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Video of Major Nidal Hasan hours before the shooting
Yes, mass killer Nidal Hasan is a Muslim. Check out the video below, showing Hasan buying coffee at a convenience store several hours before the shooting, dressed in Muslim garb.
As I type this, The PC Schoolmarms at McClatchy still haven't reported his religious affiliation. The McClatchy piece on Hasan is here -- nothing about Hasan being a Muslim, and nothing about reports from several sources that Hasan was sympathetic to attacks on the US. There is no excuse -- the McClatchy piece quotes from the interview Hasan's cousin gave to FOX News -- in the interview the cousin stated Hasan was a Muslim from birth.
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on Friday, November 06, 2009
I Told You So: The Muslim Doctor Terrorists Are No Surprise; Revealing Muslim Doctors' Oath
(DebbieSchlussel.com)
It's the doctors, stupid! I'm not sure why everyone is so shocked that all eight suspects in the attempted British terrorist attacks of last week are Medical Doctors (and that ALL eight suspects are tied to the British national healthcare system, the NHS). Readers of this site aren't surprised by the doctor terrorists.
As you'll recall, in my mid-May column, "When Your Doctor is a Muslim: Medical Terrorism Comes to America," I wrote about many of the doctors who've been top-ranking terrorists and involved in terrorist plots.
Also, of note, I've complained about the special visas available for foreign alien MDs and other medical personnel to practice in America in small towns and at universities.
DC sniper calls himself 'this innocent black man' (AP)
RICHMOND, Va. — Attorneys for John Allen Muhammad released a May 2008 letter on Wednesday in which the mastermind of the deadly 2002 sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C., area proclaims his innocence.
The rambling, handwritten letter was made available because of requests for a statement from Muhammad, his attorneys wrote on the Web page of their law firm. The letter was filed in federal court in connection with Muhammad's unsuccessful attempt to block his execution, the attorneys said.
When Your Doctor is a Muslim: Medical Terrorism Comes to America
**** IMPORTANT UPDATE, 07/05/07: Please read my 07/03/07 updated list of terrorist doctors and information on the scary Oath of Muslim Doctors. ****
Sometimes–so many times–diversity is not what it's cracked up to be.
Just ask Joseph Applebaum. Well, you could ask him. But you won't get an answer. He's dead.
And he's dead because he was a Jew, and his doctor is a Muslim and grad of "Ayman Al-Zawahiri" Medical School. But Applebaum wasn't denied treatment for being a Jew in Egypt. Or elsewhere in the Muslim world.
It happened right here on U.S. soil. In Chicago. As Muslim doctors continue to flood into the country under lax immigration laws, hospitals around the country have acquired their fair share of them.
Many hospitals in the Detroit area are now dominated by Muslim doctors and have been for some time
Cops Arrest Man in 'Westernized' Daughter Case [Ran Auto Over 20 Year-Old Old Daughter muslim honor killing] AP
PEORIA, Ariz. - An Iraqi immigrant has been arrested in Georgia for allegedly running down his daughter because she was becoming "too Westernized," police in a Phoenix suburb say.
Police in Peoria released few details, but said 48-year-old Faleh Almaleki was in custody. They would not say where he was being held.
Terror suspect happy at deadly Australian fires (gulf-times.com)
Among evidence released by the court was a transcript of an intercepted telephone call in which Aweys allegedly describes Australians as "filthy people" and thanks Allah for February's deadly wildfires.
In March police intercepted a call to a friend in which he allegedly noted that wildfires had broken out across the country "and all were happy".
"The whole nation is coming down … the economy comes down first," he said in reference to the global financial crisis, before commenting on the drought and Melbourne's water shortage.
"By Allah, factories shutting down, nothing here mate, nothing barely anything," he told the friend.
"By Allah, I've never seen Melbourne like this, then fire coming to them, no water, the water storage is empty.
"They are copping hard man. Thanks to Allah, thanks to Allah."
Lawyers for the accused argued against the release of the transcript and other police evidence, which includes footage of one of the men looking at the army base.
Obama offers millions in Muslim technology fund (breitbart.com)
The White House Friday highlighted a new multi-million-dollar technology fund for Muslim nations, following a pledge made by President Barack Obama in his landmark speech to the Islamic world.
The White House said the US Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) had issued a call for proposals for the fund, which will provide financing of between 25 and 150 million dollars for selected projects and funds.
The Global Technology and Innovation Fund will "catalyze and facilitate private sector investments" throughout Asia, the Middle East and Africa, the White House said in a statement.
Eligible projects would advance economic opportunity and create jobs in areas like technology, education, telecoms, media, business services and clean technology, the White House said.
OPIC said sample projects could help foster the development of new computer technology or telecommunications businesses, or widen access to broadband Internet services.
Obama Appoints Muslim to High-level Position in Department of Homeland Security (Chron Watch)
Purported non Muslim Barack Hussein Obama made a presidential appointment of Muslim Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Arif Alikhan for a top job at the federal Department of Homeland Security.
In his new job, Arif Alikhan will be Assistant Secretary for the Office of Policy Development at the Department of Homeland Security.
Alikhan has been Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles--in charge of public safety for the city.
Why Muslim Alikhan at the Department of Homeland Security you might ask?
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said Alikhan's "broad and impressive array of experience in national security, emergency preparedness, and counterterrorism will make him an asset"--yes, but on behalf of the U.S. or Muslims?
I am not sure what she is talking about and she probably doesn't know either. www.indiawest.com/readmore.aspx?id=1132&Sid=1
Alikhan says a big part of his job will be fostering communication between agencies. Alikhan, like Obama, also wants to help improve America's image with Muslims around the world. He will now set policy on security at the highest levels of the federal government.
But what policies has the new Assistant Secretary embraced?
During his years in Los Angeles, Alikhan was responsible for derailing the Police Department's plan to monitor activities within the Los Angeles Muslim community, where numerous radical mosques and madrassas existed, and where some of the 9/11 hijackers had received support from local residents.
Alikhan is strongly anti-Israel; he has referred to the terrorist organization Hezbollah as a "liberation movement." Hezbollah is on the U.S. official terrorist list while being an affiliate of the Muslim Public Affairs Council.
Alikhan also opposed President George W. Bush's prosecution of the war on Islamic terror.
Terrorist Who Planned Mall Bombing Is a Religion Teacher (GatewayPundit)
Tarek Mehanna, who was arrested at his home Wednesday morning, is a teacher of middle-schoolers in Massashusetts. Mehanna teaches science and religion.
Tarek Mehanna of Sudbury, Massachusetts, is seen in this image from a video footage taken in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 11. (Reuters)
The 27-year-old Mr. Mehanna taught science and religion to middle-schoolers at Alhuda Academy in the Boston area.
Israel National News reported:
The arrest of a Massachusetts teacher of religion in a Muslim school for planning mass murders at malls and targeting American soldiers overseas has caused shock throughout the US. The suspect, an Egyptian-American named Tarek Mehanna, was arraigned in court Wednesday.
He was arrested and charged last year for lying about his ties with Daniel Maldonado, a Muslim convert who wanted to join al-Qaeda in Somalia.
Prosecutors said that Mehanna also intended to kill, maim or kidnap two senior executives in the White House, both of whom no longer are in office. No other details of the targets were released except that they never were in any danger.
One of his co-conspirators is an American now living in Syria…
Muslim leaders and the Muslim man-on-the-street have expressed fears of a backlash and have argued that Muslim terrorists are a minority and are not a product of Islam.
Boston Terror Suspect: Just Another 'Typical American Kid' with Terror Aspirations (Pajamas Media)
By all accounts, Tarek Mehanna seems an unlikely aspiring terrorist. He grew up in the Boston suburb of Sudbury, went to private schools, and, following in his father's footsteps, earned a Ph.D. in pharmacology. Given all the advantages of wealth, education, and freedom afforded in America, Tarek Mehanna had a bright future.
But a federal complaint against Mehanna describes aspirations of killing former President George W. Bush, mowing down shoppers with automatic weapons at a mall, and failed efforts at joining the ranks of terrorists abroad.
A former religious teacher described him as a "fun-loving, ordinary, typical American kid."
Mehanna would bring comics to class and was a big fan of Superman. A friend laughed at the notion that Mehanna could ever be a terrorist.
At his court appearance on Wednesday, Mehanna's father claimed that the charges against his son were "a show."
An online acquaintance of Mehanna argued with me, saying that the charges had no merit. ...
RR said...
Religious affiliation? Like I am a christian who has not been in a church for years. Can't help what happened at birth. No doubt Timothy McVeigh was a 'Christian' as are those who shoot up doctors and centers where abortions are performed. There are millions of 'muslims who are as lackadaisical as us millions of christians, who really don't care to practice.
You'll get far more respect when you quit using knee-jerk labels as if that explains something horrific (or even not horrific)
New Brighton wife tried to kill husband over Muslim principles, cops allege (silive.com)
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A 37-year-old wife from New Brighton tried to slit her husband's throat as he slept because he was not the devout Muslim she believed she married, and pressured her to eat pork and drink alcohol, authorities allege.
In a rambling, four-page handwritten confession, Rabia Sarwar laid out the "mental and emotional cruelty" that led to her trying to kill her husband, Susan Wagner High School teacher Sheikh Naseem, early yesterday morning, a law enforcement source said.
"I tried my best to cut his throat," Ms. Sarwar admitted, according to court papers. Except Naseem woke up during the attempt, and took the knife from her, authorities said.
According to Ms. Sarwar's attorney, Joseph Licitra, Naseem "was a cruel person, he preyed on her."
The day before the incident, "he literally threatened to have her parents mutilated," Licitra said.
The way the law enforcement source describes it, Ms. Sarwar, who is Pakistani, told investigators that Naseem, who is half-Pakistani, had presented himself as a devout Muslim before the two had wed five months ago.
But after the marriage, she discovered more about him, she told investigators — before meeting her, he had only dated non-Muslims, and he considered Salman Rushdie to be one of his favorite authors.
Rushdie's book, "The Satanic Verses," was reviled by hard-line Muslims for what they considered an unflattering portrayal of the prophet Mohammed, and in 1989, Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against Rushdie calling for Muslims worldwide to kill him.
Detroit Jihad (Frontpagemagazine)
Luqman Ameen Abdullah, the imam of Detroit's Masjid Al-Haqq (Mosque of Truth), was killed Wednesday in a shootout with FBI agents.
The agents were trying to arrest him on charges of conspiracy, receipt of stolen goods, firearms offenses and more. Agents also arrested eight mosque members; then Thursday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police caught Abdullah's son, Mujahid Carswell. Two other accused jihadists also fled, and have not yet been found.
According to the indictment, in his mosque in Detroit Luqman Abdullah was preaching "offensive jihad" and the establishment of a Sharia state in North America.
This sovereign Isamic state would be ruled by Islamic law – and by the apparent godfather of Abdullah's movement, Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin. Al-Amin is the former Black Panther and convert to Islam who gained fame under the name H. Rap Brown.
Al-Amin is now serving a life sentence for murdering two police officers, while his disciples, like Luqman Abdullah, carry on the message he articulated so memorably in the 1960s:
"If America don't come around, we're gonna burn it down."
In the spirit of his mentor, Abdullah has told his flock: "America must fall." He has encouraged the Muslims in his mosque to support Hizballah, the Taliban and Osama bin Laden.
He exhorted them to bestir themselves to pious deeds: "We should be figuring out how to fight the Kuffar" – that is, unbelievers. "We got to take out the U.S. government. The U.S. government is nothing but Kuffars."
Muslim unrest hits US homes: Honor killings are on the rise (NY Post)
In what may be the first recorded instance of a Muslim wife attempting to murder her husband for not being pious enough, a Staten Island woman was charged this week with attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon. Rabia Sarwar, a 37-year-old Muslim, said she did it because her husband, a 41-year-old Pakistani native, enjoyed booze and pork and wanted her to dress in revealing clothes. (She held fabric over her face and threw a shawl over her head before leaving court on Thursday.)
