-critical neutralisng circuit, and in Fig. 23 the neutralising trimmer is C1. This is connected between the low signal potential side of the anode coil L5 and the grid. By normal adiustment, a signal from the anode is fed back to the grid, and since this is of equal amplitude and opposite phase to the signal reflected into the grid circuit from the anode via the anode-to-grid capacitance of the valve, adequate neutralisa- tion is effected.
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