Sunday, April 24, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
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Sunday, April 10, 2011
Video: 2011-04-05 Laura Bean at Southern Flavor
2011-04-05 Laura Bean at Southern Flavor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=autofb&v=ita7gVcEskk
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"The difference between one and more than one is all the difference in the world. Indeed, it is the world."
--Ursula LeGuin
Friday, April 08, 2011
Calculator:: How much did you pay for war this year?
Try this. I was surprised.
"The difference between one and more than one is all the difference in the world. Indeed, it is the world."
--Ursula LeGuin
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Video: Caroline Phillips: Hurdy-gurdy for beginners
Mom told me if she'd named me Gertrude, my name om my report card would have been Herde, Gertie.
Here's a real hurry-gurdy:
Monday, April 04, 2011
Saturday, April 02, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Spending too much in Libya?
Just thinking, somebody mentioned we're "spending all that money in Libya." Actually, I think it's all "spent" right here in the US, in our massive, ever-self-replicating military industrial complex. Follow the money.
If we have to drop stuff, I wonder what would happen if you dropped a dollar-for-dollar equivalent amount of non-destructive but diverting and/or uplifting goods: solar-powered generators, iPads, soccer equipment, water, ukuleles, artist paints, cupcake mix, those neat desktop factories that make plastic parts, blue jeans, tools, iPods, dog-training manuals, hang-glider kits, do-it-yourself literacy for girls... What would have an effect given the massive amounts afforded by replacing the cost of military action?
If we have to drop stuff, I wonder what would happen if you dropped a dollar-for-dollar equivalent amount of non-destructive but diverting and/or uplifting goods: solar-powered generators, iPads, soccer equipment, water, ukuleles, artist paints, cupcake mix, those neat desktop factories that make plastic parts, blue jeans, tools, iPods, dog-training manuals, hang-glider kits, do-it-yourself literacy for girls... What would have an effect given the massive amounts afforded by replacing the cost of military action?
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Pepsi bottles: no more plastic - CSMonitor.com
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2011/0315/Pepsi-bottles-no-more-plastic
"The difference between one and more than one is all the difference in the world. Indeed, it is the world."
--Ursula LeGuin
Article: Plama Marble Run 2D
Birthday idea.
"The difference between one and more than one is all the difference in the world. Indeed, it is the world."
--Ursula LeGuin
Thursday, March 17, 2011
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Article: BBC News - Audio slideshow: Dark sky stargazers
BBC News - Audio slideshow: Dark sky stargazers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12292852
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"The difference between one and more than one is all the difference in the world. Indeed, it is the world."
--Ursula LeGuin
Sunday, March 06, 2011
MB_SITE 07
http://www.icealaska.com/component/zoo/item/mbsite-07-2.html
"The difference between one and more than one is all the difference in the world. Indeed, it is the world."
--Ursula LeGuin
My current workout--25 min
1 minute marching warmup
100 burpees
At least 2 sets of 8 each bicycles & V-ups
Squat or wall-sit
Stretch-out: 16 counts each
100 burpees
At least 2 sets of 8 each bicycles & V-ups
Squat or wall-sit
Stretch-out: 16 counts each
Keep Fit (Stella M. Hurtley)
Keep Fit (Stella M. Hurtley)
CREDIT: SAFDAR ET AL., PROC. NATL. ACAD. SCI. U.S.A. 108, 10.1073/PNAS.1019581108 (2011)
CREDIT: SAFDAR ET AL., PROC. NATL. ACAD. SCI. U.S.A. 108, 10.1073/PNAS.1019581108 (2011)
Recent work has implicated mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in aging, and in humans, endurance training has been linked to health benefits, including increased life expectancy. Safdar et al. wanted to see if these processes could be linked in a strain of mice prone to mtDNA damage and who also exhibit a reduced life span. In these mice, a regime of endurance training—running for 45 min three times a week over 5 months—induced mitochondrial biogenesis, increased mitochondrial respiratory capacity, and prevented mtDNA damage. Furthermore, the trained mice no longer exhibited premature mortality or other symptoms associated with accelerated aging including fat loss, muscle loss, anemia, and graying fur (compare 30-week-old endurance-trained mouse, left, to 30-week-old control mouse, right). Future work will be required to see if similar regimes can protect and "rejuvenate" human mitochondria and mitigate the effects of normal or pathological forms of premature aging.
