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Console Versions of Elder Scrolls Online Delayed 6 Months, Zenimax Promises Goodies
By Christopher Wieninger
Playstation 4 and Xbox One owners will have to wait a little bit longer to explore the sprawling world of The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) on their TV screens. Zenimax Online confirmed rumors today in a blog post that the console release of their popular massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) has been delayed for 6 months.
ESO launched on PC and Mac officially on April 4th, 2014 to much fanfare and many downloads, an online version of a typically single player game that grants players access to a massive game world full of quests and epic narratives.
Although Zenimax's announcement to delay ESO came only a few hours ago, keyboard warriors have already taken to the Internet to complain. Many users' concerns about the setback of the game's console release are legitimate, but Zenimax feels that it needs more time to iron out issues with network connectivity. The blog post points out that the console manufacturer's networks, Xbox Live and the Playstation Network, respectively, are both much different than the PC/Mac network and each other. This has lead to unique issues on both console builds, and the ESO team has determined that it would rather take extra time to find fixes for the issues than release a half-baked product. Considering the entire point of ESO is to explore Tamriel with friends, it's a smart move, despite the backlash.
Zenimax is doing its best to appease both angry and understanding players alike, though. They've teamed up with Microsoft and Sony to offer free character transfers from the PC/Mac version to the console version to anyone who purchases ESO before the end of June 2014. Not only that, but they're offering players a full download of ESO for Xbox One and PS4 for only only $20 when the console version releases, and slapping on a free month of game time to boot. Although the console delay will be disappointing to many, Zenimax Online is stepping up and showing great care for its customers by offering a clear explanation up front; their offer for the console release is just the icing on the cake.
If you want to read more about ESO, read the detailed Techaeris review right here!
Read Zenimax Online's full press release here, or below:
Read our update regarding ESO's availability on next-gen consoles.
We know from the frequent questions we get that many of you are excited about playing ESO on the PS4 and Xbox One, and today we'd like to share an official update on the status of these releases. Read on for the latest information:
We've been grateful to our fans for the wonderful response to our recent launch of The Elder Scrolls Online for PC/Mac, but we know many of you are eagerly waiting to play the game on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
We continue to work on the console versions of ESO, and game development has been progressing steadily, but we are still working to solve a series of unique problems specific to those platforms. Integrating our systems with each console manufacturer's networks—which are both different from the PC/Mac system as well as different from each other—has been a challenging process. It has become clear that our planned June release of the console versions isn't going to be possible. Though we have made great progress, we have concluded that we'll need about six months to ensure we deliver the experience our fans expect and deserve.
We know that the news of an ESO console delay is as disappointing to many of you as it is to us. We want to do what we can to make it up to our fans who want to start playing now, so we have worked out the following arrangement with Sony and Microsoft:
Via a special offer, anyone who purchases and plays the PC/Mac version of The Elder Scrolls Online by the end of June will have the opportunity to transfer their character(s) to either console version when they are released. The offer will allow you to begin playing immediately on the PC/Mac, and then add the PS4 or Xbox One version and transfer the character(s) you have created and developed. And, you don't have to pay full price for the game twice. For $20, eligible PC and Mac players will have the option to add a full, digital version of ESO on either the PS4 or the Xbox One with your character transfer(s), and another 30 days of included game time.
Whether you decide to take advantage of this offer or not, we promise to do everything we can to get the game released on both consoles as quickly as we can. We will keep everyone updated with additional details regarding character transfers, specific offer dates, when you can expect console beta to start, and of course, when ESO on consoles will launch.
Thank you for your patience and loyal support.
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Response to Werner's Thought Experiments — Will Science Replace Religion?
Stephen Nowlin/ Regarding Werner's call for thought experiments on the future of the science-art enterprise, and my query on how science might someday replace religion. Werner asks "Do you have a sense of how this might work in practice?"
Good, modest little question, Werner — kinda like asking for simple operating instructions on how to transform all of human history! But an excellent experimental thought challenge. So everyone please forgive me at the outset for the hubris of even imagining how such a massive change might actually happen . . .
A first humble step might be to stop casting the argument in terms of religion vs. science, and engage it as supernatural-world vs. natural-world. This makes it an academic pursuit rather than one pointedly antagonistic to belief. Then get over the NOMA hurdle, discard it and recognize that ontologically religion and science essentially account for the same deep-seated human … Continue reading
Response to Leonard Re: 'Giving Legitimacy to Nonsense'
Stephen Nowlin/ In his critique of "artworks which include random scientific imagery in order to 'science up' the artwork" Leonard Shapiro thoughtfully raises a fundamental issue for Sci-Art. The challenge is how to manage an artwork that appropriates scientific imagery for the purpose of evoking emotional reactions and transcendent associations which were not inherent in the imagery's specific scientific origin, thus proffering for that imagery its legitimate resonance with broader ideas and sensations — and at the same time remaining true to the integrity of the science. When poeticizing or in effect acknowledging the genuinely 'spiritualizing' dimensions of science, it is nonetheless easy to slip into complicity (or give the appearance of doing so) with New-Age mysticism, religious pseudo-science, or paranormal and supernatural memes that clearly misinterpret and pervert rather than promote science consciousness. It is in the discourse over how Sci-Art challenges such historically and culturally institutionalized perversions of … Continue reading
The Problem of the Wall Label . . .
