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Steelers' patchwork defense shredded, but nearly bests Bolts
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Only one Steelers defense during coach Mike Tomlin's 15-year tenure ever gave up more yards than the patchwork group that got shredded by Justin Herbert and the Chargers on Sunday night.
Los Angeles scored on its first five drives and took a 17-point lead into the fourth quarter. By the time the Chargers were done, they had racked up 533 yards — the most given up by Pittsburgh's proud defense since 2013, and one of the worst performances in the history of a franchise founded in 1933.
Yet this beleaguered group still stepped up and made two huge plays in the waning minutes of the fourth quarter to facilitate an improbable rally by the Steelers (5-4-1). Thanks to Cameron Sutton's diving interception and a gritty fourth-down stop 53 seconds apart, Pittsburgh turned a seven-point deficit into a three-point lead with 3:24 to play.
But when asked to get one last stop, the Steelers' defense gave up 75 yards and the winning touchdown in three regrettable plays.
"I know we got the lead late, but man, we didn't get off the field, and that's going to bug me," said Steelers defensive tackle Cameron Heyward, who deflected a pass about 30 feet in the air to a diving Sutton with 4:36 left.
The 41-37 loss will loom large in the Steelers' defensive record books, yet they hope it will be a growing experience for the youngsters and backups forced into action during Pittsburgh's first loss since Oct. 3.
"I appreciate the way they stayed in it together and fought, but it was obvious we didn't have a good enough plan tonight with our current makeup and state," Tomlin said. "We couldn't get enough stops defensively. We couldn't apply pressure with our four-man rush or keep (Herbert) in the pocket. We weren't good enough in coverage with less than seven. We've got to get back to the drawing board and put them in better position to be successful with the people we have at our disposal. It was challenging tonight, but we make no excuses."
Ben Roethlisberger's return from a bout with COVID-19 couldn't make up for the Steelers' absences on defense. Pittsburgh was missing star edge rusher T.J. Watt (hip and knee), starting safety Minkah Fitzpatrick (reserve/COVID-19 list) and starting cornerback Joe Haden (foot), forcing changes to a starting group that had been fairly healthy until recently.
The upheaval clearly affected the Steelers while they struggled to get off the field for the first three quarters in Inglewood: Herbert moved Los Angeles at least 50 yards on five straight drives in the first three quarters. The Bolts went at least 70 yards on three early drives that all ended in touchdowns by Austin Ekeler, who then scored his fourth TD after a 75-yard drive in the fourth quarter.
"The biggest thing is just fight," Sutton said. "Guys step into opportunities and roles that they're obviously not in all the time, but there's no drop-off. You've just got to stand up. Everybody prepares to go into the week as a starter, as they should. No one is going into a situation wide-eyed, not knowing what to expect. We've got to play our brand of football, play for each other and find ways to close games."
In Watt's absence, Herbert largely stayed comfortable in the pocket, and that's bad news for any defense. The Chargers' second-year quarterback has exceptional touch when he can set his feet, and he picked apart the Steelers for 271 yards passing in the first three quarters.
Alex Highsmith filled in for Watt as an edge-rushing linebacker, and he got 1 1/2 of the Steelers' two sacks — but it wasn't enough.
After the offense and special teams put the Steelers improbably ahead, the defense had the chance to seal it. Just 75 seconds later, Mike Williams broke free down the Chargers' sideline and hauled in the winning TD.
The Steelers were disgusted by the final mistake in a game full of them, but they vowed to use this disappointment.
"We had a call on," Sutton said. "I'm not going to get into the specifics of the call. We just didn't execute the call. At a critical point of the game, we've got to all be on the same page. We just didn't get it done."
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Swansea és una població dels Estats Units a l'estat d'Illinois. Segons el cens del 2000 tenia una població de 10.579 habitants.

Demografia
Segons el cens del 2000, Swansea tenia 10.579 habitants, 3.937 habitatges, i 2.799 famílies. La densitat de població era de 805,6 habitants/km².