While the Sarwar case is sensational by dint of the role-reversal and the method of attempted murder (throat-slitting), it's also pedestrian: Over the past two years, there have been about a dozen attempted or successful honor killings committed in the US.
Last week in Arizona, an Iraqi-born man tried to kill his 20-year-old daughter because she wanted out of her arranged marriage; he escaped.
Lynnwood beating death called 'honor killing' (AP)
EVERETT, Wash. - A 61-year-old man accused of beating his brother to death in Lynnwood told Snohomish County sheriff's detectives it was an honor killing to avenge an insulting remark.
Mehdi M. Matin says more than 20 years ago his brother uttered words about his bride-to-be so terrible the wedding was called off. Both men are from Afghanistan.
Matin was visiting his brother Monday when he repeated the remark.
Did Black Panther make secret White House visit?
Malik Zulu Shabazz, national chairman of the radical New Black Panther Party, refused to confirm or deny to WND whether he visited the White House since President Obama took office, despite his name appearing on a recent administration disclosure.
Shabazz' namesake was among the 110names and 481 visits released by the White House on Friday as part of the Obama administration's so-called volunteer disclosure policy.
The names were just a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of visitors who have gone through the White House's doors since January.
Among the famous names that stood out on the brief list were Shabazz, Jeremiah Wright and William Ayers.
Fort Hood jihad shooter was disciplined for Islamic proselytizing (jihadwatch.org)
CAIR has been working overtime (they're quoted in this article also), and the "Muslims fear backlash" victimhood machine is in high gear.
No one, of course, is questioning whether there might be any connection between this man's devoutly held Islam and the massacre today. After all, how could there be any such connection? Islam is a Religion of Peace™!
A source tells NPR's Joseph Shapiro that Hasan was put on probation early in his postgraduate work at the Uniformed Service University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md. He was disciplined for proselytizing about his Muslim faith with patients and colleagues, according to the source, who worked with him at the time.
NOW MUSLIMS DEMAND: GIVE US FULL SHARIA LAW (UK) Daily Express
A RADICAL Muslim group sparked outrage last night as it launched a massive campaign to impose sharia law on Britain.
The fanatical group Islam4UK has announced plans to hold a potentially incendiary rally in London later this month.
And it is calling for a complete upheaval of the British legal system, its officials and legislation.
Members have urged Muslims from all over Britain to converge on the capital on October 31 for a procession to demand the full implementation of sharia law.
CAIR Tries To Plant Muslim Interns On Key Hill Staffs (Human Events)
The Muslim activist organization CAIR was attempting to plant Muslim interns in the offices of congressmen who are on committees affecting US national security, a CAIR memo dated 13 January 2007 reveals.
The CAIR memo says, in part:
"We will focus on influencing congressmen responsible for policy that directly impacts the American Muslim community. (For example, the judiciary, intelligence, and homeland security committees.) We will develop national initiatives such as a lobby day and placing Muslim interns in Congressional offices."
The memo, revealed this morning in a press conference held by Reps. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.), John Shadegg, Paul Broun (R-Ga.) and Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) can be read in full here (pdf).
The members joined in demanding that the Justice Department and the IRS investigate CAIR (the IRS because CAIR is a Section 501 (c ) (3) tax-exempt organization which is prohibited from lobbying.) They also asked the Congressional Sergeant of Arms to investigate and report whether any of the CAIR interns were actually planted in the House.
CAIR's activist agenda -- known for years -- has been extensively reported by HUMAN EVENTS and our columnist Robert Spencer. The organization's claim that it is a "civil rights organization" has been disproven so many times as to make it risible.
As Spencer reported in August 2007, "Several CAIR officials, including its Community Affairs Director, Bassem Khafagi; a Board member of CAIR's Texas chapter, Ghassan Elashi; CAIR's communications specialist and civil rights coordinator, Randall Todd Ismail Royer; and fundraiser Rabih Haddad have been convicted of various terrorism-related offenses."
The Justice Department labeled CAIR an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation case. In November 2008, HLF and five of its leaders were convicted by a Dallas federal jury on charges of providing material support (more than $12 million) to Hamas
House Republicans accuse Muslim group of trying to plant spies (The Hill)
House Republicans accuse Muslim group of trying to plant spies By Jordy Yager - 10/14/09 11:01 AM ET
Four House Republicans are accusing a Muslim advocacy group of trying to plant spies.
Republican members of the Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus say the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), tried to plant "spies" within key national security committees to shape legislative policy in its favor.
Reps. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.), John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) and Paul Broun (R-Ga.), and Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) - citing the recently released book, "Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld that's Conspiring to Islamize America" – called for the House Sergeant at Arms to investigate whether CAIR had been successful in placing interns on key committees.
The lawmakers are specifically focused on the House Homeland Security Committee, Intelligence Committee, and Judiciary Committee.
"If an organization is connected to or supports terrorists [and] is running influence operations or planting spies in key national security related offices I think this needs to be made known," Broun said. "So I join my colleagues here today in calling for action."
Army: Suspect said `Allahu Akbar!' before shooting (AP)
FORT HOOD, Texas – The base commander at Fort Hood says soldiers who witnessed a shooting rampage that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted "Allahu Akbar!" before opening fire at the Texas post.
Lt. Gen. Robert Cone told NBC's "Today" show on Friday that suspected shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, made the comment, which is Arabic for "God is great!" before the rampage Thursday that also left 30 people wounded.
Police raid shooting suspect's Killeen apartment (Handed out Korans the morning of his attack!)
Killeen Daily Herald
Bell County SWAT teams barricaded and evacuated a downtown Killeen apartment complex where Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan lived before authorities say he killed 13 people and injured 30 more during a massacre at Fort Hood Thursday.
In the morning, neighbors said Hasan handed Qurans and donated his furniture to anyone who would take it.
Neighbors described Hasan as a quiet man who began wearing "Arabic clothing" in recent weeks. Edward Windsor, a neighbor, never suspected Hasan was in the Army.
Hasan's rank surprised Windsor who would never have imagined an officer with a rank of major would have lived in an apartment that rents for $350 and houses soldiers ranked as private first class.
Islamic states pushing for 'global blasphemy law'
A resolution pending in the United Nations in one form or another since 1999 is being pushed again by the Islamic nations that originally proposed the plan they called "Defamation of Islam," which would ban criticism of the beliefs of Muhammad worldwide.
The proposal, sought by the 57 members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, now has be renamed "Defamation of Religions," but officials with Open Doors, an international Christian ministry operating in many of those Islamic states, is warning about its potential impact.
Our Clueless Commander in Chief
(American Thinker)
Twelve soldiers were murdered in cold blood at Fort Hood, Texas. Thirty others were wounded.
Our Commander in Chief calls a press conference and begins it with a long thanks to the Department of the Interior and Native Americans who just concluded a conference and then gives a good natured ''shout out'' to an attendee , all with a studied nonchalance, before he even mentions the outrage on our military base.
Linda Chavez calls it, "Obama's pet goat moment."
Hasan Is Devout Muslim PATTERICO
All links come from Allahpundit's excellent reporting.
The Washington Post is reporting that Hasan is a "very devout" Muslim:
He had been a "very devout" worshiper at the Muslim Community Center in Silver Spring, attending prayers at least once a day, often in his Army fatigues, said Faizul Khan, a former imam there.
The WaPo and other outlets are confirming the earlier reports that Hasan was strongly opposed to the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts and was agitated about his upcoming deployment to one of those wars. The Post also says:
"He came to mosque one or two times to see if there were any suitable girls to marry," Khan said. "I don't think he ever had a match, because he had too many conditions. He wanted a girl who was very religious, prays five times a day."…
A co-worker at Walter Reed said Hasan would not allow his photo to be taken with female co-workers, which became an issue during Christmas season when employees often took group photos. Co-workers would find a solo photo of Hasan and post it on the bulletin board without his permission.
Fox News:
A former neighbor of Hasan's in Silver Spring, Md., told Fox News he lived there for two years with his brother and had the word "Allah" on the door.
He was reportedly handing out copies of the Koran this morning:
News Channel 25's Henry Rosoff has learned the Hasan, was giving all of his furniture along with copies of the Qu' ran to neighbors Thursday morning.
This is all an important part of who this shooter is.
And L.A. Times readers still don't even know he is a Muslim.
When we decide you need to know, that's when you'll know.
(CBS)
OXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Vince Wilfork had a quick reaction when he first lined up against Miami's strange formation: Huh?
"It was shocking," New England's nose tackle said. "We really didn't know what they were doing."
The Dolphins were doing the wildcat, unpacking it for the first time when they visited Foxborough in the third game last season. It worked very well: four touchdowns in six plays in a 38-13 win that ended the Patriots' NFL record 21-game regular-season winning streak.
On Sunday, running back Ronnie Brown returns to the scene of the unveiling, the field where he ran for three touchdowns and threw for another from that alignment against a coach, Bill Belichick, who prides himself on preparing his players for whatever they may encounter.
But Brown isn't indulging in nostalgia.
I may be wrong, but "moderate" muslims cannot or will not even stand up to the radicals here in this country, much less in Islamic countries. Wonder why?
You are correct that "moderate" mohammedans will not stand up to the radicals among them.
To answer your question "why", it's for the same reason that the German people who weren't Nazis did nothing to stop the Nazis.
It's the same reason that Russians today pine for the days of Josef Stalin.
Will there be a time when we actually do brand Muslims as terrorists? I am at that point. If it were say, Mormons that kept bombing buildings and killing folks, wouldn't we be more suspicious of them?
At what point do we just fricking become fed up and do what may be needed. Does that make me some kind of 'ist' like one of you liberal a-holes are prepared to call me? So be it.
4:44 AM- Are you suggesting that not labeling them as 'Muslim' or the sort is better?
Don't be a chicken#$&*!
Call them what they are.
Well, judging from his outfit in that video, he was either a Muslim or a member of the KKK. I am sure if he was a member of the KKK the main stream media would have noticed it by now.
Unless, of course, his name was Byrd.
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Medical Software Hackathon - You're invited to join the finalists!!
Come help us develop apps that can be used in medicine and health!
You're invited to join one of the final teams (listed below) during our 2nd annual Medical & Health App Development Workshop on Friday, April 13, 2018. We welcome students, residents, fellows, interns, and faculty of all disciplines, including social sciences, public health, engineering, etc.
Sponsored by the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at Children's National (CTSI- CN), we are hosting a half-day medical and health app development workshop (hackathon). The purpose of the hackathon is to learn by doing in developing the requirement and prototype user interface for medical and health software applications.
At the workshop, we will start with short talks from experts on human factors engineering and the regulatory environment for medical and health apps. We wlil then divide into small groups to brainstorm requirements and user interfaces for these 10 ideas. After each group presents their concepts to all the participants, the judges will pick the winning app/group. The idea originator will receive up to $10,000 of voucher funding for prototype development. We aim to make the event a fun and lively afternoon that is also professionally rewarding.
Food and drink will be provided as well.
Seating is limited, please sign up ASAP.
Questions? Contact Sara Alyamani at SAlyaman@childrensnational.org.