Stephen Nowlin/ There are, as this symposium shows, many approaches crowded under the Sci-Art umbrella. For the one having to do with exhibiting works of science-based art, the quaint convention of the gallery wall label conceals much deeper issues than its quietly pragmatic utility would suggest. First of all, gallery labels are annoying — tiny little extra rectangles, visual objects in themselves, that dot the wall and exude residue of having hawked one's craftwork at a peg-board street fair. Worse, though, they trumpet the century outmoded single-channel notion that each work of art is "on display itself" rather than part of a cohesive aesthetic and intellectual whole where only an installation free of all unnecessary visual flak will suffice. Wall labels in a gallery are like leaving a metronome going during the symphony. But their truly criminal act is when they historicize and decode the work of art, and by … Continue reading
Response to Werner: Science Museum vs. Art Gallery, and other stuff . . .
Stephen Nowlin/ Regarding some cited works of Sci-Art, Werner Sun comments that ". . . if I had encountered any one on its own, I would probably not have identified it as sci-art per se . . ." ( http://bit.ly/wernercomment )
Werner, thanks for your thoughtful comment, which raises really intriguing issues. First, on a broader subject being discussed, my two-cents is that I don't really think "Sci-Art" rises to the definition of a brand — it's rather more like a way-finding sign. It suffices, only. Personally, it kind-of covers what I do and maybe that's as much as we can expect of a big umbrella word. In any event, I think that what we do is not done in order to justify or fit into what it ends up getting labeled. The best we can do is agitate and incite for the moment in which our efforts might make … Continue reading
Response to Jeanne Brasile on Sci-Art as a Trend . . .
Stephen Nowlin/ I agree with Jeanne that Sci-Art will continue to be a way of relating to the world even as it morphs into the future, and I think it's an important topic to try and unpack. For the moment, Sci-Art criticized as a kind of fad or fashion, temporary obsession, etc, is something to which it is vulnerable, and one which may be helped by discussions such as these that provide some historical perspective.
One lens through which to view that history begins in the mid-nineteenth century and the gradual metamorphosis of representational painting into abstraction and non-objectivity by the early decades of the twentieth century. It is not accurate to declare the period to have begun a permanent decline in representation and its symbolisms, since to this day representational art persists in abundance. But I think it is accurate to say that the introduction of abstraction created not … Continue reading
More on How Art and Science Know . . .
Stephen Nowlin/
Science, of course, investigates and knows about many things but let's just take one category, astronomy. It's likely that most of the planet's current human population knows through education or at least general cultural awareness that the Earth orbits the Sun and the Moon goes around the Earth. And my guess is that (just speculation here, and despite sporadic droplets of broader knowledge many now encounter through contemporary sources like Discovery or Science channels, Facebook posts, CNN headlines, or fading Sagan-Cosmos memories), . . . that this simple Copernican Sun/Moon/Earth relationship is about the extent to which a majority of modern humans care or incorporate knowledge of astronomy or astrophysics into their personal existential identities. It seems remarkable to me that an earlier Earth and mythology-centered ontological framework inherited from a multi-millennial past has been so minimally disturbed by the thorough and revolutionary debunking it has experienced during … Continue reading
Who's the Audience?
Stephen Nowlin/ Thank you to the CUE Foundation and Taney Roniger for initiating this timely and important dialogue.
An initial thought: I think the title of the conference itself smartly points to the need for a deeper excavation of what Sci-Art is and what it means. "Strange Attractors" exposes the tendency, particularly in the popular media, to approach a convergence of science and art as a kind-of inspirational novelty — that is, as an implausible tale of romance, an affair noteworthy primarily because it seems to successfully pair what are stereotypically perceived to be polar opposite ends of a spectrum. As a result, the exposure of Sci-Art to the public through popular media remains largely superficial, more descriptive of its charm and novelty than analytical of its deeper meanings. While such may not be the case with academic journals and scholarly writing on the subject, it is the ability of … Continue reading

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The school of my daughter, Kindergarten Kläyhof I Zollikofen, just had a theater night again as last year.
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A Little History, A Generous Challenge & A Special Surprise
St. Mary Parish is proud of its longstanding commitment to quality music for our liturgical celebrations. Our Sunday Masses, weddings, funerals, Christmas & Easter would not be such faith-filled and joy-filled celebrations without music and without the organ.
