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Solution to A Puzzle with the Answer A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
Author: Erin Rhode
Yelling: Mark Feldmeier and Erin Rhode
The first thing you might notice is that there are bolded words. Reading in order gives you A HARD DAY'S NIGHT. But you already know this is the answer, so it is not helpful and you must continue on with the puzzle to find the title.
First use the constraints to determine which player was on which team and in which position. There are eight players (the names of pawn characters mentioned in Dramatis Personae of Through The Looking Glass) and four positions (lead [1], second [2], vice [3], and skip [4]) on each of the two curling teams (red [R] and yellow [Y]). Using the fact that red threw in alphabetical order (first constraint), you can eliminate some possible position assignments.
1Y 2Y 3Y 4Y 1R 2R 3R 4R
Fawn X X X
Frog X X
Haigha X
Oyster X
Rose X X
Tiger-Lily X X X
Fawn's constraint tells you that she did not play lead. By the alphabetical constraint, if she was on the red team, her only possible position was lead. Therefore, Fawn was on the yellow team. In addition, you know from Fawn's constraints that the lead on the yellow team always hit T line weight. Reading the descriptions of where the stones went, this is only possible for Haigha and Rose. From Frog's description, Frog was not a skip. Haigha's constraint tells you that the sum of the stones are one less than a perfect square. This is only possible if Haigha threw lead (1+2=3) or skip (7+8=15). At this point, you can use the alphabetical order of the red team to elimate Frog as red second, which allows you to eliminate Hatta as red vice or skip and Lily as red skip.
Fawn X X X X X
Frog X X X X X
Haigha X X X X X
Hatta X X X
Lily X X
Oyster X X
Tiger-Lily X X X X
Rose refuses to yell, and therefore must have played lead or second. (The vice stands in the house when the skip throws.) This means Rose was on the yellow team (with Fawn). Lily was on the winning team, which means Lily was on Frog's team (Frog's shot wound up counting). Oyster was on the losing team, and thus an opponent of Lily and Frog. If Oyster skipped for the red team, this would force Lily to be the vice of the red team (by the alphabetical rule), which puts Oyster and Lily on the same team, which can't be. Therefore, Tiger-Lily was the skip of the red team. Building off the alphabetical rule again, Lily cannot play lead for red and Oyster cannot play second. Lily cannot play second for red, because this would force Oyster to vice on the same team, and we know they are opponents. This leaves Hatta as the only available second for red. Since Oyster only skipped if on Hatta's team, Oyster cannot be the yellow skip.
Hatta X X X X X ♟ X X
Lily X X X X
Oyster X X X X X
Rose X X X X X X
Tiger-Lily X X X X X X X ♟
Assume Rose plays lead for yellow. Because Rose's first shot was a come-around, it could not have been the very first shot of the game, meaning that Rose must have been on the team that had hammer. Since the end was not stolen, Rose must have been on the winning team in this scenario, with Frog. This means Haigha must have played lead for red and that his first stone was an in-turn aimed at the center of the house, and thus (after looking up the physics of an in-turn) must have wound up on the right side of the house. (In-turns spin clockwise and curl to the right.) We know that the yellow lead threw stones exactly on the T line (from Fawn's constraint). If Rose threw the rock directly behind Haigha's stone and landed on the T line, we can use some triangle geometry to deduce where Haigha's red stone must have been.
Note that Rose's rock (yellow) is shot rock in this situation, which is a contradiction. Therefore, Rose cannot play lead for yellow and must play second. From here, and including the fact that Frog and Lily are team mates, all of the positions fall out.
♙
Frog X X X X ♟ X X X
Haigha
Lily X X X X X X ♟ X
Rose X
Because red won (Frog and Lily's team) and the end was not stolen, red had the hammer and the throwing order was therefore:
Haigha (Y1)
Frog (R1)
Rose (Y3)
Hatta (R3)
Oyster (Y5)
Lily (R5)
Fawn (Y7)
Tiger-Lily (R7)
Using the correct throwing order and the descriptions of the stone placements, you can simulate the end and deduce the final stone positions. Start with the lead stones (Frog and Haigha). We know from Fawn that Haigha's first stone (Yellow 1) hit the T line (horizontal center line running across the house), and was an in-turn (clockwise spin; curls to the right) and so sits on the right side of the button. Frog's first stone (Red 1) hit T line weight (i.e. sat centered on the T line, the horizontal line crossing through the middle of the house). It was thrown with an out turn, meaning it was thrown with a counter-clockwise spin, which curls to the left. We don't yet know how far to the left, but we are told it winds up counting, so it ends up closer to the button (center) than any other stone. Haigha's second stone (Yellow 2) also hit the T line, but with an out-turn handle, so it wound up on the left side with Frog's stone. Since Frog's stone was counting, it must have been on the outside of that stone. Frog's second stone (Red 2) went through the house. We don't care about stones that are out of play. After all four lead stones, the house looked something like:
The seconds stones (confusingly the third and fourth stone for each team) werethrown by Rose (yellow) and Hatta (red). Rose's first shot (Yellow 3) curled directly behind an opponent's stone. There's only one opponent's stone in play (Red 1), so this must be the one it sits directly behind. At its closest point, Y3 is 3.5 feet from the button. Since the stones are 1 ft in diameter, this means the center of the stone is exactly on the 8 ft circle (4 ft from the button). Using some basic geometry, if Y3 is 1.828 ft behind R1, the center of Y3 is 2.828 ft behind the center of R2. We know that Y3-R2-button is a right angle, and simple trig (or knowledge of 45 degree triangles) tells us that R2-button-Y3 is approximately a 45 degree angle.
Hatta's stones were both take out attempts. In order to determine which is which, you have to listen to the sweep calls. Hatta threw the 6th (R3) and 8th (R4) stones, which were called as "Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!" and "Whoa! Hard! Whoa!" R3 never has an on sweep call, so it is the stone that successfully makes the take out. The only even opponent's stone to replace at this point is Y2, sitting on the T line.
Rose's second shot (Y4) is 180 degrees across the button from Rose's first shot (Y3). Hatta's other take out attempt (R4) misses and goes out of play. After the seconds throw, the house looks like:
The vices, Oyster (Yellow) and Lily (Red), throw next. Oyster's first stone (Yellow 5) freezes to the stone furthest to the back of the house. This is Yellow 3. (Note that R1 is oh, so, just barely still counting.) Lily's first stone (Red 5) is a center guard. Oyster's second stone (Yellow 6) freezes to the stone closest to the hogline, which is the Red 5 that was just thrown. Lily's second stone is another center guard, this one further in front. After the vices throw, the house looks like:
The final stones are thrown by the skips, Fawn (Yellow) and Tiger-Lily (Red). Fawn's first shot is "the mirror reflection across the center line of the stone furthest in the front of the house." This is Y4 (guards are not in the house). To determine which of Tiger-Lily's shots was which, you again have to listen to the sweep calls. Tiger-Lily threw 14th (R7; "Hard! Whoa! Whoa!") and 16th (R8; "Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!"). The last stone was never called on to sweep, and therefore this is the stone that hogs (i.e. does not go far enough to be in play). Thus, Tiger-Lily's first stone is the biter that hugs the back line. The only place a biter (a stone that is partially on the rings and partially off) can also straddle the back line is in the back center of the house, so this is where R7 must have wound up. Fawn's second shot (Y8) curled to the opposing side of the house as Y7 and froze to the stone up front (Y4). As mentioned, the final shot of the game hogged. After all stones were thrown, the house looks like:
Listening to the sweep calls, they can be be interpretted as Morse code. If the call is to sweep, that is a dash ("Hard! Hard!" == dash dash) and if the call is to not sweep, that is a dot ("Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!" == dot dot dot). Using the two distinct skips' voices for where to break the letter, the audio track breaks down to:
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! == ... == S
Whoa! == . == E
Hard! Hard! == -- == M
Whoa! Hard! == .- == A
Whoa! Hard! Hard! Whoa! == .--. == P
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! == .... == H
Hard! Hard! Hard! == --- == O
Whoa! Hard! Whoa! == .-. == R
Whoa! Hard! Whoa! Whoa! == .-.. == L
Hard! Whoa! Whoa! == -.. == D
or SEMAPHORE ALL ODDS. Treating the odd stones (1, 3, 5, 7) as semaphore flag markers around the button and reading them gives you:
1: == R
3: == O
5: == C
7: == K
... which is the title to this puzzle, ROCK.