"The difference between one and more than one is all the difference in the world. Indeed, it is the world."
--Ursula LeGuin
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
Macworld Daily Reader comment
A friend wanted you to see this article, which they found via MacWorld's Daily Reader app.
GarageBand '11 has a lot of automated features to get you started, but musician Jim Galbraith prefers to customize GarageBand's templates for his own compositions. He walks you through the steps.
http://www.macworld.com/article/157016/2011/01/gbtemplate.html
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"The difference between one and more than one is all the difference in the world. Indeed, it is the world."
--Ursula LeGuin
Friday, February 11, 2011
Measure Faraway Objects with SpectaRuler | App Review AppCraver
http://www.appcraver.com/spectaruler/
"The difference between one and more than one is all the difference in the world. Indeed, it is the world."
--Ursula LeGuin
Saturday, January 22, 2011
The Demise of Respect
http://www.cambiatapress.com/CVMIA/respect.html
pax,
Maggie
http://randomlight.blogspot.com
"The difference between one and more than one is all the difference in the world. Indeed, it is the world." --LeGuin
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Fwd: Science Policy Bootcamp, The Memoir, and Introducing OCW Scholar
"The difference between one and more than one is all the difference in the world. Indeed, it is the world."
--Ursula LeGuin
Begin forwarded message:
From: MIT OpenCourseWare Newsletter <ocw@mit.edu>
Date: January 20, 2011 4:17:05 PM EST
To: mhettinger@mac.com
Subject: Science Policy Bootcamp, The Memoir, and Introducing OCW Scholar
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In maggie's January 2011 Newsletter:
New Courses | OCW Scholar | Updated Courses
Highlights for High School | Views from SupportersNew Courses
- 4.205 Analysis of Contemporary Architecture
- 7.345 Survival in Extreme Conditions: The Bacterial Stress Response
- 18.786 Topics in Algebraic Number Theory
- 21L.310 Bestsellers: The Memoir
- ESD.273J Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- ESD.712 Tools for Analysis: Design for Real Estate and Infrastructure Development
- ESD.864 Systems Modeling and Assessment for Policy
- ESD.934 Engineering, Economics and Regulation of the Electric Power Sector
- RES.STP.001 Science Policy Bootcamp
- SP.733 Special Topics at Edgerton Center: Developing World Prosthetics
- STS.025J Making the Modern World: The Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective
Introducing OCW Scholar - New Course Materials for Independent Learners
OCW is pleased to announce - OCW Scholar - new courses designed for independent learners to gain proficiency in introductory college-level science, mathematics, technology and other foundational subjects.
The courses are arranged in logical sequences and include a number of resources such as lecture videos, detailed course notes, self-assessment tools, help and homework videos, and solutions to exams and sample problems.
OCW Scholar courses are also supported by OCW's pilot program with OpenStudy, which encourages fellow learners to collaborate and turn to each other for questions, answers and discussions.
The first five courses in the OCW Scholar series are:
- 3.091SC Introduction to Solid State Chemistry
- 18.01SC Single Variable Calculus
- 18.02SC Multivariable Calculus
- 8.01SC Physics I: Classical Mechanics
- 8.02SC Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism
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- 1.258J Public Transportation Systems
- 3.40J Physical Metallurgy
- 6.035 Computer Language Engineering
- 6.042J Mathematics for Computer Science
- 14.126 Game Theory
- 15.083J Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization
- 21H.968J Nature, Environment, and Empire
- ESD.77 Multidisciplinary System Design Optimization
- SP.725 D-Lab: Medical Technologies for the Developing World
Highlights for High School
To help celebrate MIT's sesquicentennial (150th) anniversary, the MIT Museum has collected quite a few objects and stories that highlight the Institute's history and innovation.
One of the objects on display is the wrecking ball professor Walter Lewin has used in his classes to illustrate various laws of physics.