Thirty years ago the people of St. Mary's made a significant commitment to grow our music program with the decision to build a pipe organ for the church. The Berkshire Organ Company was chosen to build a pipe organ for St. Mary's, but the business was closed following the death of its owner. The Austin Organ Company literally "picked up the pieces" and continued the building project until its completion. Because of the false start with the original firm, the cost of completing the organ was considerably more than the parish had anticipated. The decision was made to use a lesser quality electronic control system in order to save money with the hope that a higher quality console would replace it in the future. Now, many years later, the time has come for us to update the electronic control system and replace the organ console.
A Generous Challenge
Over the course of the last 5 years through generous memorial gifts and contributions, we have raised $50,000. The parish finance committee also set aside and dedicated $50,000 to cover the cost. As of early November 2017, we were $40,000 away from meeting the fundraising goal for this special project.
Former parishioner and music lovers, Jim and Barbara Diamond have been strong supporters of the organ project. Before he and his wife Barbara moved to Portsmouth, NH they attended the 11:00 AM Mass and enjoyed the adult choir, the organ and celebrating their faith at St. Mary's. Since the fundraising began, the Diamond's have made several contributions and when Jim heard how close we were getting to our goal he offered to make one more generous challenge gift of $10,000 to give our fundraising efforts one more boost. If we could raise $10,000 he would match it.
A Special Suprise
In response Jim's great challenge gift, a committee was formed to plan an Organ Fundraiser event. The committee also thought it would be great opportunity to honor and celebrate Rick Vacca who has been our Director of Liturgical Music for the past 25+ years! We managed to keep that part a secret until the evening of November 16th. As Rick entered Wachusett Country Club for what he thought was a fundraiser, he was greeted by members of the St. Mary's Adult Choir, the Liturgy Committee, staff, cantors, musicians, friends, and family.
Evan Page who helped to organize the evening shared how much fun it was to coordinate knowing Jim Diamond's great challenge and that Rick would be honored. Evan shared that we were also able to obtain several leadership gifts prior to the evening and " Once people heard that this fundraiser was for the organ and to honor Rick the money kept rolling in." In his conversations with donors, Evan said people consistently shared how much joy Rick has brought to their lives. " All those that know Rick understand and see that all of his love and kindness is deeply rooted in him."
Jim Diamond was able to join us at this celebration and it was great to see that his challenge was not only met, but doubled!! With the leadership gifts received, contributions made by those that attended, and Jim's matching gift we were able to raise over $30,000!
Little notes of appreciation written to Rick by those who attended were sprinkled across each of the tables and Msgr. Mike read some of them to the group. Msgr. Mike also shared his appreciation for Rick on behalf of the parish and announced that since he wore out the console we have today, the parish will dedicate the new console to him when it is installed.
Rick was overwhelmed and shared that being at St. Mary's has been the best part of his life feeling as if he has been surrounded by one big family.
How blessed we are as a parish to have had Rick Vacca as our Director of Liturgical Music for the past 25+ years! Following an upcoming 11:00 AM Mass we'll celebrate Rick's anniversary as a parish family with cake and refreshments in the Gathering Space. Watch the bulletin & Flocknote for more details. With a little less than $10,000 left to raise, if you would like to make a contribution to the Organ Fund, donation envelopes will be available before and at the reception. Hope to see you there!


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Richard Dawkins, Yan Wong – The Ancestor's Tale
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The renowned biologist and thinker Richard Dawkins presents his most expansive work yet: a comprehensive look at evolution, ranging from the latest developments in the field to his own provocative views. Loosely based on the form of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Dawkins's Tale takes us modern humans back through four billion years of life on our planet. As the pilgrimage progresses, we join with other organisms at the forty "rendezvous points" where we find a common ancestor. The band of pilgrims swells into a vast crowd as we join first with other primates, then with other mammals, and so on back to the first primordial organism.
Dawkins's brilliant, inventive approach allows us to view the connections between ourselves and all other life in a bracingly novel way. It also lets him shed bright new light on the most compelling aspects of evolutionary history and theory: sexual selection, speciation, convergent evolution, extinction, genetics, plate tectonics, geographical dispersal, and more. The Ancestor's Tale is at once a far-reaching survey of the latest, best thinking on biology and a fascinating history of life on Earth. Here Dawkins shows us how remarkable we are, how astonishing our history, and how intimate our relationship with the rest of the living world.
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The entry-level smartphone segment in India with smartphones priced under Rs. 15,000 is too competitive with each brand trying to get a slice of the market. Honor 10 Lite is one of the devices in this segment looking to make the mark. We at Androidpure has used the Honor 10 Lite as our primary device for more than two weeks and this review is based on our experience during that period. Check out the full detailed review to find out if it manages to make a mark and if it is worth the hype. This is the first smartphone from Huawei Honor that we are reviewing at AndroidPure.