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Aftershocks Rattle California After the State's Strongest Earthquake in 2 Decades
Earthquakes, News 6:15 PM
Hundreds of aftershocks rumbled in Southern California on Friday, the day after the region was rocked by the strongest earthquake in two decades, igniting fires, triggering a hospital evacuation and raising concerns about an even more powerful jolt.
Most of the aftershocks ranked in the magnitude 2-to-3 range, with a few in the magnitude 3-to-4 range, well below the Fourth of July's magnitude 6.4 earthquake centered near Ridgecrest, an inland Kern County city about 150 miles northeast of Los Angeles.
That temblor, recorded at 4:07 a.m. (7:07 a.m. ET) Friday, was the strongest of more than 200 aftershocks of at least 2.5-magnitude that followed Thursday's powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake, the USGS said.
The 5.4 aftershock was centered about 10 miles west of Searles Valley and was felt "throughout the SoCal region," the Los Angeles Fire Department reported. The LAFD said there were no immediate reports of damage in the city.
Thursday's earthquake -- centered near Ridgecrest, 150 miles north of Los Angeles -- was the strongest to hit Southern California in nearly 20 years, prompting one city's mayor and later the governor to declare a state of emergency for the area.
Thursday's quake was like being in a movie, Ridgecrest resident Sara Baird said.
"Everything shakes. The whole ground shakes beneath you, the whole house. Everything fell in my kitchen, it's still on the floor," Baird said.
The US Geological Survey said there's a 20% chance of an earthquake of magnitude 6 or higher occurring in the next week and an 80% chance of a magnitude 5 or higher quake hitting the state. But a larger quake isn't as likely, the agency said.
"While it is always possible for large quakes to trigger an even larger quake, most do not," the agency said. "It's generally not possible to determine whether a given quake will turn out to be a 'foreshock' of a larger one."
The chance of another earthquake equally as or more powerful hitting in the next week is only 9%, the USGS said.
An earthquake as powerful as this week's will produce an aftershock as large as a 5.4 magnitude, the agency said, and 10 aftershocks with magnitude 4.4 or higher.
Over the next few days, smaller earthquakes are likely, with up to 700 aftershocks of magnitude 3 or higher, according to the USGS.
Gas leaks, fires, cracked roads in earthquake's epicenter
PAGER -- the USGS's system for estimating fatality and economic loss impact after earthquakes -- estimates there will be between $10 million to $100 million in losses following Thursday's quake.
The rattle was felt from Las Vegas to Orange County and cities throughout California saw varying degrees of damage.
Ridgecrest Mayor Peggy Breeden declared a state of emergency, saying there were five fires and broken gas lines across the city of 28,000. Ridgecrest Regional Hospital was evacuated and about 15 patients from the emergency room were taken to other hospitals.
One resident, Kimberly Washburn, was directing a children's July 4th program when the building began to shake, startling the 65 children on stage, who began screaming.
In Kern County, the earthquake's epicenter, the fire department responded to more than 20 incidents relating to the earthquake and aftershocks, including fires and medical emergencies, the department said.
Over 160 emergency calls in the area caused an "extreme backlog" after the quake, Kern County Fire Chief David Witt said Thursday.
"We have more calls than we have people," Witt told reporters.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom approved an emergency proclamation for the county to address the earthquake and aftershocks.
In Los Angeles, where many felt the ground rolling, Disneyland officials temporarily shut down rides.
In San Bernardino, east of Los Angeles, the fire department reported buildings sustained minor cracks, water mains broke and several power lines were down.
A 4-inch crack opened up in Highway 178, according to San Bernardino County Fire spokesman Jeremy Kern.
Trona, an unincorporated community, "sustained varying degrees of damage" but no injuries were reported, according to San Bernardino County Fire's verified Twitter account.
The strongest quakes in Southern California
The last time Southern California saw such a forceful quake was nearly 20 years ago, when the 7.1 Hector Mine quake shook the Mojave Desert.
That quake struck in the early morning hours of October 16, 1999 and people from Southern California to Arizona and Nevada felt the tremor. But because the quake was centered in a remote region, it caused "relatively negligible damage," the Southern California Earthquake Data Center said.
In 1994, Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley was struck by a deadly 6.7 magnitude earthquake that killed at least 57 people and injured more than 7,000, according to the USGS.
"The earthquake had immense impact on people and structures because it was centered directly beneath a heavily populated and built-up urban region," the USGS said.
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The long-awaited strategic plan for Nashville's public schools – released by Metro Nashville Public Schools in April 2017 – includes a many-faceted plan for improving the future of our schools in the years to come. Nine months in the making, this robust 38-page document includes an opening letter from the Board of Education Chair and the Director of Schools; a District Overview; an Executive Summary; the Strategic Framework and Elements section itself as well as sections on Students, People, Organization, and Community; an extensive Glossary; and a closing Acknowledgements section.
However, Exceeding Great Expectations: MNPS Strategic Framework does not include any mention of the words "music education" nor does it include any mention of the school district's nationally recognized music education initiative Music Makes Us.
In 2016, the Nashville Symphony will launch Accelerando, an intensive program designed to prepare gifted young students of diverse backgrounds for pursuing music at the collegiate level and beyond.
Accelerando seeks to create professional opportunities for musicians from ethnic communities underrepresented in today's orchestras by providing them with instruction, mentorship, performance experience and assistance with applying for music schools. With the resources of a major American orchestra, these students will be able to realize their full potential and will form the next generation of orchestra musicians.


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There's a New Pop-Up in Toronto Trying to Bring Cannabis Growing into the Open
Articel by Daily Hive
Before cannabis was legalized, there was a lot of buzz about how laws for how personal growing would be dictated. In Ontario, a limit of four plants per household was set — the maximum allowed by the Cannabis Act. Since then, some high-minded gardeners have developed even greener thumbs, but for newcomers, it can be a little difficult to know where to get started.
There's a new pop-up in the city that's hoping to clear the air when it comes to the knowledge gap around growing cannabis.
"I've been a marijuana cannabis growing enthusiast for years," Dynasty Cannabis's owner Michael Leach told Grow in a telephone interview. "We wanted to basically come up with a very simple stylish kit for people to grow their very first cannabis plant at home in the summer."
Leach, who also owns the adjoining permanent botanical shop, Dynasty Toronto, says he was frustrated by the lack of functional planters that were actually nice to look at. This led him to develop an all-in-one, plant-led product to make growing at home "simple and stylish."
Located at 1086 Queen St West, the store sells complete kits that give home growers all the basics they need to get a plant growing well. Complete with step by step instructions that take it from seed to flower, including a series of YouTube videos on the subject.
A complete kit costs $149.99 and can be purchased in-store or online. Seeds do not come included. Each kit contains:
6″ Ontario-handcrafted, lightweight, spun aluminum grow planter
100% organic, custom cannabis live soil
Two seed starter discs
Seven gallon outdoor grow bag
'Hyperikon' Grow Light Bulb
Matte black glass spray bottle
Limited edition large 'Smoking Venus' tote bag