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$115k in cocaine found in liquor bottles at JFK International Airport
NEW YORK CITY — Customs officers found what they called a "prohibited cocktail" in a man's duty-free bag at John F. Kennedy International Airport, according to WPIX.
The bottles were filled with nine pounds of cocaine worth more than $110,000.
There were three Bailey's bottles filled with about $115,000 in cocaine, officials said. They weighed about nine pounds.
Akeem Rasheen Lewis allegedly smuggled it on a Sept. 28 flight from Jamaica, officials said Wednesday.
"This seizure demonstrates the dynamic border environment in which CBP officers operate at JFK." said Frank Russo, Acting Director of Customs and Border Protection's New York Field Operations. "Our officers are determined to adapt and respond to these threats in an effort to protect the American people."

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super, super,super flat chissels
Posted By eliot feldman
Date Monday, 28 February 2022, at 7:29 p.m.
eliot feldman
When I was in my teens (70 years ago), I ground and polished a 6 inch telescope mirror to make a Newtonian telescope. The final polishing step used celenium oxide and a pitch lap. The results were accurate to within fractions of the wavelength of light. I don't see why we can't do the same thing to flatten the back of a tool. Has anyone thought of something like this? Obviously, you would only do it for something very special because it would take hours to do. I thought of it after seeing an ad for a Blue Spruce chisel, where they boast of such flatness.
super, super,super flat chissels -- eliot feldman -- Monday, 28 February 2022, at 7:29 p.m.
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Re: super, super, super flat chisels -- eliot feldman -- Monday, 28 February 2022, at 9:16 p.m.
Re: super, super, super flat chisels -- Eliot -- Tuesday, 1 March 2022, at 3:41 p.m.
Measuring flatness is relatively simple *LINK* -- Chris Scholz -- Thursday, 3 March 2022, at 12:04 p.m.
Re: Measuring flatness is relatively simple -- Charlie -- Saturday, 5 March 2022, at 8:29 a.m.
Re: super, super, super flat chisels -- Eliot -- Tuesday, 1 March 2022, at 6:57 a.m.
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Re: super, super, super flat chisels -- Warren in Lancaster, PA -- Tuesday, 1 March 2022, at 12:48 p.m.
Grit -- Jack Dover -- Tuesday, 1 March 2022, at 4:44 p.m.
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Re: Grit -- Jack Dover -- Wednesday, 2 March 2022, at 12:41 p.m.
Re: Grit -- William Duffield -- Wednesday, 2 March 2022, at 5:04 p.m.
Re: super, super, super flat chisels -- William Duffield -- Tuesday, 1 March 2022, at 2:14 p.m.
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Re: super, super,super flat chisels -- Eliot -- Wednesday, 2 March 2022, at 1:54 p.m.
Re: super, super,super flat chissels -- Charlie -- Saturday, 5 March 2022, at 8:29 a.m.
Re: super, super,super flat chissels -- eliot feldman -- Saturday, 12 March 2022, at 6:21 p.m.
Re: super, super,super flat chissels -- Charlie -- Monday, 14 March 2022, at 12:27 p.m.