The first thing that you will notice with Honor 10 Lite is the shiny back panel which is made of plastic, yet looks great. The back panel comes with a style reflective pattern that shines with light if you move it across but is also a fingerprint & dust magnet. The Honor branding is at the bottom while the dual camera sensors are placed at the top left along with the LED flash. The fingerprint sensor is placed at the usual conventional place that is easily accessible with fingers. The edges are curved giving you a feel of the thin device plus helps you hold it well. It feels perfectly solid, sturdy & easy to hold.
On the front, there is the waterdrop or dewdrop display with no physical buttons at the bottom. There are minor bezels at the three sides except for the bottom, where its a bit wide. The tiny notch includes only the selfie camera while the earpiece is moved towards the frame and the notification LED is at the bottom bezel. Volume and Power buttons are on the left side while the SIM tray sits at the top side. On the bottom side, there is Micro-USB port, 3.5mm headphone jack, the primary mic, and speaker.
Honor10 Lite comes with 91% screen-to-body ratio (claimed) with a 6.21-inch 19.5:9 display having a full-HD+ resolution. There is no protection like Corning Gorilla glass or something similar, as we have seen in devices such as Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 (Read Review) which comes with Corning Gorilla Glass 6. The phone is powered by Huawei Kirin 710 octa-core processor clocked at 2.2GHz and can be considered as equivalent to Snapdragon 660. There is no dedicated MicroSD card slot though you can expand storage up to 512GB using the hybrid dual-SIM slot (can be used for two nano SIM cards).
Thanks to the 6GB RAM and Kirin 710, the phone managed to perform great with whatever we threw at it. In terms of performance, everything ran smoothly without any issues. There were no crashes or force closes for any app during our review. There was no lag or stutter, and it could multitask without any issues.
Coming to Benchmark scores, it scored ~128K+ on Antutu Benchmark which is almost the same as that we saw for Snapdragon 660 powered Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2.
The fingerprint sensor worked fine and managed to unlock the device quite well, though it does feel a bit slow. The Face unlock feature worked as hit & miss and still need to be perfected. We would recommend using the fingerprint sensor instead.
Coming to gaming performance, we managed to play PUBG without any issues with the graphics set at Balanced and frame rate set to Medium. PUBG did that as default setting based on the hardware when we first installed the game. As we are not such avid gamers, we played it for 15 minutes for few times without any issues or lag.
The phone features a dual rear camera module having a 13MP primary sensor with f/1.8 aperture and a 2MP depth sensor having f/2.4 aperture. On the front, you get a 24MP shooter for selfies & video calls. The camera app includes modes such as Aperture, Night, Portrait, Panorama, Pro, and Time-lapse modes as well as usual photo and video modes. AI support is used to identify objects, translating text, and scanning QR codes. AI did manage to identify the scenes correctly and adjust the camera app accordingly.
The main rear camera managed to shoot some good pictures even under low light. Yet with AI enabled, you can clearly see that some of the images are over saturated or rich in colour compared to the actual. They did lack a bit of contrast and details in the images. The front selfie camera produced great selfies including the portrait mode selfies. The selfies with the 24MP shooter with f/2.0 aperture look much better than what we have seen in some devices in the same price bracket.
You can record Full HD videos from both the front and rear cameras, though there is no stabilisation support. Check out some of the camera samples shot using Honor 10 Lite under different lighting conditions.
The phone runs on EMUI 9.0 based on Android 9.0 (Pie) operating system out of the box. Android 9.0 (Pie) is the latest Android Operating system and there are very few smartphones under Mid range segment running on it. It is the first smartphone from Honor that runs on Android 9.0 (Pie) and includes the Digital Balance app similar to Digital Wellbeing on stock Android that gives you a breakdown of time spent on the smartphone. You can limit the time spent on the apps and set your daily time spent on the phone.
It includes gesture-based navigation that can be enabled from settings, that hides the navigation bar and lets you use gestures instead. EMUI 9.0 offers many customisation options that can be used as per your needs. It includes a Ride Mode letting you use the phone while riding. It also comes with theme support. During our review, we received an OTA updated that added the ViLTE (Video over LTE) feature, though we were not able to test that feature.
The phone is powered by a 3400 mAh battery. In terms of battery life, it easily lasts for two days under average usage, while with moderate/aggressive usage the phone lasts for one to one & half days easily. We are impressed by the battery performance in spite of having just the 3400 mAh battery, it performed well. Yet, we expected the fast charger support with the device which isn't there and the phone take more than 2 hours to charge fully. It does include Battery modes such as "Power Saving Mode" and "Ultra Power Saving Mode".