Any property owner studying their local newspapers must be wringing their hands in anxious disgust. There seems to be an appetite for lousy headlines among the real estate pages of our capital-city outlets.
While I understand the angst, I'd like to set the record straight and explain why the 'market downturn' you've been hearing about actually presents an opportunity for strategic property owners to take advantage.
I've talked to media industry types about this phenomenon of jumping on negative market tales. There's no doubt that the old school outlets are doing it tough in that industry, and their need for more eye-catching stories is an imperative.
However, endeavours to create sensational, and ultimately 'clickable', headlines can lead many consumers astray when it comes to the actual state of play.
You've heard the old newspaper saying – 'If it bleeds, it leads' so while I respect well-resourced journos supporting articles with facts, there's no denying most headlines are designed to grab your attention.
In short, there's no such thing.
We as industry professionals are at pains to say if you start blanketing the nation's entire real estate economy with what's happening in Sydney and Melbourne, then you aren't telling the whole story.
There's millions of different markets across our country – and then there's those markets within markets. When you say, 'property market', what sector of real estate are you talking about? Is it residential, commercial, industrial? Is it primary or secondary? Are we discussing blue-chip or affordability driven?
The options to purchase real estate are broad and varied. Be specific in your attentions and look for the opportunities that the generalist commentators are ignoring.
Why do I feel so confident we aren't racing toward a real estate Armageddon?
Let's just stretch our imaginations to snapping point and imagine for one minute that we will have this totally unrealistic and sensationalised 20% price crash that made headlines around the nation recently.
First up – I think those commentators are behind the eight ball. My research shows me that there are actually some markets in Sydney that have already fallen 20%, and it occurred well before this ground swell of negativity was swept over us.
The thing is, that a 20% drop is really what I like to call 'giggle money'. It's that last gasp of a peak price run.
That little premium represents a moment when the market was running so hot, the seller didn't know what they could achieve. The agent was caught up in such a rapidly moving value rise, they couldn't put a price on it. So, the agent and seller think – "Well… let's just put a ridiculous price on it and see how we roll," – and they get it.
That premium, however, was never sustainable in a sensible market and the percentage of those buyers who actually get caught out is fairly small across the entire number of transactions in a capital like Sydney.
Again, let's just assume that Sydney is, on average, going to see property prices come off 20%.
Who's that going to effect? Only those people who decide to sell after buying at the very top of the price peak. The cure is to treat your purchase as a long-term investment. If you haven't totally pillaged your equity position, and have been careful with cash flow, this value drop will not affect you in the slightest financially.
The danger is all psychological.
In order to inject some sanity into your disposition, let's have a look at what the Sydney market has done over the last half decade.
We've seen approximately 75% value growth in the past five years. If prices came back 20%, that would mean we've had 55% gain in five years without even applying the compound effect.
In what world would an owner not be happy with over 10% per annum gains in the value of their asset?
People are massively overreacting to a regular stage of the historic property price cycle. This isn't the first-time markets have softened and it won't be the last. Anyone who's operated professionally through multiple price cycles will have already seen the softening coming.
Another fact is, as a whole, Australians aren't over securitised. The total value of residential real estate in the nation is $7.6 trillion, and the total of outstanding mortgage debt against this security is $1.8 trillion – that reflects an LVR of 23.6%. It's hardly panic stations stuff.
My advice to keep calm and stick with the fundamentals of good investing. Never overleverage yourself and maintain a decent cash flow position.
If you're in the position to draw on your recent equity gains and service your loans, then you might be onto some very good opportunities at the moment because the negative sentiment is keeping vendors realistic.
Finance is our biggest hurdle at present – so if you can get a loan, it's your 'unfair advantage' at the moment.
If you can't borrow right now, that's fine. Sit back, relax and wait for the market to do its thing.
Sydney and Melbourne will be the place to buy one day – it's just not today. For now, look across the border to Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth – there are green shoots of growth everywhere.
IF you're really panicking, remember this – no one ever lost property due to a fall in equity, they lost it due to a lack of cash flow. Stay on top of your budget and you'll be fine.
Block the noise out. It's created by people who don't know a front door from a back door.


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FSA offers a fresh start
The Financial Services Authority faces a rigorous test in justice and fairness
George Staple
March 23, 1998 5:00 pm GMT
By the year 2000 almost everything that happens in the City will be within the remit of the new Financial Services Authority. It will bring together no fewer than nine bodies which are at present responsible for banking supervision, investment business, insurance companies, building societies and the regulation of Lloyd's. However, the success of the new authority will ultimately be judged not so much on its capacity to keep City firms on the straight and narrow, but on whether, when disaster strikes and investors lose money, the FSA's enforcement and disciplinary process is seen to be effective. That in turn will depend...


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Demetrius Constantine Dounis (also Demetrios), also known as D. C. Dounis (; c.1886 to 1894 – August 13, 1954), was an influential teacher of violin and string instrument technique, as well as violinist, violist, and mandolin player.

Life and work
Considerable uncertainty prevails on the subject of Dounis's early life, beginning with the date of his birth in Athens, variously given as 1886 (according to most library catalogues), 1893, or 1894. He is said to have performed his first violin recital at the age of 7, and to have toured the United States as a mandolinist at 14. In Athens, he participated in the famous Athenian Mandolinata, conducted by Nikolaos Lavdas.  He studied under František Ondříček in Vienna, where he also took a medical degree, specializing in neurology and psychiatry. He also studied in Paris with César Thomson. After World War I, when he served as a doctor in the Greek army, he was appointed to the chair in violin at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki, but soon established himself in the United States.

Dounis focused his early medical career on treating professional musicians from the world's major symphonies. He would work with a musician for at least six months, observing the musician's technique, asking questions, and devising new exercises to indirectly address the problem. Dounis also wrote several instructional books. In his 1921 volume The Artist's Technique of Violin Playing, Dounis emphasized the importance of shifting and finger exercises. These were to develop the musician's mental map at the beginning of practice, after which scale drills would be more effective.

Selected works
 Dounis Violin Pedagogics
 The Artist's Technique of Violin Playing: A New Scientific Method for Obtaining, in the Shortest Possible Time, an Absolute Mastery of the Higher Technical Difficulties of the Left Hand and of the Bow, Op. 12 (1921)

     First Part: The Left Hand
     Second Part: The Bow
 The Absolute Independence of the Fingers in Violin Playing on a Scientific Basis (in 2 Books), Op. 15 (1924)
     The Absolute Independence of Three Fingers
     The Absolute Independence of Four Fingers
 Preparatory Studies in Thirds and Fingered Octaves on a Scientific Basis for Violin, Op. 16 (1924)
     Thirds
     Fingered Octaves
 Fundamental Trill Studies on a Scientific Basis for Violin, Op. 18 (1925)
 The Dounis Violin Players' Daily Dozen to Keep the Violinist Technically Fit for the Day's Work: Twelve Fundamental Exercises for the Left Hand and the Bow, Op. 20 (1925)
 The Staccato (The Accented Legato, the Accented Staccato): Studies on a Scientific Basis for the Highest Development in Staccato-Playing on the Violin, Op. 21 (1925)
 Preparatory Studies in Octaves and Tenths on a Scientific Basis, Op. 22 (1928)
     Octaves
     Tenths
 Fundamental Technical Studies on a Scientific Basis for the Young Violinist, Op. 23 (1935)
 Specific Technical Exercises for Viola (Left Hand – Bow Arm), Op. 25 (1941)
 New Aids to the Technical Development of the Violinist, Op. 27 (1935)
     The Independence of the Bow from the Left Hand
     A Neglected Phase in the Study of Thirds
 Studies in Chromatic Double-Stops for the Violin, Op. 29 (1942)
 The Higher Development of Thirds and Fingered Octaves: Twenty-four Advanced Formulas for the Violin, Op. 30 (1944)
 Advanced Studies for the Development of the Independence of the Fingers in Violin Playing on a Scientific Basis, Op. 33 (1945)
 The Development of Flexibility in Violin Playing: Studies on Scientific Principles for the Fingers and the Bow, Op. 35 (1945)
 Chopin Étude, Op. 25 No. 6 for Violin (in 2 Books) (1945); technical studies after Frédéric Chopin's Étude, Op. 25 No. 6
     In Thirds
     In Tenths
 The Development of Flexibility, Studies on Scientific Principles for Violin, Book II: Change of Position Studies, Op. 36 (1947)
 Essential Scale Studies, on Scientific Basis, for the Development of the Rhythmic Impulse of the Fingers for Violin, Op. 37 (1947)

References and further reading

References

External links

 The Violin Teachings of D. C. Dounis

19th-century births
1954 deaths
Violin pedagogues
Greek military doctors
Greek classical violinists
Greek classical violists
Musicians from Athens
20th-century Greek physicians
20th-century Greek people
20th-century classical violinists
20th-century violists

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Q: Probability of $A^c \cap B$ If event $A$ is a subset of $B$ and $3P(A)=P(B) =3/4$, find $P(A^c \cap B)$
The answer (I think) is $P(\text{Only $B$, no overlap with $A$}) = P(B) - P(A \cap B)$. Now $P(B) = \cfrac {3}{4}$ and $P(A)= \cfrac{1}{4}$, but how do I find $P(A\cap B)?$

A: Since $A\subset B$, we obtain: $$P(A\cap B)=P(A).$$
Id est, $$P(A^c\cap B)=\frac{1}{2}.$$

A: If $A \subset B$ then $P(A \cap B)=P(A)$
Thus
$$P(\overline{A}\cap B)=P(B)-P(A)=\frac{3}{4}-\frac{1}{4}=\frac{1}{2}$$