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Independent voter's take on Healthcare Reform
There are two politically-active people in my neighborhood whom I really trust and appreciate. This letter is from one of them.
Begin forwarded message:
Before responding to Guthrie's survey on healthcare reform, you may be interested in reading this. It was sent to me by an independent voter.
•Insurers are prohibited from taking away your coverage based on an unintentional mistake on an application
•Families are protected from having their coverage capped by lifetime dollar limits on benefits if someone is in an accident or becomes sick
•Insurers are required to spend at least 80% of your premium dollars on health care and quality improvement, instead of insurance company administrative costs, big salaries, or marketing
•Insurers must submit premium rate increases of 10% or higher to states (and in some cases the federal government) to determine whether they are reasonable
•Insurers can no longer deny coverage to children who have pre-existing conditions ranging from cancer to asthma
•Parents can keep children under the age of 26 as dependents on their plan, if they do not have coverage of their own
•Small business owners can better compete by providing tax credits and by increasing their purchasing power through competitive private health insurance Exchanges
•The life of the Medicare Trust fund will be extended to at least 2029, a 12-year extension as a result of reducing waste, fraud and abuse, and slowing cost growth in Medicare. This will provide you with future cost savings on your premiums and coinsurance.
•Medicare will take strong action to reduce payment errors, waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare. The President has made a commitment to reduce Medicare fraud 50 percent by 2012. The Affordable Care Act makes an historic, ten-year, $350 million investment to prevent, detect and fight fraud in Medicare, Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program—including criminal efforts to exploit the new law. Visit Stop Medicare Fraud for more information.
•In 2011, if you hit the prescription drug donut hole, you will get a 50% discount on brand-name drugs. Every year after, you will pay less for your prescription drugs in the donut hole until there's complete coverage of the donut hole in 2020. Between now and then, you will get continuous Medicare coverage for your prescription drugs.
•The coordination of care between doctors and the overall quality of care will improve so that you will be less likely to experience preventable and harmful re-admissions to the hospital for the same condition.
•Hospitals will have new, strong incentives to improve your quality of care.
•Starting in 2014, the Affordable Care Act offers additional protections for Medicare Advantage Plan members by taking strong steps that limit the amount these plans spend on administrative costs, insurance company profits, and things other than health care.
•Starting in 2014 if your employer doesn't offer insurance, you will be able to buy insurance directly in an Exchange -- a new transparent and competitive insurance marketplace where individuals and small businesses can buy affordable and qualified health benefit plans. Exchanges will offer you a choice of health plans that meet certain benefits and cost standards. Starting in 2014, Members of Congress will be getting their health care insurance through Exchanges, and you will be able buy your insurance through Exchanges too.•Reduction of $138 billion in the federal deficit over a 10 year peroid, according to the Congressional Budget Office. It will cut the deficit by $1.2 trillion over the second ten year period. Repealing the act will increase the federal deficit by $230 billion over 10 years.
•And much more. Email me if you want more...
Only 18% of the American people favored repeal of the Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act. And the Republican party is trying to repeal it. What is wrong with this picture? And to think we Americans gave the party of hate, hostility, fear, greed and deceit ideology the control of the House. What does this tell us about Americans? Are we totally oblivious of what is going on in America? The Republicans just voted to end your health care rights but to keep the same benefits for themselves. Are we nuts?
Why would Americans favor a party or ideology that is against humanitarian causes? The Republican party is against humanitarian causes. They prove it time and time again. They are against those that are not extremely wealthy and expect the remainder of Americans to serve their needs. They voted no to health care for Americans, but get to keep their government health care. Voted to not extend unemployment benefits for those in need. Voted no to Wall Street Reform. Voted no to the Consumer Protection Act. They voted no to saving jobs for policemen, firemen and teachers. They forced big tax cuts for the billionaires (causing tremendous debt), using tax cuts for the middle class as hostage.
I can go on and on with their anti-American actions. It is so easy to understand their motive and for the sake of me I can't understand how they get any support from a kind and decent American. Well, yes I can. It's money, I got mine and screw you attitude and many Americans are just uninformed.