Honor 10 Lite overall is a great smartphone that offers you Android Pie out of the box, great battery life, Good selfie Camera and great performance. Yet, thanks to the pricing and arrival of Redmi Note 7 Pro & price drop of Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2, Honor 10 Lite appears to be losing out to the competition and may not be the first choice.


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Obama move on Social Security puts him at odds with Dem leaders Reid, Pelosi
By Bob Cusack - 07/07/11 01:20 PM EDT
President Obama's stunning move to consider major changes to Social Security puts him at odds with Democratic leaders in Congress.
In a March interview on MSNBC, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Harry Mason ReidDems open to killing filibuster in next Congress Webb: Questions for Robert Mueller Steyer's impeachment solution is dead wrong MORE (D-Nev.) said, "Leave Social Security alone."
Reid said at the time, "Two decades from now, I'm willing to take a look at it. But I'm not willing to take a look at it right now."
Last year, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said, "When you talk about reducing the deficit and Social Security, you're talking about apples and oranges."
During a May interview on CNBC, Pelosi said everything should be on the table in the debt talks, but suggested Social Security reforms should be aimed at shoring up the popular entitlement program — not reducing the deficit.
On June 22, House Democrats warned that Social Security cuts are a nonstarter.
"You want a fight?" Rep. John Garamendi John Raymond GaramendiBipartisan House duo unveils amendment to block Iran strike without Congress's approval House panel shoots down funding, deployment of low-yield nukes in defense bill Overnight Defense: Latest on House defense bill markup | Air Force One, low-yield nukes spark debate | House Dems introduce resolutions blocking Saudi arms sales | Trump to send 1,000 troops to Poland MORE (D-Calif.) said during a press conference in the Capitol. "If anybody in this building wants to take on Social Security — privatize it, change the benefits by altering the consumer price index or by any other method — know this: You've got a fight on your hands."
"Raising the retirement age is a benefit cut," Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) said.
Rep. Xavier Becerra Xavier BecerraTrump drops bid to add citizenship question to 2020 census Overnight Health Care — Sponsored by Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids — Appeals court appears skeptical of upholding ObamaCare mandate | Drug pricing deal faces GOP pushback | Trump officials look for plan B after court strikes drug TV ad rule Democratic group hits GOP attorneys general in six-figure ad campaign on ObamaCare MORE (D-Calif.), a Pelosi deputy, suggested on Thursday morning that the reports of Obama wanting to tackle Social Security in the debt-ceiling talks have caught some by surprise.
During an interview on C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" program, Becerra said he wouldn't put Social Security on the table, but said he understands that in negotiations, all "sacred cows" must be discussed.
Becerra cited figures from the Congressional Budget Office to make his case that Social Security has not contributed to the deficit, pointing the finger at the George W. Bush tax rates.
Like Pelosi, the California Democrat said he could support changes to Social Security that strengthen the system. He also indicated he would be open to lifting the Social Security cap, which is now at $106,000.
That change, which was proposed by Bush and quickly rejected by congressional Republicans, would mandate that the wealthy pay more into the Social Security system.
During his 2008 campaign, Obama vowed not to raise taxes on families making $250,000 or less per year.
Obama's decision to put Social Security on the table could be aimed at putting Republicans on the defensive. Republicans have vowed to oppose tax increases as part of the debt-ceiling negotiations, and Obama could make the case that he is willing to take flak from his base to get a deal and urge GOP lawmakers to do the same by agreeing to raise some taxes in order to reduce the deficit.
The White House on Thursday pushed back a bit at The Washington Post's report that Obama is seeking significant reforms to Social Security. A White House aide told The Huffington Post that the article "overshoots the runway" while acknowledging the program must be strengthened. The New York Times also reported on the issue.
Obama is scheduled to meet with congressional leaders Thursday morning to discuss raising the nation's debt ceiling.
This article was updated at 9:56 a.m.
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Founder & President of Love on a Mission, Deena Pfahler, shares how her vision to help LGBTQ+ youth came about.
My journey started in February 2013 when I found a letter addressed to me that I was never intended to find. It started out by saying, "If I never get a chance to tell you...." In this letter written by one of my twins, Aaron, he revealed that he was gay. I felt as if my heart had stopped beating. I have always been very close to my three boys and I did not want this newfound information to come between our relationship. For three months I prayed, fasted and tried to research everything I could get my hands on. After I finally shared with Aaron that I knew and assured him of my love for him and that I would stand with him even though I didn't fully understand nor at this time even agreed with everything, Austin (his twin) felt safe to come out as well. What I found, as I prayed for God to speak to my boys and change their hearts, was that God began to speak to me and transformed my heart and mind.
In April 2015 I received a text from a friend that knew my heart and passion for young people and the LGBTQ community. In this text he asked if I knew of any resources for a young man, a senior in high school, that after coming out to his parents he had to move out. My heart broke for this young man that I didn't even know but through this brokenness Love on a Mission was birthed.