A: Hint:
$A\subset B$  so $A\cap B=A.$

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I have been doing more traveling than cooking lately, but decided to make a hearty dish since I had visitors this weekend and I was determined to keep their bellies full. While I was growing up, my mom spent more time baking than cooking, but lasagna is one of her dishes that I remember quite well. We were a red meat-free household back then, so we had turkey everything. Turkey bacon, ground turkey... you get the idea. So, our lasagna was always beef and pork free. I used chorizo chicken sausage in this dish, which adds a ton of flavor, so you won't miss the pork sausage that is found in many lasagna recipes.
This dishes uses several different cheeses. The cottage cheese and fresh ricotta melt and meld the lasagna layers together, while the cheddar, Parmesan, and fresh mozzarella pack a flavorful punch.
Prepare lasagna noodles according to instructions; drain.
Saute the onion and garlic in a large skillet over medium-high heat until the onion softens, about five minutes.
Add the ground turkey and sausage to the large skillet. (I purchased fresh sausage from the butcher, who gladly cut it our of the casing for me so that it would crumble easily while cooking.) Reduce the heat to medium and cook until no trace of pink remains.
Add tomato sauce, paste, seasoning, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to lowest setting and allow to simmer uncovered for 30 minutes.
While the sauce is simmering, prepare the filling. Combine the eggs, parsley, ricotta, cottage cheese, and 1/2 cup of the Parmesan cheese in a large bowl.
Spread 1/3 of the meat sauce in a 9 x 13 inch dish. Layer with 3 noodles, followed by the slices of cheddar cheese. Next, add 1/2 of the prepared cheese mixture, and top it with 1/2 of the fresh mozzarella. Add another layer of noodles, then 1/3 the meat sauce, followed by the remaining prepared cheese mixture and fresh mozzarella. Lastly, top with another layer of noodles, the remaining meat sauce, and sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 cup of Parmesan cheese.
Cover and bake at 375 F for 45 minutes. Uncover and bake for an additional 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let stand for 15 minutes before cutting.


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import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.osgi.framework.ServiceReference;
import org.osgi.service.component.ComponentContext;
import org.osgi.util.tracker.ServiceTracker;
import org.osgi.util.tracker.ServiceTrackerCustomizer;
import org.wso2.carbon.server.admin.privilegedaction.PrivilegedAction;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * @scr.component name="org.wso2.carbon.server.admin.privilegedaction" immediate="true"
 */
public class PrivilegedActionServiceComponent {

    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(PrivilegedActionServiceComponent.class);
    public static List<PrivilegedAction> privilegedActions = new ArrayList<PrivilegedAction>();

    protected void activate (ComponentContext ctxt) {

        ServiceTracker serviceTracker = new ServiceTracker(ctxt.getBundleContext(),
            PrivilegedAction.class.getName(),new ServiceTrackerCustomizer<PrivilegedAction,Object>() {
            @Override
            public Object addingService(ServiceReference<PrivilegedAction> privilegedActionServiceReference) {
                privilegedActions.add(privilegedActionServiceReference.getBundle().getBundleContext().getService(privilegedActionServiceReference));
                Collections.sort(privilegedActions, new PrivilegedActionComparator());
                return privilegedActionServiceReference;
            }

            @Override
            public void modifiedService(ServiceReference<PrivilegedAction> privilegedActionServiceReference, Object service) {

            }

            @Override
            public void removedService(ServiceReference<PrivilegedAction> privilegedActionServiceReference, Object service) {
                privilegedActions.remove(service);
                privilegedActionServiceReference.getBundle().getBundleContext().ungetService(privilegedActionServiceReference);
            }
        });
        serviceTracker.open();
        log.debug("PrivilegedAction bundle is activated");
    }

    /**
         * Comparator that orders PrivilegedAction objects in descending order of their priority
         */
    private static class PrivilegedActionComparator implements
                                                    Comparator<PrivilegedAction> {
        @Override
        public int compare(PrivilegedAction ex1, PrivilegedAction ex2) {
            return ex2.getPriority()-ex1.getPriority();
        }
    }

}

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Tenthredo (Tenthredella) ignobilis Klug, 1817
Tenthredo ignobilis
One of the Tenthredo atra group (atra, ignobilis, moniliata) that may require further revision. Tenthredo ignobilis was identified as present in Scotland by Liston et al following collecton of samples in 2010. This species was previously considered as a colour morph of atra. The Scottish specimens differ slightly from European examples. Tenthredo ignobilis has a black stigma and apex of costa (brown in moniliata). In the female the tegulae are black (red in moniliata) and the mesepisterum in males is ventrally completely black (also black in atra, but largely red in moniliata). In females the abdomen is marked red on tergites three to five and occasionally the extreme margins of two and six (female abdomen entirely black in atra).
Tenthredo ignobilis larvae feed on stonecrops.
Jump to other species of Tenthredo
Size: 11 - 12mm
Status: Local
Distribution: Scotland
Flight period: May to August
Plant associations: Sedum telephium and Sedum rosae
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We are currently looking for images of this species. Please contact the webmaster if you can assist.
Fekete, K. (2018) Beginner's guide to identifying British Tenthredo, Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/content/dam/nhmwww/take-part/identification-trainers/sawflies-guide-id-trainees.pdf [Accessed 26Apr2019]
Liston, A.D., Knight, G., Heibo, E., Bland, K.P., Barstad, T.E., Blank, S.M., Boevé, J.L., Fiedler, C., Grearson, K.J., Halstead, A. and Jacobs, H.J., 2012. On Scottish sawflies, with results of the 14th International Sawfly Workshop, in the southern Highlands, 2010 (Hymenoptera, Symphyta). Beiträge zur Entomologie= Contributions to Entomology, 62(1), pp.1-68.