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By John David Anderson
John David Anderson Walden Pond Press 9780062338204
Audience: Children (8–12)
Publisher: Walden Pond Press Publisher: Walden Pond Press Publisher: Walden Pond Press
From John David Anderson, author of the acclaimed Ms. Bixby's Last Day, comes a humorous, poignant, and original contemporary story about bullying, broken friendships, and the failures of communication between kids.
In middle school, words aren't just words. They can be weapons. They can be gifts. The right words can win you friends or make you enemies. They can come back to haunt you. Sometimes they can change things forever.
When cell phones are banned at Branton Middle School, Frost and his friends Deedee, Wolf, and Bench come up with a new way to communicate: leaving sticky notes for each other all around the school. It catches on, and soon all the kids in school are leaving notes—though for every kind and friendly one, there is a cutting and cruel one as well.
In the middle of this, a new girl named Rose arrives at school and sits at Frost's lunch table. Rose is not like anyone else at Branton Middle School, and it's clear that the close circle of friends Frost has made for himself won't easily hold another. As the sticky-note war escalates, and the pressure to choose sides mounts, Frost soon realizes that after this year, nothing will ever be the same.
"Pitch-perfect…Anderson captures the tumultuous joys and pains of middle school with honesty, creating characters with whom readers will find common ground and insight." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"With understated humor and fine-tuned perception, Frost's first-person narrative offers a riveting story as well as an uncomfortably realistic picture of middle-school social dynamics." —Booklist (starred review)
"Anderson dives into the world of middle school with a clear sense of how it works and what it needs. Kids, and the rest of the world, need more books like this one." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Author Bio: John David Anderson
John David Anderson is the author of some of the most beloved and highly acclaimed books for children in recent memory, including the New York Times Notable Book Ms. Bixbys Last Day, as well a Posted, Granted, Sidekicked, The Dungeoneers, and Finding Orion. Visit him online at www.johndavidanderson.org.