Love on a Mission is a non-profit organization that is creating a safe place for LGBTQ youth in our community to feel unconditionally loved and accepted for being their authentic selves. We are currently meeting once a month to offer support, advocacy and education. Our goal is to have our own facility and also have available an emergency bed shelter for those that find themselves homeless after coming out to their families.


Do you own a KitchenAid stand mixer? Are you a pasta lover? Chances are you are looking for a pasta attachment for your mixer. Or, are you one of those still cranking a manual pasta maker? Perhaps, it's about time you make good use of your stand mixer.
It's fast and convenient. You can mix and knead the dough with your KitchenAid mixer, roll it in the pasta maker and cut with a pasta cutter or shape with the pasta press.
You probably have read online or heard from friends about how they enjoy making fresh flavorful pasta with their KitchenAid pasta attachments . But there is not just one pasta attachment for a KitchenAid stand mixer. Which ones do you need?
What is the Pasta Press Attachment?
Are there KitchenAid Pasta Attachment Sets?
How do You Care for Your Pasta Attachments?
How do you turn that dough into pasta? Easy with the KitchenAid pasta roller or maker which kneads and turns pre-made dough into thin sheets before you cut them into the pasta you want. You can choose from 8 thickness settings depending on how thick or thin you'd want your pasta to be.
The pasta roller is coupled to your mixer's attachment hub. Just run your mixer in any speed you're comfortable with and feed the flattened dough into the roller. Fold the dough and repeat the process adjusting the thickness setting as you go. Repeat until you get your desired thickness.
Be aware that the higher the speed setting you choose, the faster the dough will roll. You may want to initially set the speed lower until you get used to the process.
Go here for a detailed review of the pasta maker attachment, how to use it and what to watch out for.
Ever wondered how long pastas are cut? Well, after you have rolled and thinned the dough, you then have to feed that sheet it into a cutter to produce spaghetti, fettucine, linguine or whatever pasta you like. You won't need one for lasagna, because you can make it with just the roller.
Like the pasta roller, the different pasta cutters also go into the attachment hub and run when you turn your mixer on. The cutter will also run faster and cough out cut pasta faster at higher speeds.
There are a number of pasta cutters available for you. It can sometimes be confusing for someone searching because each cutter type can make more than one pasta variant. That's according to product descriptions and user feedback.
Spaghetti Cutter. You can also make linguine in the spaghetti cutter. Linguine is supposed to be thinner and wider than spaghetti. Thinness can be achieved with the pasta roller, but linguine width will be the same as spaghetti.
Lasagnette Pasta Cutter. This is also known as the thick noodle cutter. Use it for thick fettuccine or egg noddles.
Capellini Pasta Cutter. Some users and websites refer to this as the angel hair pasta cutter. It can also be used for making spaghetti.
Want a quicker way to make ravioli? The ravioli maker attachment guides two sheets of rolled dough into the hopper. You then fill the cavities with your prepared ravioli filling and manually turn a knob to seal each row of ravioli.
Using this attachment may take practice depending on your dexterity. But once you get the hang of it, it's easy.
Now, what if you want macaroni or penne or other pasta shapes? You can't make it from rolled dough. The answer…the pasta press or extruder. It has a hopper and includes six different pasta plates for six different pasta shapes…bucatini, small and large macaroni, rigatoni, fusili and spaghetti.
There is no need to roll the dough before cutting it into shape. Instead, you feed dough balls about the size of a walnut into the hopper. The pasta plates attached beneath shapes the pasta.
The pasta roller, ravioli maker and pasta press are available individually. But, pasta cutters are available in sets or are included in a set.
Pasta roller and cutters set. This includes the pasta maker, spaghetti and fettucini cutters.
KitchenAid Pasta Excellence set. This is the complete set. It includes pasta roller, ravioli maker and the four different pasta cutters.
The most important thing to remember with any KitchenAid pasta attachment is to never, ever wet it. Some sellers and reviewers say that these attachments are made of stainless steel. KitchenAid says they are chrome-plated.
Use the accompanying brush to remove dried pasta and polish with a dry towel. Do not insert any object into the rollers to clean them or use sharp objects. You can use toothpick if need be.
The trick for easy cleaning is to dust your roller, cutters and dough with flour. If any dough sticks, let it dry-out before brushing.
Lubricate the ends of any attachment with mineral or olive oil periodically.
We all look for reviews before grabbing anything. Pasta attachments for KitchenAid stand mixers are rated four stars on average by reviewers on Amazon. A significant majority of owners enjoy using these pasta attachments. They say it does take some practice and a suitable recipe for your area. Once you get the hang of it, using them is fast and convenient.