Compared to New York, Bozeman has a very low population density. Bozeman is perfect for those who like a quiet city.
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Population density is a way of determining how crowded an area is. Bozeman has a population density of 3,045, with 38,356 current residents.
Out of the 38,356 current residents, 52% are male and 48% are female. 44% of the residents are married and 56% are single.
As for living in Bozeman, the air quality is 31% and the weather, on average, is 52% sunny, 18% rainy, and 85% snowy. The average temperature is 46°F.
Whether you're looking to buy or rent a home in Bozeman, you should know that 41.8% of homes are owned while 52.5% of homes are rented, and 5.8% of homes are vacant. The median price of a home is $266,900, the median age of homes is 21 years, the annual home appreciation is -1.96% and the annual property tax is 10.25%.
When looking at the community of Bozeman, it's important to determine the crime rate. Bozeman's crime rate is 4 total number of crimes reported per 100,000 total population. The average age of residents in Bozeman is 30 years and the breakdown of political affiliations is 50.14% Democratic, 46.77% Republican, and 3.08% Independent.
When looking at Bozeman, it's important to understand employment statistics. 4.90% of residents are unemployed in Bozeman (which does not include the percentage of residents who are no longer in the labor force). Of the employed Bozeman residents: 13% of employed residents work in the management and business field, 25.03% are in the arts and sciences field, 17% are in the customer service field, 25.4% are in the sales field, 0.96% work in farming, fishing, and forestry, 9.4% of employed residents work in the construction field, and 9.3% work in production. When it comes to education, the ratio of teachers to students is 1:12. The percentage of residents who have graduated high school is 94.19%, 4.70% of residents have an associate's degree, 33.82% of residents have a bachelor's degree, and 15.55% have a master's degree.
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Where is the most haunted place in Britain?
Autumn is the season of the supernatural but where is the spookiest place in Britain? Our expert guide investigates the myths and legends and history that surround Britain's most haunted place.
By Ian Vince
British history is steeped in tales of ghostly goings-on with the countryside and ancient monuments and buildings providing the perfect creepy fodder.
Our expert guide investigates the myths and legends and history that surround Britain's most haunted place.
How the British countryside has inspired ghost stories
Ding Dong, Woon Gumpus, Boscawen-un, Zennor, Madron and Mulfra; even the place names of west Penwith, on the far toe of Cornwall, can sound like the syllables of a mumbled arcane rite. The climate and landscape add their own low murmur; when the mist billows in from the Atlantic over rounded granite tors and lonely menhirs, it muffles almost every sensation, leaving only the mind's eye racing to fill the void and animate the silhouettes.
Misty morning over the Teign Valley from Dartmoor, Devon, England/Credit: Getty Images
It's a truth not lost on writers of supernatural fiction and suspense that wild places are perfect locations for their stories, all the more so when they lie close to a body of water. Whether it is the house that stands alone on an island, a wide-open heath, the moor or the mire, they are the natural habitats of both the ghost story and the murder mystery.
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Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles is famously set on a murky Dartmoor, with the added thrill of a near-universal myth in Britain – that of a local supernatural black dog. Susan Hill's terrifying The Woman in Black is set against the windswept and deserted coastal marshes and offshore islands of Northumberland. It is not the authors who set up a brooding atmosphere for their fiction by using the weather and landscape; it's there in our minds already.
Veteran explorer of our lost byways Ian Vince gives his verdict…
Penwith is, at its heart, a wild and isolated moorland even at the peak of summer but, like many uplands, it reserves its most macabre and spine-tingling moments for autumn. The days diminish as the season takes hold, traffic on the roads subsides and memories of sun-beaten high days and holidays ebb as the moor returns to the wild once again.
Much of Penwith is a funerary landscape, dotted with tumuli, cairns and cromlechs (or quoits as they are known in Cornwall), and many of these and other Neolithic and Bronze Age features have long been attributed to the fairies. Not gossamer-winged, twinkle-eyed Tinkerbells with a winning smile, but dangerous supernatural entities – piskies or pixies – that were to be avoided at all costs.
The belief in piskies all over Cornwall sought to explain a portfolio of peculiarities and odd phenomena – especially around the mining areas where, if the stories are to be believed, they almost acquired the status of supernatural vermin during the 19th century. Here, between Pendeen and St Just, at Carn Kenidjack and Woon Gumpus Common, the folklore takes a sinister turn – a reflection, perhaps, of the wildness of this stretch of moorland. The carn and the common are where the Devil rides a black horse and hapless mortals must run for a stile to escape his grasp. Dancing lights are seen to this day on Woon Gumpus and Carn Kenidjack, which is known as the 'Hooting Cairn' on account of the wail the wind makes through its granite tor.
A ruined chapel looks out over the sea at Cape Cornwall near St Just on Cornwall's north coast. (Getty)
They might not be as obviously malign as the Devil, but stories of piskie interactions with humans tell how they have the power to abduct, befuddle and lead people astray over the landscape. You were more vulnerable if you happened to find yourself on a fairy path, the dead-straight routes that – like their modern equivalents in myth, the ley lines – connect the fairy forts with their various tumps and tumuli.
I have found myself bewildered in the wilderness of Penwith on a number of occasions and I'm a competent map reader. On one occasion walking over Caer Bran, it went much further than any shortcomings in my sense of direction can account for. My inner suggestible self was gripped not only by disorientation, but a sense of foreboding I had never experienced before; Caer Bran is, in Cornish legend, the home of the Pobel Vean – the little people.
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Walking to Boscawen-un to the south, there was a domain of intense glumness and macabre depression that I was hitting at a tangent; as if the summit was ablaze with melancholy and aggressive sadness. It was so profound, I felt I was being 'warned-off' the hill top. The message was very clear, though the mechanism by which it arrived remains a mystery.
Of course, anyone with any imagination can be spooked if there are compelling enough circumstances. Yet not long before my experience on Caer Bran, I had slept, or attempted to sleep, in nearby Chûn Quoit – the final resting place of a long-forgotten tribal chieftain – as a volunteer for an experiment in cognitive archaeology. But I failed to run away screaming into the night and left disappointed and completely un-spooked. It wasn't the piskies keeping me awake, but a large rock digging into my spine.
Boscawenun Stone Circle (Getty)
Britain has a long and often dark history, with our ancient landscapes and buildings telling the tales of our ancestors.
From ancient castles to haunted hills and spooky inns, here is our guide to the most haunted places in the UK, with a look at the history behind each myth and legend, plus discover the most haunted place in Britain.
Whitby Abbey and St Mary's Church, North Yorkshire
A cold wind blows in the fishing village of Whitby. Said to be home to over twelve different sinister specters, this town is not for the faint hearted. Dare you look into the Abbeys well at midnight?
If your heart is pure, the face of St Hilda will appear in the water, but if not beware for the Devil will take you away with him. St Mary's Church presides on the top of the cliff in the shadow of the Abbey; a phantom hearse with four headless horses and a headless driver can be seen to stop in front of the church then race along the cliff before plunging over the edge into the sea. These gothic structures once the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula stand forebodingly over the town.
Discover the mysteries of Whitby Abbey…if you dare! Credit: Getty
Isle of Iona, Hebrides
The last resting place of 48 Scottish kings, Iona has a long history and is a significant spiritual centre. Attacked by the Vikings, apparitions of longboats have been reported sailing into the harbour at night.
Iona Abbey is located on the Isle of Iona, just off the Isle of Mull on the West Coast of Scotland. It is one of the oldest and most important religious centres in Western Europe./Credit:Getty images
The Battle of Edgehill, Warwickshire
A thousand troops died in the first large battle of the English Civil War, between Banbury and Stratford-Upon-Avon on 23 October 1642. For months after, witnesses reported seeing phantom battles in the skies. Today, screams, the thunder of hooves and the chink of armour are still heard.
Panoramic view overlooking the location of the Battle of Edgehill as a summer storm rolls across the Cotswolds./Credit: Getty Images
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It set up a final 20-lap sprint to the finish with the second fewest number of drivers taking the checkered flag in event history. Only seven drivers finished the 1981 race. Hamlin charged to the front right before he took the white flag by diving to the inside and sailing past the few cars on the track. He then drove away in his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota for his second career win in the Speedweeks opener. He also won the event as a rookie in 2006.
A 75-lap race split over three segments, this version had a heavy fan involvement as sponsor Sprint allowed fans to vote for various aspects of the race. Among them was the starting order, how the segments were split and how the cars lined up in the final segment. But it was mostly for naught as half the 18-car field was knocked out six laps into the second segment when Matt Kenseth cut across the front of Joey Logano. It triggered a nine-car accident on the frontstretch � including Stenhouse's dramatic late hit into the side of Patrick's car.
�I got hit by my boyfriend. What a bummer,� Patrick said.
Stenhouse took blame for ending Patrick's race. He had difficulty seeing in front of him because his hood was badly crumpled when he hit the back of Kurt Busch.
The accident left debris and mangled sheet metal all over the frontstretch and brought the race to a stop for just over 11 minutes. It ended the night for Tony Stewart, who was racing for the first time since he broke his right leg in an August sprint car crash, and teammates Patrick and Kurt Busch. Kevin Harvick, driving the fourth Stewart-Haas Racing entry in the field, seemed to have a Chevrolet capable of contending for the win but suffered serious damage that dropped him well off the pace. Stewart said he felt physically fine after the hard hit, which left his car turned nose-first into the wall. Jeff Gordon's car was stuck behind Stewart's with its rear wheels raised by the front of Busch's car.
The 75-lap race was split into three segments in a format voted on by fans. The opening segment was 30 mostly single-file laps and fairly uneventful until Jimmie Johnson spun through the grass and hard into the inside wall on the final lap of the segment.