Like the Australian winner in this article, most lotto winners want to stay anonymous. Here the Delaware Lottery protects their winners by concealing their identity.
An anonymous Australian Tattslotto winner recently answered questions on the Reddit forum, telling readers what he did with his winnings, and where he is after 3 years.
He provided the winning ticket as proof (below), but choose not to reveal any more about himself.
Q. Was it a giant check? Or just a giant sum of money on a mediocre check?
A. The whole process is underwhelming. I thought there would be streamers and champagne but it is no different than collecting a minor prize. (except it takes 2 weeks).
Q. Do you have any left?
A. I have over half left (3 years later) The majority of the first half was paying off debts... I had around 400k in debt.. plus I bought a 100k car (5 Series BMW), money to family, lots of toys and holidays leaving me with this amount today.
After many years we finally got our gardens landscaped. I bought a few musical instruments, (guitars, drums, amps, digital recording setup), Big TV, nice Media Centre, a few computers, consoles etc. 2 First Class Trips (1 around the world) 4 Business class. Thats pretty much it.
Q. You had a million dollars in debts?
A. I had a large mortgage (as most Australians have). Car debt, Credit Card debt. Gave some to our family's. After that and some holidays and other things it's close to that.
Q. And what are you doing with the money now? Investing, or living large?
A. I still lead a fairly moderate life.. We do have nice holidays.. But most of the remaining money is now invested.
Q. Did you quit your day job? If yes, what are your plans in the future career wise?
A. I stayed at my job for a few months (IT) but couldn't really focus.. I was getting a bit bored at the place I was working.. so I left. It's now 3 years later and I am ready to do something again. Not exactly sure what that is going to be.
Q. Have people you wouldn't expect start asking you for money?
A. Only a direct family member asked for a relatively small amount which was to help them out while going thru a personal problem. I am surprised that none of my friends that know have even asked in jest. We have helped a couple of people out here and there but for pretty small amounts.
Q. How has your lifestyle changed as a result?
A. I have lead a great life the last 3 years. I have done some really cool stuff.. Followed bands around the world, flown first class, stayed in the best hotels, dined at some of the worlds best restaurants and bought most things I have wanted.
Q. Can you give us any tips?
A. The only tip I can give you - and it is a cliché - is, you have to be in it to win it.


•	Bright apartment thanks to large windows and high ceilings (3m10).
•	Large terrace with views of centre of Lyon.
•	Wooden floors in bedrooms, large stone tiles in lounge, porcelain tiles in bathrooms and toilets.
•	Ceramic, enamelled wash-basin with cupboard underneath, mirror and light in bathroom.
•	Rotating electric blinds outside all windows.
•	5 lever deadlock front door.
•	Heated towel rail in the bathroom.
•	Videophone for controlling access to building.
•	Possibility of managing heating and lighting from a Smartphone.
•	Choice of floors and paint on walls.
•	Private lift, only for the 5th floor of the building.
•	The entrance hall (15.3 m²) leads into a corridor with a WC on the right (1.39 m²).
•	Bedroom 1 (12.17 m² ) is on the right, followed by bedroom 2 (11.68 m²).
•	The kitchen (10.22 m²) is through a door on the left of the corridor and opens out into the large lounge (37.2 m²) which has access to the terrace through 2 sets of double glass doors.
•	Immediately after bedroom 2 down the corridor is a wet room (3.07 m²), then bedroom 3 (14.15 m²) which has an en-suite bathroom (7.15 m²) and access to the terrace (20.08 m²) through double glass doors.
Interior courtyard in the building with garden space. Bicycle storage space.


On each page there are a few lines of wisdom to inspire and encourage: 'Always try to be calm, measured, and rational in all that you do'. 'Never ask "how are you" and never listen to the answer'. 'Embrace being young - being old is harder'. 'Get things done, don't just think about them. Make lists and tick them off as you go. There are few things more satisfying than a finished list! After than you can daydream'!
This is indeed a lovely present or stocking-filler for older children, teenagers and adults alike. It's never too late for some inspiration and the opportunity to take up the pen and be creative with one's thoughts!


HiAlgo > Categories > General > Black squad!
The game doesnt support anymore All hialgo stuffs!
So pls Staff If u can Update and make another version that we can use it for BS!
Probably they are +35% Using it on this game!
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#endregion

using System;

namespace NDeepSubrogate.Core.Tests.TestUtils
{
    internal class TestableDeepSubrogationScope : DeepSubrogationScope
    {
        private readonly Func<Type, object> _surrogateObjectsFunc;
        private readonly Func<Type, object> _originalObjectsFunc;

        public TestableDeepSubrogationScope(object initialObject,
            Func<Type, object> surrogateObjectsFunc,
            Func<Type, object> originalObjectsFunc) : base(initialObject)
        {
            _surrogateObjectsFunc = surrogateObjectsFunc;
            _originalObjectsFunc = originalObjectsFunc;
        }

        protected override object GetObjectFromType(Type type)
        {
            return _originalObjectsFunc(type);
        }

        protected override object GetSurrogateFromType(Type type)
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The results for the customer include a safer working environment and improved process efficiency, leading to significant savings.
HELSINKI, Finland, May 13, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Metso has won a significant repeat order for Neles® ball valves with Neles® Q-Trim noise attenuating technology from a North American pipeline owner that brings crude oil from Canada to US refineries.
By reducing cavitation, noise and related vibration to acceptable levels, Q-Trim technology protects process equipment, thus lowering the operating costs and minimizing the need for valve spare parts and other accessories. This, in turn, means lower total costs of ownership.
"The savings achieved for this customer with Metso's solution are estimated to amount to millions of dollars per year thanks to the higher efficiencies from our technology," says Kyle Rayhill, Global Business Manager, Neles & Mapag, Automation, Metso.
"It really pays off to deal with the noise problem even before it is created. Elevated control valve noise in the throttling process can be harmful not only to employees and surrounding communities, but it can also seriously damage process equipment. Once noise is created, it is hard to eliminate," Rayhill points out.
Based on the excellent achievements, this customer is increasing its installed base of Metso technology. The company has placed another order for more valves with Q-Trim in April 2014. Value of the order is not disclosed.
Metso has a long track record of delivering engineered performance and reliability to the oil & gas industry through its leading product brands Neles®, Jamesbury® and Mapag®. The company has delivered millions of valves, control valves, and on-off valves globally more than 90 years, and has become one of the leading suppliers of intelligent valve controllers.
Metso's valve technology centers and production facilities are in Finland, the United States, Germany, China, South Korea, India and Brazil. The company has over 55 automation service hubs, 36 valve and field device Service Centers and over 1,000 service professionals serving automation customers around the world.
For more than 30 years, Metso's patented Q-Trim technology has been the industry benchmark for rotary noise attenuation solutions in challenging applications. Recently, Metso added a new level of performance by introducing Neles Q-Trim that solves aerodynamic noise problems and reduces noise up to 30 decibels compared with a typical control valve.
This front-running technology is a combination of various techniques, including pressure staging, flow division, peak frequency shifting and velocity control. Metso has recently added the new Neles Q2-Trim, thereby extending the family of Q-Trim product capability up to 30 dbA. The full range of Neles Q-Trim is available for pressure classes ANSI 150 through 900 in sizes up to 36".