Please tell me where I am wrong. I would love to be wrong. If you can't tell me where I am wrong, remember to vote every congress person out of office that voted for the repeal of the Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act whether Democrat or Republican. I will not forget.
Repeal of the Patient Protections And Affordable Care Act will not be repealed. It will not get by the Senate and our President would veto it anyway, but you must remember this House vote in the election of 2012. Always be for the people.
http://www.healthcare.gov/index.html
Logged
Those blinded by fear, beliefs, feelings and emotions will not see the truth.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created your problems.
Doing the same things over and over again and expecting a different result is insanity.
Always be for the people..... the advancement of all people .... always vote against the party that ignores the less fortunate. (Poor and Middle Class)
RAY BEAUFAIT
INDEPENDENT
USA - SOUTHERN INDIANA
BEAU1943@AOL.COM
Beau
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Fwd: [MaxFit Ladies] New doc: Paleo Recipes-mmm mmm good
here are a few recipes my friends and I have tried and we love. I will try and post more in here like once a week or something. The Paleo Diet Cook Book is the best, by Dr. Loren Cordain. I cook out of it everyday. Some of the ingredients to start out can be expensive, but I usually make enough to eat on it for a couple of days. let me know what you think
Pumpkin Paleo Pancakes
2 eggs
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup almond butter
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp nutmeg -change from original post - did it by mistake and liked it more :)
1 tablespoon Agave
2 tablespoons chopped pecans - topping
2 tablespoon real maple syrup - topping
Coconut oil - for the pan
Mix everything up real good - sometimes that nut butter is clumpy - and make pancakes as usual (except you're gonna use the coconut oil in the pan) and add the pecans and maple syrup at the end. The recipe above makes 2 good size pancakes.
GREEN EGGS AND HAM
Ingredients:
• 1/2 Avocado
• 3 hard-boiled eggs
• juice from a fresh lemon
• Sea Salt & Fresh Ground Black Pepper, to taste
• Bacon crumbles (I used Turkey Bacon just b/c I had it and needed to use it up, will make without next time)
Instructions
• Cook up some bacon so it's nice and crispy. Set aside.
• Mash the avocado in the bottom of your bowl. (We love our avocado tool from
Williams Sonoma.)
• Juice a fresh lemon over the mashed avocado.
• Sprinkle with a little sea salt & fresh ground black pepper.
• Mash it all together.
• Peel & chop your hard-boiled eggs. (I like to chop each egg in quarters.)
• Add the chopped egg to the bowl.
• Sprinkle a little more lemon juice, sea salt, and pepper atop the eggs.
• Combine everything together.
• Garnish with some cooked bacon.
• Eat. Enjoy :)
BLASTED BROCCOLI
Ingredients
• 1 ¼ pounds Broccoli crowns, cut into florets (about 8 cups)
• 3 ½ tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• Large pinch of dried crushed red pepper
• Sea Salt, to taste
• Fresh Ground Black Pepper, to taste
Instructions
• Preheat oven to 450.
• Toss broccoli and 3 tablespoons Olive Oil in large bowl to coat.
• Sprinkle with Sea Salt and Pepper.
• Transfer to rimmed baking sheet.
• Roast 15 minutes.
• Stir remaining ½ tablespoon Olive Oil, Garlic, and Red Pepper in a small bowl.
• Drizzle Garlic mixture over broccoli; toss to coat.
• Roast until broccoli is beginning to brown, about 8 minutes longer.
• Season to taste with Sea Salt & Pepper.
• Serve, and eat, immediately.
Spaghetti Squash Italiano
you need a spaghetti squash, 1 tbs of fresh basil and oregano, 2tbs chopped cilantro, 1 tbs extra virgin olive oil (evoo) and 1 tbs flax seed oil (found in the organic vitamin section). I also add a jar of hunts tomato sauce (unsalted) so that its more like spaghetti to me. I just heat it and put it on top at the end.