There was a moment in one of my first cooking classes that has forever shaped my approach to teaching. I was sautéing a pan of wild mushrooms. As I did so, I described what I was doing and explained the reasons for each step. It was all pretty obvious stuff from my perspective, but it is never a good idea to stand in front of a class saying nothing so I was simply talking to fill the few moments it was taking for the mushrooms to cook. A woman on the front row commented that she was amazed at how much she had learned in those few moments, even though she had been cooking for years. She then said something to the effect of "This is the kind of stuff that should be taught in cooking classes all the time—basics...how and why."
I have never forgotten that moment, or her words. To this day, when I teach a class, my goal is always to explain the underlying techniques. Of course I teach recipes, but the recipes themselves really are secondary. And why wouldn't they be? Recipes are ubiquitous...in this era of food blogs and online food magazines, you can load a search engine box with a list of the ingredients in your fridge and find hundreds of recipes in an instant. Cookbooks abound and cooking shows are on at all hours of the night and day. Lack of recipes does not appear to be a problem. Even with this abundance of recipes, people are still not cooking very much at home. And this is partly because recipes don't teach how to really cook.
I thought of all of this the other night when I was sautéing mushrooms for the pizza that we had for dinner. Since I promised a few days ago that some posts on basic techniques would be forthcoming, I thought the process of sautéing mushrooms would be a good place to start.
The French verb sauter means "to jump". When applied to cooking, the idea is that the items in the pan are "jumping" in the pan as they are tossed or stirred so that all sides of the food being sautéed are exposed to the hot fat and the hot surface of the pan. The goal of sautéing is food that is tender and moist inside and browned, or caramelized, on the exterior surfaces. Since vegetables release moisture when they are subjected to heat and moisture interferes with browning, the exact process for sautéing a particular vegetable is dependent, to some extent, on the moisture content of that vegetable.
Mushrooms contain a lot of water and give that water up very quickly once the cooking process has begun. To caramelize them properly, the pan must be hot when the mushrooms are added and must stay hot until the mushrooms are browned so that any moisture released by the mushrooms will evaporate immediately. So to begin, set the pan over moderately high to high heat (depending on the power of your cook top). When the pan is hot, add enough oil (I use olive oil, but you could use clarified butter, vegetable oil or bacon fat) to just coat the bottom of the pan. The oil should shimmer. If it doesn't, wait until it does. Add a rough single layer of mushrooms to the pan. Do not overload the pan. You should still be able to see the bottom of the pan through the mushrooms.
Overloading the pan will cause the temperature of the pan to drop. Even if there is enough power in the burner you are using to maintain pan temperature, an overcrowded pan will trap the moisture that the mushrooms are releasing. In either case, the mushrooms will quickly be simmering in a pool of their own juices rather than caramelizing in the hot fat. If you don't have a pan large enough to cook all of the mushrooms at once, simply sauté them in batches. If you do need to sauté the mushrooms in batches, it is best to use a non-stick pan so that it can be wiped clean in between each batch.
After adding the mushrooms to the hot pan, don't start tossing and stirring them immediately—they need to have a chance to brown on one side. Let them sit for a moment or two to allow this to happen. When they begin to brown, give them a toss or carefully turn them over. Continue to cook—stirring/tossing once or twice more and reducing the heat a touch if the mushrooms threaten to burn—until the mushrooms are caramelized and tender.
This should take a total of about 2 to 4 minutes. Season the mushrooms with salt and pepper. Because salt encourages food to give up its moisture, the mushrooms shouldn't be salted until they are done browning.
If the mushrooms have been cooked in batches, you could sweat some shallots and garlic in a little butter and add all of the mushrooms back to the pan to heat them through. Wine, fortified wine or brandy—added to the finished mushrooms and then reduced—makes a flavorful addition. Stock or cream may also be added to create a mushroom ragoût or sauce.
Sautéed mushrooms can be served as an accompaniment to grilled, roasted or pan-fried meats, but they also make wonderful additions to many different food preparations. They make a simple and flavorful topping for crostini, bruschetta or pizza. They can be layered into a classic potato gratin or lasagne. One of my favorite pasta sauces is sautéed mushrooms finished with shallots, garlic, herbs, stock, butter and parmesan. Sautéed mushrooms can be added to rice and other grain pilafs or tossed into a salad. They can be folded into an omelet or added to a frittata or quiche. There are obviously far too many options to even attempt to make an exhaustive list. But once you understand, practice and master the basic technique, any recipe that includes them will seem less daunting. And better still, you will be comfortable making them and improvising dishes around them—at which point you will no longer be just following recipes...you will be cooking.
When sautéing mushrooms, do not over-crowd the pan. If necessary, sauté in batches. For each batch, only sauté enough mushrooms to cover the bottom of the sauté pan in a single layer.
Heat a non-stick sauté pan over medium-high to high heat. Add enough oil to barely coat the pan, then add the first batch of mushrooms. Cook, shaking the pan, until the mushrooms are browned, tender and any liquid that they have given off during cooking has evaporated. Transfer the mushrooms to a plate and season with salt & pepper. Repeat with remaining batches, adding fresh olive oil each time. When all mushrooms are cooked, melt the butter in the pan; add the shallots and sweat briefly. Add the mushrooms and heat through over medium heat. Add the fresh herbs; taste and correct the seasoning.
Heat a large sauté pan over medium-high to high heat. Add enough oil to coat the pan, then add the mushrooms (if your pan is not large enough to accommodate all of the mushrooms in snug single layer, sauté them in batches). Cook, shaking the pan occasionally, until the mushrooms are browned, tender and any liquid that they have given off during cooking has evaporated. Reduce the heat and add the shallots and garlic along with a pinch of salt. If the pan seems dry, add a bit more oil. Cook until the shallots and garlic are fragrant—do not burn. Add 1 cup of the chicken stock and bring to a simmer, scraping up any caramelized bits off of the bottom of the pan. Taste and correct seasoning. Set aside.
While the mushrooms are cooking, bring 6 quarts of water to the boil in a large stock/pasta pot. Add 2-3 Tablespoons of salt. Add the pasta and cook until al dente. Drain, reserving some of the pasta cooking liquid. Bring the mushroom sauce back to a simmer (if it seems dry, add more stock or pasta water) and swirl in a tablespoon or two of butter. Add the pasta along with the herbs and toss to coat. If the sauce seems thin, add more butter and if the pasta seems dry, add more stock or pasta water. Add ½ cup of Parmesan, and toss again. Taste and correct the seasoning. Serve in shallow pasta/soup bowls sprinkled with the remaining Parmesan. Serves 4 to 5.
Sauté the mushrooms: When sautéing mushrooms, do not over-crowd the pan. If necessary, sauté in batches. Heat a non-stick sauté pan over medium-high to high heat. Add oil to coat the pan, then add the mushrooms. Cook, shaking the pan occasionally, until the mushrooms are browned, tender and any liquid that they have given off has evaporated. Reduce the heat and add the shallots. If the pan seems dry, add a bit more oil. Cook until the shallots are tender—do not burn. Transfer the mushrooms to a plate and season with salt & pepper.
Build the pizza: On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out into a 12-inch circle. Transfer the dough to a pizza pan or baking sheet that has been lightly dusted with semolina, fine cornmeal, or flour. Using your fingers, push up the edges of the dough to make a slight rim. You may top the crust immediately, or let it rest (covered with a towel) for up to 15 minutes before you add the toppings. Spread a thin layer of olive oil over the crust. Scatter with 2/3 of the cheese. Scatter the mushrooms evenly over the cheese.
Top with the remaining cheese. Place the pizza in its pan on a pre-heated pizza stone in a pre-heated 450° to 500° oven. Bake until the crust is golden brown on the bottom and the cheese is bubbling, about 12 to 15 minutes. To insure a crisp crust, after the crust has set (5 to 10 minutes), slide the pizza off of the pan to finish cooking directly on the pizza stone. When the pizza is done, transfer to a cutting board and cut into wedges and serve.
Oh my gosh! I LOVE mushrooms! Everything looks so delicious--now I need to go to the store and get mushrooms.
Good post. Num num num.
Just had the time to catch up on recent postings. This clears up my soupy sauteed mushroom issue. THANK YOU - very helpful!


We are in the middle of a turnaround. The industrial civilization, based on mass production, communication, education and mass political opinion it is blowing with the final break-up of its balance. The consumerism, the plundering of natural resources and the ecosystem impairment are the signs of its decline.
Science is at the core of social production and it is the engine of industrial development. Electronics, computer science, genetic engineering, space flights and nuclear energy, are the tools of our society. This tool arises in research labs. From an industrial culture, characterized by an avalanche of goods and tools, we moved to a culture that builds its future with innovation and quality of ideas. A culture that offers more ideas and tools, new applications and new opportunities.
Today's industry it's greening up with powerful technology injections. The new industry dematerialized with strong doses of creativity and intelligence. We reduce waste, we look at the recycling of waste, the biodegradability. The emphasis moves from quantity to quality. Slowly, but surely, the product industry it is moving from an uncritical production to the rediscovery of its function, in the search for a service (either real or abstract, but conservative) that replace the well itself. We discover, thus, new ways of producing the result that is not necessarily a product but the result of information and intelligence that will tend to replace traditional production factors (labor, capital and raw materials).
Radical changes are taking place in social production, in labor, in individual behavior. The frame of reference is changing. The community civilization moved to mass civilization, characterized by the excessive power of the media. The national economy it is moving to the global economy. The ethics of posterity it is replacing the ethics of contemporaneity. The power asserts itself with the domain of information. The information flux becomes the measure of development, as well as the GDP was in the industrial society.
The scientificity of technology comes, as a corollary, from the centrality of science. Nowadays technology develops between the research laboratory and the workshop. The science parks around the world's most prestigious universities are the meeting point of inventive ability and the manufacturing industry, where science, technology and production interpenetrate so unbreakable. New myths emerge, like Silicon Valley.
The first space travel, computers, robotics and molecular biology seemed the excellent products of an opulent society of mature capitalism, and not manifestations of a new epoch.
However, the development of society is an unending succession of discoveries. Discoveries of new resources, new ways of creating wealth. And so, distracted by the inflow of products and off welfare, we noticed that science matured a mutation which itself, and for the first time, it is drawing the design and taking the centrality.
Science, as we know, can open up the future, but it can also expose it to the risk. Of course, in addition to the benefits, there are also risks to humankind. However, the standard of living continues to improve. A sign that the benefits have far outweighed the risks.