Those who were previously using manual pasta makers point out the convenience of having both hands free to feed and guide the dough.
There are also people who are disappointed. The most common complaint is that the plastic gears on the roller fail just after a year or two. A significant number say that they haven't used it for a year or have used it very rarely. This is in contrast to the experiences of satisfied owners who use their pasta attachments often.
Several attachments can turn your KitchenAid counter top mixer into a versatile kitchen appliance. The pasta attachments are probably the most popular. They are proving to be very useful to a lot of KitchenAid mixer owners. They aren't perfect but they work, and are a huge convenience for someone who prefers homemade pasta.
Those who have weak arms or have an arm injury can benefit from not having to use a manual pasta maker.
Although attachments mean more work for your stand mixer, as long as you don't overload and overwork it, you can, like other pasta lovers, enjoy its versatility.
Important: These pasta attachments fit all KitchenAid mixer models.


In 1982, the Government of Canada patriated the Canadian Constitution, and in so doing, formally entrenched Aboriginal and treaty rights in the supreme law of Canada.
Section 35 neither confirms nor creates absolute Aboriginal rights. It does confirm "existing Aboriginal or treaty rights" that had not been extinguished by surrender or legislation before 1982.
On the other hand, Aboriginal rights and treaty rights existing after proclamation of the Constitution Act, 1982 now receive significant legal protection under Section 35. Existing Aboriginal land rights can no longer be extinguished without the consent of those Aboriginal Peoples holding interests in those lands. Aboriginal consent may be required to give effect to legislation purporting to extinguish Aboriginal land rights, even if compensation is paid. Finally, government regulation of Aboriginal land rights may still be possible, if appropriate and meaningful consultation is undertaken with the affected Aboriginal communities.
The repatriation of the Constitution has contributed to the creation of space for Canada's Aboriginal Peoples and governments to work towards the recognition, respect, and reconciliation of Aboriginal rights and title.
The repatriated Constitution also set the stage for the Supreme Court of Canada to begin to weigh in on issues related to Aboriginal rights and title. The underlying belief was that once treaty and Aboriginal rights were recognized in the Constitution as "constitutional rights" that recognition provided a legal status protecting Aboriginal rights and title. In reality, the burden fell upon Aboriginal Peoples to define, through litigation, the nature and quality of those rights.
 Constitution Act, 1982, being Schedule B to the Canada Act 1982 (U.K.), 1982, c. 11.
Here's an article that gives some background on how Métis Peoples came to be included in the Constitution. "Harry Daniels, the Man Who Put Métis in the Constitution."
We provide more insight on the significance of Section 35 Constitution Act, 1982 in our public and on-site training.


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WHO honors Henrietta Lacks, woman whose cells served science
GENEVA – The World Health Organization chief honored the late Henrietta Lacks on Wednesday, an American whose cancer cells were harvested without her knowledge in the 1950s and who eventually formed the basis of major scientific breakthroughs, including research on the coronavirus.
Recognition by WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus came more than a decade after the publication of "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," Rebecca Skloot's book on Black American Healthcare Discrimination, the Life-Saving Innovations Lacks Made possible '- Cells and her family's legal battle over their unauthorized use.
"What h*pened to Henrietta was wrong," Tedros said during a special ceremony at WHO headquarters in Geneva, before presenting her 87-year-old son Lawrence Lacks with the award of Director General for Henrietta Lacks while several of her other descendants watched.
Lacks died of cervical cancer on October 4, 1951 at the age of 31. The tissue taken from her at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore provided the first human cells to be successfully cloned. Since then, reproducing endlessly, HeLa cells have become a cornerstone of modern medicine, including the development of the polio vaccine, genetic m*ping, and even the COVID-19 vaccines.
Tedros noted that Lacks lived at a time when racial discrimination was legal in the United States and that it is still widespread, even though it is no longer legal in most countries.
"Henrietta Lacks was taken advantage of. She is one of many women of color whose bodies have been abused by science, "he said. "She trusted the health system to get treatment. But the system stole something from her without her knowledge or consent. "
"The medical technologies that grew out of this injustice were used to perpetuate further injustices because they weren't fairly distributed around the world," added Tedros.
The HeLa cell line – a name derived from the first two letters of Henrietta Lacks' first and last name – was a scientific breakthrough. Tedros said the cells are "fundamental" in developing human p*illomavirus (HPV) vaccines that can eradicate the cancer that killed her.
According to WHO, less than 25% of low-income countries and less than 30% of lower-middle-income countries had access to HPV vaccines through national vaccination programs last year, compared with over 85% of high-income countries, according to the WHO .
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The choice of a new fighter aircraft is not only dictated by technical requirements. At least as important as price, capacity or robustness, the origin of the supplier (nationality/ies, but also the coalition in which the country is implicitly or explicitly affiliated) is a key element.