VICTORVILLE — Rival coffee shops are about to encounter some caffeinated competition when Dunkin' Donuts rolls into the Victor Valley.
After opening a store in Barstow nearly five years ago, a Dunkin' Donuts restaurant will be constructed on the corner of Bear Valley Road and Locust Avenue in Victorville.
Curious commuters on Bear Valley Road Friday slowed when they observed the "Coming Soon Dunkin' Donuts Drive Thru" sign that was recently hung on green construction fencing that surrounded the property. Earth-moving equipment and a mobile building were on the property, which had been graded.
A Kursch Group Commercial Real Estate Facebook post revealed an artist rendering of the 2,100-square-foot freestanding, sit down and drive-thru restaurant.
The Victorville shop will be the second one built in the High Desert after Dunkin' Donuts came to Barstow Station near Interstate 15 in 2013. The Barstow location was the second shop in California and part the company's expansion into the Golden State.
Adelanto Mayor Rich Kerr told the Daily Press Friday that a Dunkin' Donuts will be included at the Adelanto Towne Center near Mojave Drive and Highway 395, but no timeline was given. He announced two years ago that his trip to the International Council of Shopping Centers convention had all but secured several new eateries, including Dunkin' Donuts.
Considered one of the largest coffee shops and baked goods company in the world, the East Coast-based company has more than 12,000 shops in nearly 36 countries.


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Leveraging the Power of Linkedin for Marketing/Sales Professionals
John Holdridge September 12, 2019, 6:00 pm September 12, 2019
Social Fatigue. It's becoming very real. In the B2C and B2B world, both consumers and marketers are at a point of exhaustion. There is currently more content than eyeballs across every major social platform and we have all seen those crazy statistics about how much video is uploaded to YouTube per day. How can anyone realistically keep up with that? Outside of savvy audiences knowing exactly how to opt-in to the right cadence and clients for intel, the rest of the public needs the platform to curate and/or algorithmically place the right message in front of the right audience. I am not trying to sound negative…in fact, I think now (given the state of social) there is more opportunity than ever before to positively disrupt the norm and seek out new ways to connect with the right audiences. Enter LinkedIn.
LinkedIn is one of the fastest-growing social media platforms. In the last 12-18 months, LinkedIn has come out on top as one of the more powerful, consistent, and pure platforms to get your video, blog post, and content seen, engaged, and discovered. It is the opportunity. In the last year alone, LinkedIn grew at a faster rate than any other social platform, now with 303 million active monthly users. Within that, 61 million LinkedIn users are senior-level influencers and 40 million hold decision-making positions. LinkedIn's own research also states that the platform accounts for up to half of all brand website homepage traffic.
The power of LinkedIn is so real. It has proven to not only be a driver of both B2B and B2C engagement, but it also has become a secret weapon to both the Marketing and Sales messages — especially as they are wrapped up and delivered by key C-Suite and senior executives broadly known in their respective verticals.
So what does that mean in lay terms? If you have a Marketing agenda or Sales initiative, you can casually wrap it into the voice of key stakeholders and create a more genuine message with legitimacy and authenticity to the discerning consumer. This is not to discredit the incredible work that marketers have to do to break through the noise today, but actually helps create a new avenue for them to deliver key messages in a more personal way. Furthermore, messages are targeted to a more business focus consumer, who can take the message and disperse it into their own ecosystem not only just on LinkedIn, but into adjacent social platforms where they might have larger presences.
Take for example GE's former Vice Chair turned author, Beth Comstock. During her time at GE she wasn't only an executive – she was a real thought leader. Beyond hosting panels and many curated appearances, she was (and still is) very active on LinkedIn. She wrote articles such as "Welcome to the Era of the Hardware Startup" where she discussed how GE was embracing the digital age. She eventually moved on to cover the market shift directly, in articles such as "Why Our Machines' Inner Lives Are the Key to the Next Economic Revolution" and "Trend Watch: New Power v. Old Power." Was Beth directly pushing anything that GE was doing? No, but her industry expertise from working at GE was legitimized because her point of view was uniquely LinkedIn — and benefited the underlying brand where all that wealth of experience was coming from: GE.
Read more: Getting Started with LinkedIn Live
A multidimensional approach, LinkedIn is allowing more of us to check off multiple KPI and performance boxes right out of the gate. We can hit reach, engagement, multi-platform, conversion, and advocacy all at once. While it's not a silver bullet by any means, it's clear that LinkedIn can tackle multiple challenges at once.
For example, Kaggle, a Data Science solutions company (now owned by Google), tapped Fullscreen to help with their annual CareerCon — a digital event all about landing your first Data Science job. Fullscreen supported theira three-day livestream event, with LinkedIn as a major component of the campaign earning over one hundred and forty six thousand impressions on CareerCon videos. What Kaggle was able to achieve through this event — unique to the LinkedIn platform — was exposure to a targeted talent pool as well as transparency into how their business functions, in addition to the people and culture at the core of their company.
Video has only been available for a year on the LinkedIn platform, but it's quickly becoming the shining star (eyerolls, because it's that way everywhere and on every platform). However, because LinkedIn so smartly chose to curate user experiences via organic engagement, it allows them to follow similar user behaviors and stick to a video schema that works and is trusted. In our own analysis, we've seen that video drives more than 4X the engagement than images — the second most successful format. We've also seen that the formats are easily produced and replicable. LinkedIn's bread and butter is thought leadership content. Talking heads tend to work, as long as the content is engaging and naturally fits in the professional ecosystem of those in the videos.
The future is fairly bright for LinkedIn. They don't have it nailed by any means, but we are very bullish in what can be done and how we can help brands and advertisers optimize their Marketing roadmap to include this key platform all while helping to build the ability to attract more key talent to their institutions and set a proper tone across their organization.
Read more: Best Practices for Using LinkedIn Live
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There is minimal plastic and a sturdy box, which is wasted because once you've assembled your robots they don't fit in it for storage, and aren't designed for disassembly. Assembly is quick and easy though, and actually quite exciting.
Inside the box are all the parts for 2 Balloon Bots plus 20 balloons, stickers and instructions. Assembly is fairly obvious as long as you start with everything turned the right way.
Your robot is in 2 parts plus the balloon. The hat/frame and the base, which has a joystick handle which you slide from side to side to move your robot and make him punch.
Place the balloon into the hat frame and slide the neck of the balloon into the turning part of the base before you blow it up. Inflate until it's beginning to squeeze a little and then you don't need to tie it off because it wraps around, so children can do it alone. That just sits into the rest of the base.
Set up takes only 5 minutes and you are off - Round 1! Both players attempt to pop the opponent's balloon and win the match. The hands have a rough sandpapery stripe and skillful players soon realise that friction is what wins the match.
Each match can take anything from 10 seconds to 10 minutes depending on lucky punches and the speed at which you pop your opponent's balloon. It's a great 'warm up' game. It's active, but not too much, so anyone can take part. All ages groups and skill levels have a chance at winning, but you can even learn a few tricks and moves to give yourself an upper hand. An all-round crowd-pleaser.
Balloon Bot Battle is available to buy now priced £19.99rrp from all good toy and game shops, including online at Amazon*. For more information about the entire range available see the KD Games website.
KD Games have also offered a copy of Balloon Bot Battle as a Christmas Present for one of my readers. Entry to the giveaway is by Gleam form below. No entries are mandatory, but each extra task performed earns and extra entry into the random draw. Your personal information will ONLY be used to administrate this giveaway - in fact I'll only look at it if you win!
You can find a link to help with Gleam forms and see my other Christmas Present Giveaways here - including lots of other games and books for age 8+. Full terms and conditions are at the bottom of the Gleam form. The giveaway is open to UK entrants only and will close at midnight Sunday 2nd December for Christmas delivery.
We were sent our copy of Balloon Bot Battle for review. *Amazon links are affiliate, which means I earn a few pence as a thank you for my time if you order through my link, but you don't pay any extra.
We don't do anything too exciting, just walk the dogs and play with all of the Christmas toys.
On Boxing Day we always go to my parents for lunch and it is ALWAYS Turkey pie and veg (using the left ver turkey) and it is delicious! Apart from that I totally chill and do nothing but watch tv and walk the dog because I am usually tired from Christmas Day itself!
On boxing day we tend to go back to my parents for Lunch and then we come home and completely veg out and unwind after all the socialising.
to eat way too much and play with all the kids toys!!
The kids enjoy playing with their new toys - we watch some family movies, then go over to my parents' house for another Christmas dinner!
We eat plenty of leftovers and watch TV.
On boxing day we tend to just laze around, I read and the kids play with their toys!
We have a quiet day recovering, cold cuts and cheese to eat , board games and family films.
We don't have any Boxing Day traditions because I'm back to work the day after and we try to have a bit of a rest!
I beat they feel deflated after!
On Boxing day my daughter and her family come and we have another Christmas dinner!
The men take the boys to football and the girls slob in front of a movie with some chocolates!!!!!!
Boxing day for us has to be going for a long walk then coming home to Turkey, pickles and proper chips!
We have a family day on Boxing day, playing with all the new things we get, eating leftovers and enjoying a day at home together.
Boxing day we stay at home and chomp on all the left over food! We just tend to laze about the house and play with the new toys and watch junk on tv!
Well, sadly as we all work in Retail, we tend to work, so we often do stuff in the New Year!
Not a lot! If we have money spare, a day of boxing day sales shopping is usually in order, but that won't be the case this year, so probably just a quiet day at home!
A quiet one with games, although this year I'm working.
We don't really have any Boxing Day traditions other than baking all the Christmas dinner leftovers into a pastry pie - leftover pie!
We visit my sister and eat her leftovers. Then we go a long walk in the country side.
Eat plenty of food and watch the football.
For us, boxing day is a relaxing day when the kids play with their new toys and we just relax, eat and watch some movies.
We use this day to catch up with family!
We have a large family so Boxing Day is like a 2nd Christmas Day for us.
We go for a long walk no matter what the weather.
Boxing day is when we take the dogs for a long walk around Kielder and stop in at the pub for a nice lunch.
We always have a family get together for lunch and eat the leftovers.
We love playing games on boxing day and inviting family around for some food and to join in.
I usually spend the day sorting out the girls floordrobes as their floors are usually littered with toys and we spend Christmas day at their nans house so its all systems go.
Always a long walk to shed some of the calories from the day before.
We spend the day as a family, with films and leftover xmas dinner. We also get chance to enjoy our presents.