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Police Obtain Court Warrant To Detain Dino Melaye Till January 23
The police have said Senator Dino Melaye would remain in its custody till January 23, based on a 14-day remand warrant it obtained from an FCT High Court on Wednesday, January 9, to that effect.
This came as it confirmed that the Senator was yesterday, moved to a medical facility belonging to the Directorate of State Services, DSS, located along Airport Road, Abuja, for further medical attention.
Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, in a statement, said the Senator was relocated to the DSS medical facility upon complaint by him that he was not yet medically fit even as a team of police medical personnel confirmed him fit.
The police in the statement, said the Senator was under investigation over offence of criminal conspiracy and attempted culpable homicide, committed on 19th July, 2018, when "Senator Dino Melaye and his armed thugs attacked Police personnel, shot and wounded SGT Danjuma Saliu on stop and search duty along Aiyetoro Gbede, Mopa Road in Kogi State."
"Senator Dino Melaye is under investigation and currently in Police custody on a fourteen (14) day remand warrant obtained from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on 9th January, 2019, for the offence of criminal conspiracy and attempted culpable homicide, committed on 19th July, 2018, when Senator Dino Melaye and his armed thugs attacked Police personnel, shot and wounded SGT Danjuma Saliu on stop and search duty along Aiyetoro Gbede, Mopa Road in Kogi State, has been taken to another Government hospital for further medical attention.
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Publish Date September 23, 2021
SARS-CoV-2 Adenoviral Vector Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia: A Brief Case Report
Jessica Nye, PhD
This report included few patients and may not be indicative of the general trends for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine-associated VITT. Source: Getty Images
A brief report of the first 3 patients in Canada who developed vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) after receiving the adenoviral vector vaccine against COVID-19 ChAdOx1 described the success of using high-dose intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) therapy. These findings were published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Patient 1 was a 72-year-old woman who presented with left limb pain and claudication at 7 days after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. After 8 days of symptoms, she was admitted to the hospital and was found to have suprarenal aortic thrombus with left superficial and deep femoral artery occlusions and partial celiac and right peroneal artery occlusions.
The patient was suspected of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and was given unfractionated heparin for 3 days and underwent surgical embolectomy. After the surgical intervention, the patient was suspected of VITT and high-dose IVIG was administered when no improvement was observed after 5 days of argatroban therapy. The patient responded to the high-dose IVIG and was discharged with oral apixaban.
Patient 2 was a 63-year-old man who had left leg cramping at day 18 after vaccination. He presented at the emergency department 24 days after vaccination due to acute dyspnea and a painful, cold feeling in his left leg. He was found to have acute arterial thrombosis of the left leg with an extensive pulmonary embolism.
The patient was given tinzaparin and underwent a surgical embolectomy. After a lower-limb ultrasonography showed nonocclusive right popliteal deep-vein thrombosis, the patient was suspected to have VITT and switched to fondaparinux with high-dose IVIG. No new thromboses occurred; however, residual lower-limb thrombosis caused necrosis of the foot which will require amputation.
Patient 3 was a 69-year-old man with a history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obstructive sleep apnea, prostate cancer, and had an aortic valve replacement 9 months prior. At 12 days after vaccination, he was admitted to the hospital due to headache, confusion, and progressive left-sided weakness.
At day 3 of hospitalization, he was suspected of VITT and a right middle cerebral-artery stroke with hemorrhagic transformation was diagnosed. In addition, multiple widespread thromboses were observed. The patient received fondaparinux with high-dose IVIG. After a thrombocytopenia recurrence, additional IVIG was administered and platelet count improved. The patient received 13 therapeutic plasma exchanges between days 47 and 62 after vaccination. On day 62 his platelet count returned to normal.
Although the study authors observed a high amount of phenotypic heterogeneity among the patients with VITT, all presented with multiple thrombotic events, no patient developed additional thromboses after the first treatment with high-dose IVIG, and antibody reactivity increased with every IVIG dose.
These observations indicated that VITT which manifests in reaction to the adenoviral vector SARS-CoV-2 vaccine among older individuals likely presents with multiple arterial thrombotic events and may be effectively treated with anticoagulation with high-dose IVIG.
This brief report included few patients and may not be indicative of the general trends for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine-associated VITT.
Disclosure: Multiple authors declared affiliations with industry. Please refer to the original article for a full list of disclosures.
Bourguignon A, Arnold DM, Warkentin TE, et al. Adjunct immune globulin for vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia. N Engl J Med. 2021;385(8):720-728. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2107051
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The Atmos by Jaeger LeCoultre is a mechanical clock that winds itself from temperature and atmospheric pressure changes in the environment, it does not require manual winding. The movement contains an airtight capsule filled with a mixture of gases which expands and contracts with every shift in temperature. With each expansion & contraction of the chamber an internal main-spring is wound, which powers the clock. A variation of only one degree in temperature is enough to power the Atmos for two days. These clocks can run for years without human intervention.
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Introducing Pasha 'Interpaul' Linke. The co-founder of the renowned Berlin club Hangar 49 and now leader of MIRMIX Orkeztan as well as him being a radio editor and moderator.
Pasha arrived in Germany in 1994 after his parents, who were living in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan decided to leave due to tensions after the collapse of the Soviet Union. After having resided in Berlin for three years. Pasha's father found a job as an engineer in a small town near Karlsruhe and the family relocated to Southern Germany.
Pasha said that his father advised him to follow suit in his career of engineering, but after completing vocational education and even few semesters at the university, Pasha came to the realization that he would rather pursue his passion, which is music. "I found out that I need to do what I really enjoy such as as organizing concerts, booking bands and actually performing myself," he smiles.
He reflects back at the cultural scene in Karlsruhe, saying it was very patchy, vivid and international and that they all were hanging out together. As Karlsruhe is certainly not known as the party capital of Baden-Wurttemberg, Pasha decided to organize a party, where beats and cultures could whirl together. For him, it was a mix of an alternative music, with touches of jazz and hip-hop, soul and funk – something special that would be summed up as akin to 'global beats'.
In 2009 Pasha made the decision to move to Berlin, if not because his elder brother and lots of his friends were already living there. The aim was to found a booking agency, so that Russian and other Eastern European bands could open up to and reach a Western audience.
In the meantime he set about looking for an office alongside two of his partners who were also searching for a place, a place which would later become a bar and a concert venue. Fortunately, the perfectly suited place was discovered under an S-Bahn line, which commutes the west and east districts of the once-divided city. While it took some time to establish the licenses for the bar and the stage, it was in this time that Pasha was able to realize a number of songs that he really wanted to share with the public.
"That is actually how the band was born. I found two beatboxers and trumpeter – we played a cocktail of hip-hop, reggae, drum and bass, then we picked up steam and over eight years, we expanded to eight band members".
Over this period of time, the musicians stepped back from the beatboxing concept, yet meanwhile a drummer and bass guitarist also joined MIRMIX.
"It was now the time for us to present our first studio album! There was a crowdfunding campaign and, speaking of it, I believe all musicians should be supported as artists. In regards to our album – it achieved great heights. Among tracks in Russian, German and English, its repertoire is enriched by the songs in Kyrgyz, Georgian, Serbian languages, which reflects the motto of the band,"Global Grooves".
Two musicians in the band have a similar background as Pasha – they moved to Germany from the former Soviet Republic, and their ancestry ancestors traces back to Germany and Kazakhstan.
At the same time, Pasha has been busy organizing concerts with numerous Russian and Ukrainian bands, among those are Tequila Jazz, a former musician at the famous Ukrainian project 5nizza, Sergei Babkin, Svetlana Surganova and many more.
"Among Ukrainian artists, we had Oleg Skripka, who DJ'ed at the party and Dakha Brakha, before they were so popular, Lyapis Trubetskoy … frankly speaking, we've had so many high-level bands performing here, however when you see this place, it's hard to believe," Pasha adds.
He believes that one thing about Berlin remains special: the promise of freedom. "When we just moved to Berlin in 1994, I was too young to fully realize it, but my brother and I had already been hanging around, in this special time where there were a lot of squats, so I've still got this feeling, this feeling that there is something special about this place. I value this a lot, and the fact that this feeling of freedom or liberalism still exists, people are open to everything new, a lot of subcultures and the bars like Hangar, which are hidden away and might look not so tidy and fancy, but they still exist beaming with their own charm and energy".
For more information about Pasha and his music go to MirMix Orkeztan's Facebook. You can also meet him and his band in person at of the many MirMix Parties held at Hangar49 every 4th Saturday of the month.
Dasha is a former Moscovite who has been wandering through Europe for the past three years until she found her new home in Berlin. She works as a freelance writer, enjoys riding her bike through Berlin and loves collecting stories.