The chart below maps the distribution of fourth-generation fighters in the world (+ the small number of fifth-generation fighters already built). Major suppliers, the United States and Russia clearly appear as two magnets: few air forces have fighter aircrafts from one and another.
Full screen here. (CC) license – freely reusable with link to this post.
Nodes: The different aircraft models are represented by strongly colored dots. Countries that employ them are represented by clearer dots. The dot size is proportional to the number of aircraft produced/used by air forces.
Edges: An edge connects an aircraft model and purchasing countries. Its size is proportional to the number of aircraft used.
Aircraft models: Later versions are included with the base model (F-15E Strike Eagle is displayed with previous Eagles, F/A-18F Super Hornet with Hornets, SU-30/SU-33/SU-34/SU35 with SU-27, Tornado ADV with Tornado, etc.).
Edges excluded: We excluded from this chart the two dozen of MIG-29 and two SU-27 purchased by USA to former Soviet Union countries for training purposes.


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This is a fundraiser for the Granbury Kiwanis Club featuring ten singers. Each will perform a song in round one, and the audience will vote on who advances to the next round. The second round will consist of the top five singers, who will then perform a second song. There will then be another round of voting, and the top three finishers will advance to the final round, where they will perform a third song. After a final round of voting, we will crown our winner. Our top finisher will also win $350. Additional votes are on sale for $10 each, and votes may be cast in any round. Each audience member gets three voting tokens to begin the night. All proceeds help fund the charitable work of the Granbury Kiwanis Club.
Our lineup of singers is as follows: Wisper Cox, Ashley Inge, Brayton Mitchell, Ashley Green, Mickey Parson, Kacey Mann, Chad Swanberg, Beth Neal, Ken Sapp, and Gina McGilberry.


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Home Local Local News Pflomm is Watertown's top teacher
Pflomm is Watertown's top teacher
Watertown Teacher of the Year Gary Pflomm talks about his class Wednesday at Polk Elementary School.Laraine Weschler Republican-American
cutline attribution name:Laraine Weschler Republican-American Gary Pflomm, Watertown's teacher of the year, talks about his class Wednesday at Polk Elementary School.
Watertown Teacher of the Year Gary Pflomm talks about his class Wednesday at Polk Elementary School. Laraine Weschler Republican-American
WATERTOWN – School officials chose a science and math teacher with 40 years of experience as the town's 2017-18 Teacher of the Year.
Gary Pflomm starting teaching fourth grade science at Polk School in 1976 after graduating from the University of Connecticut with a bachelor's degree in elementary education. He has also earned a master's degree in learning disabilities from Southern Connecticut State University.
With a long career behind him, Pflomm said he loves reconnecting with his former students as adults.
One of those students from 20 years ago, who went on to become a school principal, surprised him with the announcement last week. Joe Aiscella keeps a picture of Pflomm's fifth-grade class in his office and mentioned Pflomm as his inspiration in a school newsletter, Pflomm said.
Another student who did a project on bones for Pflomm's fifth-grade health fair went on to become an orthopedist and cited Pflomm as an inspiration in a lecture he gave to high school students.
Since the announcement, Pflomm said he's received numerous emails from past students remembering the fun and learning they had in his classroom.
"Those are the kinds of things that make my job worthwhile," Pflomm said.
He said he still enjoys teaching and doesn't plan to retire for another five or six years. The younger teachers keep him energized and up to date on new technology, which he employs in his classroom, he said.
Although he taught science for most of his career, Pflomm has taught math for the past five years. The curriculum has become more challenging over the last four decades, Pflomm said.
"It's a lot more strenuous than it was years ago," Pflomm said.
Superintendent Bridget Carnemolla said it was difficult choosing one teacher from a pool of well-qualified nominees that included Jenifer Caprari, Diana DeBiase, Jody Field, Elizabeth Hosking, Beth Kulmann, Annette Pietro, Roseceil Rader and Valerie Sassu.
"Ultimately, Mr. Pflomm was selected because of his extraordinary dedication to the success of the students at Polk School," Carnemolla said. "Mr. Pflomm loves teaching children, and he strives to engage them in high-level thinking each day, while also providing them with a host of opportunities to practice the habits of contributing citizenship."
She said Pflomm uses technology as a means of motivating students and developing their 21st century skills.
"He understands the crucial value of effective mathematics instruction, and he uses a variety of tools and strategies to build students' confidence and skills as growing mathematicians," Carnemolla said.
Pflomm has also been teaching literature in a collaborative project with high school students.
He has participated in a variety of school-level and district committees, involving curriculum writing for mathematics and languages arts and technology integration across the schools.
Pflomm will go on to compete for the Connecticut Teacher of the Year title.
Contact Laraine Weschler at lweschler@rep-am.com.
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