Amazon was the pioneer in the "scan and go" concept of retail. Walk into any of the retailer's 9 Amazon Go concept stores, grab what you need and walk out. There's no need for cashiers as the company's sophisticated image recognition and AI technologies detect what you've taken and seamlessly bill the credit card connected to your Amazon account.
We are beginning to see more and more of this seamless in-store, fully connected retail experience. Nike has jumped on the bandwagon by designing a 68,000 square foot "retail experience" in New York City that provides its customers with similar jaw-dropping capabilities.
This trend of seamlessly connecting the digital world with the physical world – and particularly as it relates to payments – is a trend that retailers should pay close attention to as it provides a unique experience and an important convenience to shoppers.
There has been a recent uptick in the number of direct-to-consumer, subscription-based styling services. After answering several style and preference questions, these brands send customers a well-curated selection of clothing, beauty products and accessories. Consumers love the personalization and convenience of brands such as StitchFix.
Retailers are beginning to take note of this model and have begun to emulate a version both online and in store. Using chat capabilities on the brands' native apps, store associates can communicate directly with customers to curate individual looks or entire wardrobes. These suggestions can be shared via the app or set up in dressing rooms in-store. Nordstrom currently offers its customers free personal stylists, beauty stylists, wedding stylists, onsite alterations, style boards (hand-picked recommendations sent to your mobile phone) and gifting services.
We are seeing a new trend toward "under the radar" super fan apps – apps that are available only to a brand's most loyal customers. These apps serve several important functions. First, they reward loyalty by offering a select group of customers early access to products, special content, games, offers, and events. Adidas' Tango, Target's Studio Connect and NikePlus are great examples.
One method of data collection that we are seeing more frequently is the style quiz. In-app quizzes, like the one found on Michael Kors' KorsVIP app, asks users about their style goals, color preferences, purchase habits, body type, size, style preferences, and other personal information. Customers are happy to gain personalized style advice and brands gain invaluable information to inform new product development and assist with marketing campaigns.
Conversations at Shoptalk made one thing very clear – the power pendulum continues to swing in favor of the consumer. Consumers wield an inordinate amount of influence and brands and retailers need to innovate to offer consumers the elevated shopping experience they now demand. Tech-driven solutions that elevate the shopping experience for customers do exist. Brands and retailers should make finding and implementing these solutions a priority.
What's next for retail? Read more about the next-generation retail infrastructure.


Cinnamon sugar. My favorite combination in the entire world. I could eat the stuff by the spoonful. Well, maybe not, but it's seriously the best. If you follow this blog, you for sure know about obsession with it. And that's why snickerdoodles are one of my absolute favorite cookies ever! There are a billion and one snickerdoodle recipes out there. Some are flat and crispy, some soft and thick. But THESE. Huge, soft, chewy, thick, pillowy snickerdoodles completely smothered in cinnamon sugar. They're the epitome of perfection.
The cookies are soft-baked which means you under-bake them. Just trust me on this one. You want them to look under-baked when they come out of the oven because when they set up, they will keep their soft and chewy interior. They are lightly spiced with cinnamon and of course are rolled in a glorious cinnamon sugar mixture therefore, upping the amazing-ness. To keep these cookies extra soft and chewy I used some of my tips and tricks explained here with my chocolate chip cookies. An extra egg yolk, corn starch and the addition of brown sugar helps in the chewy department.
If you're into flat and crispy cookies, this is definitely not the recipe for you. I guess we can still be friends, but I will just have to keep trying to convince you that soft and thick is best.
I love baking these cookies for the holidays! Wrap them up all cute with a little bow and send them off in pretty little boxes to family and friends. Oh and expect phone calls for the recipe!
When you serve these babies just wait for the oooh's and aaah's coming from everyone's mouths after taking just one bite. It's guaranteed!
In a large bowl (or the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment) cream butter and sugars together until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla until completely combined. Add flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, cinnamon, corn starch and salt and mix until just combined without over-mixing.
Whisk cinnamon and sugar together in a small bowl.
Roll dough into 1 1/2-2" balls, roll in cinnamon sugar and place on prepared baking sheet. Bake for 10-11 minutes. Cookies will seem under-done with finished baking but when they set up they will keep a soft and chewy interior. If you like crispier cookies, bake for a minute or two longer. Allow cookies to cool on hot pan for 10 minutes before transferring to wire racks to finish cooling completely.
Snickerdoodles will stay soft and fresh for up to 4 days stored in an airtight container.
These look so good. I love a good soft and chewy cookie. Can't wait to try your recipe.
Thanks, Janette! You'll love them!
Snickerdoodles are my weakness! Love em!
These look great! Snickerdoodles are my husband's favorite cookie. I'm excited to try yours. Pinning!
Thanks Debi, your husband will love these!
G'day Snickerdoodles so remind me of childhood yum!
I don't think I have ever had a snickerdoodle, sshhh, don't tell anyone, I have to change that right away!!
Yes, yes you do! You'll love them!
Yes, they definitely are! Super soft and chewy!
LOVE snickerdoodles! Can't wait to give your a try.
Snickerdoodles were one of my favorite cookies growing up. I can't wait to try this recipe.
Snickerdoodles are my favoriate holiday cookie!! This recipe sounds delish!!
It's like you made these just for me! Soft snickerdoodles are my absolute favorite!
You are a girl after my heart. Soft Snickerdoodles are my FAVORITE!!! Now I wish I had one right now!
OMG I need to get some photo tips from you. These look so good! I would have eaten them all!
Made these today. Very good. Do not over mix, as stated. Dough will be Fragile. Roll gently.
I used an insulated cookie pan with parchment, and had to adjust the time to 13 / 14 minutes. Best way to tell when they were done was by smell, and look for starting to crack on top.
THE.BEST.SNICKERDOODLES.EVER! I followed the recipe as written. Perfection!