Adding LED lights to an LED converter?
Discussion in 'The Projects Forum' started by Adkit, Aug 27, 2013.
I bought three couples of LED lights from IKEA, they come in packs of four. Each pack has a box that you connect all four lights to called an "electronic LED converter". Now, I want to have 6 lights in one corner of the room and instead of having two converter boxes there I was wondering if it's possible to just rewire it so that all 6 lights go to one box?
Will 6 lights be too much for the box meant for 4 lights is what I'm wondering?
see page 13 of the installation manual.
It shows how to link multiple units together with a single ac cord and their jumper cord.
and clearly shows 4 led lights per converter MAX.
So the answer is no its not possible to run 6 lights on a single led converter box.
But the good news is that it appears that the power supply is not a "fancy" constant current driver, but rather a simple 12V DC supply. You could replace it with another 12VDC regulated supply rated to a higher current, e.g.. 1A.
You could even buy yourself a 12VDC PWM controller. This would allow you to dim the LEDs. These things are common and inexpensive.
The whole "transformer", "power supply", "controller" thing is confusing me though.
Yes I think so. It's a little hard to tell if that is regulated (constant voltage) 12VDC but it appears to be. I'm not sure why they call it a "LED Driver", other than "helping" the consumer find it.
I found this as well. It says power supply on it and since I'm too much of a dumb to know the difference between a power supply and a driver I can only assume it will work for my needs.
I mean it's cheap enough to buy and test with, I hope nothing will blow up from it though.
That looks fine too, and is a bit clearer about providing constant 12V. I think either will be fine - your choice. You might want to go for the higher capacity if you think you might ever want to add still more lights to it.
One more question: are there any rules on how you can connect LED lights to each other? Do they need to be serial or parallel (barely even know what that means) or can I just solder the positives together into the positive of one singular cable and all the negatives into the negative?
Looking at the little box that comes with the lights, they're all connected together. All the negatives in one circuit and all the positives in another... is that right?
All the negatives in one circuit and all the positives in another... is that right?
For this system, yes. Just like plugging more lamps into your wall sockets - parallel.


As a pediatric hospitalist, I care for children when they are in the hospital setting from birth until age 21 years of age. I am honored to be able to provide specialized inpatient pediatric care to patients and families during this difficult and scary period. Through active communication (written and verbal), I hope to help patients and families navigate this stressful time.
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The Junior Classics - Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories
by William Patten
Juvenile Nonfiction > General
Little Cyclone is a grizzly cub from Alaska, who earned his name by the vigor of his resistance to ill treatment. When his mother was fired at, on a timbered hillside facing Chilkat River, he and his brother ran away as fast as their stumpy little legs could carry them. When they crept where they had last seen her, they thought her asleep; and cuddling up close against her yet warm body they slept peacefully until morning.
Before the early morning sun had reached their side of the mountains, the two orphans were awakened by the rough grasp of human hands. Valiantly they bit and scratched, and bawled aloud with rage. One of them made a fight so fierce and terrible that his nervous captor let him go, and that one is still on the Chilkoot.
Although the other cub fought just as desperately, his captor seized him by the hind legs, dragged him backwards, occasionally swung him around his head, and kept him generally engaged until ropes were procured for binding him. When finally established, with collar, chain and post, in the rear of the saloon in Porcupine City, two-legged animals less intelligent than himself frequently and violently prodded the little grizzly with a long pole "to see him fight." Barely in time to save him from insanity, little Cyclone was rescued by the friendly hands of the Zoological Society's field agent, placed in a comfortable box, freed from all annoyance, and shipped to New York.
He was at that time as droll and roguish-looking a grizzly cub as ever stepped. In a grizzly-gray full moon of fluffy hair, two big black eyes sparkled like jet beads, behind a pudgy little nose, absurdly short for a bear. Excepting for his high shoulders, he was little more than a big bale of gray fur set up on four posts of the same material. But his claws were formidable, and he had the true grizzly spirit.
The Bears' Nursery at the New York Zoological Park is a big yard with a shade tree, a tree to climb, a swimming pool, three sleeping dens, and a rock cliff. It never contains fewer than six cubs, and sometimes eight.
Naturally, it is a good test of courage and temper to turn a new bear into that roystering crowd. Usually a newcomer is badly scared during his first day in the Nursery, and very timid during the next. But grizzlies are different. They are born full of courage and devoid of all sense of fear.
When little Cyclone's travelling box was opened, and he found himself free in the Nursery, he stalked deliberately to the centre of the stage, halted, and calmly looked about him. His air and manner said as plainly as English: "I'm a grizzly from Alaska, and I've come to stay. If any of you fellows think there is anything coming to you from me, come and take it."
Little Czar, a very saucy but good-natured European brown bear cub, walked up and aimed a sample blow at Cyclone's left ear. Quick as a flash out shot Cyclone's right paw, as only a grizzly can strike, and caught the would-be hazer on the side of the head. Amazed and confounded, Czar fled in wild haste. Next in order, a black bear cub, twice the size of Cyclone, made a pass at the newcomer, and he too received so fierce a countercharge that he ignominiously quitted the field and scrambled to the top of the cliff.
Cyclone conscientiously met every attack, real or feigned, that was made upon him. In less than an hour it was understood by every bear in the Nursery that that queer-looking gray fellow with the broad head and short nose could strike quick and hard, and that he could fight any other bear on three seconds' notice....


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Biblical Women's Voices in Early Modern England
Michele Osherow
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Published November 9, 2016 by Routledge
Published September 27, 2009 by Routledge
Biblical Women's Voices in Early Modern England documents the extent to which portrayals of women writers, rulers, and leaders in the Hebrew Bible scripted the lives of women in early modern England. Attending to a broad range of writing by Protestant men and women, including John Donne, Mary Sidney, John Milton, Rachel Speght, and Aemilia Lanyer, the author investigates how the cultural requirement for feminine silence informs early modern readings of biblical women's stories, and furthermore, how these biblical characters were used to counteract cultural constraints on women's speech. Bringing to bear a commanding knowledge of Hebrew Scripture, Michele Osherow presents a series of case studies on biblical heroines, juxtaposing Old Testament stories with early modern writers and texts. The case studies include an investigation of references to Miriam in Lady Mary Sidney's psalm translations; an unpacking of comparisons between Deborah and Elizabeth I; and, importantly, a consideration of the feminization of King David through analysis of his appropriation as a model for early modern women in writings by both male and female authors. In deciphering the abundance of biblical characters, citations, and allusions in early modern texts, Osherow simultaneously demonstrates how biblical stories of powerful women challenged the Renaissance notion that women should be silent, and explores the complexities and contradictions surrounding early modern women, their speech, and their power.
Contents: Introduction: 'Even I wil sing'; 'Should she not be ashamed?': constructing Mary Sidney as a Renaissance Miriam; 'My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies': Hannah and the consequence of private prayer; 'Give ear o princes': Deborah as a model for female authority; 'Naked against the enemy': the feminization of David; Epilogue: none can resist her words; Bibliography; Indexes.
Michele Osherow is Assistant Professor of English and Affiliate Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County
'As Osherow demonstrates through a powerful series of case-studies, sixteenth- and seventeenth-century writers responded not simply to English cultural constraints, but to transhistorical and transcultural conditions mediated through the ancient texts that comprised the Protestant canon of Scripture. One of the most powerful impressions conveyed by the book is that of an English canon of women's writing developing in direct response to an earlier instance of canon formation recorded in Hebrew Scripture.' John Watkins, University of Minnesota, USA and author of Representing Elizabeth in Stuart England: Literature, History, Sovereignty 'Beautifully written and thoroughly researched, Michele Osherow's study demonstrates a wide knowledge and understanding of both the Old Testament and early modern English texts, and allows us to understand the complexities and contradictions in women's search for speech and power. Carole Levin, University of Nebraska, USA and author of Dreaming the English Renaissance: Politics and Desire in Court Culture 'Without downplaying the restrictions facing Early Modern women, Osherow demonstrates the power of biblical women's voices for those who asserted a woman's right to speak and publish in the English Renaissance era. I strongly recommend this accessible and engaging study.' Parergon 'Biblical Women's Voices in Early Modern England is an ambitious and stimulating discussion of biblical reception in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. ...[It] makes a significant contribution to one of the most important theoretical trends in the study of biblical reception in the early modern world.' Theological Book Review 'What is so successful about Osherow's work is the way in which she locates a rhetoric model - one often initially defined by powerful women, like Queen Elizabeth - and maps its movement into popular literature, private devotional writings, and beyond. ...This work will prove useful to both scholars of early modern
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