Spaghetti Squash Italiano
preheat oven to 425. Cut sp. squash in half long ways, and gut. Fill large glass dish with 1 inch of water, place halves down (cut side down) and bake for 45 mintues (originally i tried this in the microwave and mine came out crunch too-in the oven it didnt) when you grab the sp. squash and the sides cave in (please use an oven mitt-no burning your bodies) then its done. You scrap it out and put it in a bowl. No in a small bowl mix basil, oregano cilantro and the oils with the tomato sauce (you can warm it if you like) stir well and then pour over squash. Sometimes when I do this, I also add turkey meat to it. Let me know how it goes. I like it because the squash is semi sweet. Just dont expect it to taste like spaghetti cause then you will be disappointed.
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Monday, January 17, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Cheat day damage control
ALA, Garlic
Green Tea
Espresso
Grapefruit Juice
Cinnamon
GLUT-4 exercises
Tomato Salsa (’nuff said)
Green Tea
Espresso
Grapefruit Juice
Cinnamon
GLUT-4 exercises
Tomato Salsa (’nuff said)
MaxFit Bootcamp Workout
YouTube
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D5qzgVoNtAOk&v=5qzgVoNtAOk&gl=US
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"The difference between one and more than one is all the difference in the world. Indeed, it is the world."
--Ursula LeGuin
Friday, January 14, 2011
Student Pilot Journal
http://www.aircenter1.com/2/previous/2.html
She working with Eddie at Air Center One. Good writer.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Martin Luther King chant
Martin Luther King, Martin
Luther King, Martin Luther
K-I-N-G, Martin Luther King!
(repeat)
Solo 1: Justice!
Solo 2: Equal rights!
Solo 3: Liberty and free-dom!
All: He had a dream that "We shall overcome."
(repeat)
Luther King, Martin Luther
K-I-N-G, Martin Luther King!
(repeat)
Solo 1: Justice!
Solo 2: Equal rights!
Solo 3: Liberty and free-dom!
All: He had a dream that "We shall overcome."
(repeat)
Dunkin,' dunkin' Doughnuts
Dunkin, dunkin doughnuts,
Buy 'em from a shop.
Fill me fulla sugar carbs
An' luv me til I pop! (eyes roll on "luv")
Americanized verse for Orff Schulwerk song "Davy, Davy Dumpling."
Tune:
Sol sol la la sol-- mi--
Sol sol la la sol-- -- --
Sol sol la la sol sol mi mi
Sol sol sol sol high-do !
Body accompaniment:
Pat(knees), pat, pat, pat,
Pat, pat, pat, clap!
Pat, pat, pat, pat,
Pat, pat, pat, clap!
Progression to instruments:
Sit in a circle, have instruments to pass around. The group will maintain the body motions and singing, replacing the movements with instruments as they become available. Distribute one instrument or instrument type at a time. Pat becomes a drum beat or C-G on bells/xylophone. Clap becomes a cymbal crash or triangle tap. At the end of the song, maintain the rhythm with finger snaps as instruments are passed to the next person around the circle.
Buy 'em from a shop.
Fill me fulla sugar carbs
An' luv me til I pop! (eyes roll on "luv")
Americanized verse for Orff Schulwerk song "Davy, Davy Dumpling."
Tune:
Sol sol la la sol-- mi--
Sol sol la la sol-- -- --
Sol sol la la sol sol mi mi
Sol sol sol sol high-do !
Body accompaniment:
Pat(knees), pat, pat, pat,
Pat, pat, pat, clap!
Pat, pat, pat, pat,
Pat, pat, pat, clap!
Progression to instruments:
Sit in a circle, have instruments to pass around. The group will maintain the body motions and singing, replacing the movements with instruments as they become available. Distribute one instrument or instrument type at a time. Pat becomes a drum beat or C-G on bells/xylophone. Clap becomes a cymbal crash or triangle tap. At the end of the song, maintain the rhythm with finger snaps as instruments are passed to the next person around the circle.
Friday, January 07, 2011
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Pigs-in-Training
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7JQYWdFzZU
pax,
Maggie
http://randomlight.blogspot.com
"The difference between one and more than one is all the difference in the world. Indeed, it is the world." --LeGuin
Monday, January 03, 2011
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