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Beto O'Rourke: Is his 2018 Texas Senate loss a 2020 presidential race pro or con?
The loss to Ted Cruz in his home would likely dog Beto O'Rourke on the 2020 presidential campaign trail. But if he had won that Senate race, he might not even be considered a presidential contender.
John C Moritz Austin Bureau USA TODAY NETWORK
AUSTIN — Had Beto O'Rourke managed to pull off an unlikely victory over U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in November, it's doubtful that he'd be taken seriously as a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
But even though his loss to the Republican incumbent could prove to be a good career move, the fact remains that O'Rourke suffered the same fate of every Democrat who has dared to run statewide since 1996. And here are some of the reasons why.
Texas in 2018 was still a red state
O'Rourke came within a scant 2.6 percentage points of upending Cruz, and a few down-ballot statewide Democrats also came within striking distance of Republican incumbents. Democrats did gain a dozen seats in the state House, plus two in the state Senate and couple of congressional seats.
TEXAS SENATE RACE 2018:Ted Cruz
But Republicans did continue their generation-long dominance of Texas politics. Gov. Greg Abbott glided to a 13-point victory over Democrat Lupe Valdez, and Republicans easily won all of the statewide seats on the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals.
Even the $80 million raised and spent by O'Rourke couldn't overcome the structural advantage Republicans enjoy in Texas.
Cruz was prepared for the Beto juggernaut
Even before the March primary officially crowned O'Rourke and Cruz as their parties' standard bearers in the U.S. Senate race, the Republican incumbent made it clear that he took the then little-known challenger seriously.
Democrats, Cruz warned just about every Republican voter he encountered on the campaign trail, "will crawl over broken glass" to cast their vote in November 2018. Part of the motivation among left-leaning Texans was a deep and abiding antipathy toward president Donald Trump and an equal disdain for Cruz.
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"Mark my words, we are going to see historic turnout from the extreme left in November," Cruz said the night he won the GOP primary. "In Texas, if conservatives stay home, if we rest on our laurels, we could see Texas turn blue."
Cruz's prediction was spot on, and then some. Democratic turnout was up, and so it was for Republicans too.
A fellow Democrat's analysis
Days after the November election, the Democrat who finished second in the party's primary in the governor's race had some harsh words for O'Rourke's better-than-expected showing.
"I hate to admit it, but Ted Cruz was right. Beto O'Rourke was too liberal for Texas voters," Andrew White, the son of the late former Gov. Mark White, said in an op-ed published in the Houston Chronicle.
White gave O'Rourke credit for visiting all 254 Texas counties — even those in the reddest and most rural parts of the state. But, the Houston businessman and first-time political candidate added, O'Rourke was unable or unwilling to persuade independent-minded conservatives that he would represent their values in the U.S. Senate.
MORE:How Donald Trump broke the 'funk' that seemed to paralyze Beto O'Rourke
"A friend's comment about O'Rourke campaign put it best," White wrote. "'Would it have killed Beto to go quail hunting just once?'"
Going forward, White urged Democrats who run statewide in 2020 and beyond to connect with moderate and conservatives on matters of religious faith and to follow the models established by Democrats in other red states who have managed to win.
Could Beto O'Rourke win at home in 2020?
That remains to be seen. The latest Texas poll by Quinnipiac University shows Trump leading O'Rourke by just a single percentage point in a hypothetical matchup.
It's still way early in the campaign cycle, but Texas Democrats are more optimistic about their party's chances than anytime since 2002 when they had Laredo multimillionaire Tony Sanchez, who bankrolled his own campaign for governor, and a slate of several proven vote-getters also ran statewide.
They all lost, but there was palpable early campaign optimism.
Heading into 2020, Democrats are banking on continued troubles for Trump as he seeks a second term. And even a well-connected Republican operative admits that O'Rourke would be formidable.
CLASH OF THE TEXANS:Beto O'Rourke, Julian Castro may be rivals in 2020 presidential race
"He grew in the campaign, he grew as a candidate," Cruz's campaign manager Jeff Roe told reporters after the results were clear on Election Night 2018.
"I don't predict Democrat politics," Roe added. "But the fervent following that he has nationally, no one else compares to him on their side. No one does. He is in a league of his own in the Democrat party. And if he doesn't use that to run for president, I don't know what you do with it."
John C. Moritz covers Texas government and politics for the USA Today Network in Austin. Contact him at John.Moritz@caller.com and follow him on Twitter @JohnnieMo.


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Q: Regex, extract variable name I am in a situation that I need to extract words/variables from a string(expression). I tried to accomplish this. The following situation is valid:
OK/Test(ANSWER[12])+SUM(Test(ANSWER[..]))*OK+ANSWER[14]

I need to extract the "OK" "variables". I managed to extract other components like ANSWER[..] e.g. These variables are dynamic ofcourse.
I already tried things like:
/[a-zA-Z]*(?!\(|\[)/g

But this also returns SU (From SUM, which is not desired)
Thanks in advance :)
Edit: clarification
I need to extract words that are only surrounded by whitespace (begin or end of string) or +-*/ operators. Words that have ()[] before or after them should be ignored.

A: You may use
(?<![^\s+*/-])\w+(?![^\s+*/-])

See the regex demo
Details

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*(?<![^\s+*/-]) - a whitespace boundary with +, -, / and *  included

*\w+ - 1+ word chars

*(?![^\s+*/-])  - a whitespace boundary with +, -, / and *  included

C# sample code:
var results = Regex.Matches(text, @"(?<![^\s+*/-])\w+(?![^\s+*/-])")
        .Cast<Match>()
        .Select(x => x.Value);


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