Dels 3.937 habitatges en un 37,3% hi vivien nens de menys de 18 anys, en un 57,6% hi vivien parelles casades, en un 10,3% dones solteres, i en un 28,9% no eren unitats familiars. En el 24,4% dels habitatges hi vivien persones soles el 10,1% de les quals corresponia a persones de 65 anys o més que vivien soles. El nombre mitjà de persones vivint en cada habitatge era de 2,59 i el nombre mitjà de persones que vivien en cada família era de 3,11.

Per edats la població es repartia de la següent manera: un 26,6% tenia menys de 18 anys, un 7,4% entre 18 i 24, un 29,6% entre 25 i 44, un 21,5% de 45 a 60 i un 14,9% 65 anys o més.

L'edat mediana era de 38 anys. Per cada 100 dones de 18 o més anys hi havia 87,1 homes.

La renda mediana per habitatge era de 49.851 $ i la renda mediana per família de 58.032 $. Els homes tenien una renda mediana de 40.747 $ mentre que les dones 29.911 $. La renda per capita de la població era de 25.634 $. Aproximadament el 4,9% de les famílies i el 6,7% de la població estaven per davall del llindar de pobresa.

Poblacions més properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

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Q&A Dan Abnett – Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
by Chris Camilleri June 7, 2021
by Chris Camilleri June 7, 2021 0 comment
Fatshark is bringing their award-winning co-op gameplay to the 41st Millennium with the help of New York Times bestselling author Dan Abnett.
Abnett is well known in the Warhammer universe for his bestselling novels. He's also renowned for his work in the comic book industry, which includes projects that have become major Hollywood movies, and for his award-winning game work.
Tell us a bit about yourself.
I'm a writer of comics, novels and games. I started out in comics, working for Marvel, and have since written for all the major companies – Marvel, DC, Dark Horse and the UK's famous 2000AD. My work for Marvel on the Guardians of the Galaxy was used as the basis for the Marvel movies. I've also written over fifty novels, many best-selling… Doctor Who, Primeval, Torchwood, Tomb Raider, and many for the Warhammer universe, and I've worked on games such as Alien:Isolation and Shadow of Mordor. I love what I do, and I know I'm lucky to be doing it.
When did you first come in contact with Warhammer, and when did you start working with the brand?
I was well aware of Games Workshop – I'd been a keen pen-and-paper role player back in the day, and when I was invited to work for Warhammer, back at the very start of their fiction publishing line, I had a good take on the 'atmosphere' of the universe. I've written a lot of novels, comics and short stories for them in the last two decades, as their success as a fiction publisher has grown, and I've also been able to help shape the universe a little in my books. My Eisenhorn series (Inquisitor novels) and my Gaunt's Ghost series (Imperial Guard) have fleshed out aspects of the 40K world, and I wrote some key parts of the Horus Heresy novel series, the background 'myth' of the whole universe.
What is your favorite thing with Warhammer 40,000?
It's such a rich universe. It's notoriously 'dark'… it's certainly not a place you'd want to actually live in, but it's got a grand, epic, decayed… wonderful feel of its own. It's quite unlike anything else. The Imperium of Mankind is vast, ancient, stagnating and riddled with superstition and zealous beliefs. It's also permanently at war, against powerful and predatory alien species, and the infernal power of the Warp. What I love most, I suppose, is that there's really no limit to what you can do… from small stories, 'detective' style fiction, to military science fiction, to all-out epic myth. It's an amazing space, full of ideas and possibilities, and with an amazing visual style. But its "grim darkness" is it's most deliciously defining quality, and its most addictive aspect.
As soon as you hear 40,000 you think of Space Marines. When you heard that Darktide did not want to focus on Space Marines, but instead a motley crew of human characters, what was your reaction?
Space Marines are iconic, but they are very powerful, post-human elite forces… and also very rare in the vast scale of the universe. Humans are plentiful. While Space Marines are the obvious starting point for any game or novel, you actually get a much better feel for the universe, in all its gothic sweep and cosmic horror, if you see it from the perspective of an ordinary human. In novels, like the Gaunt series, or the Eisenhorn cycle, I've chosen the 'human' viewpoint because it's so rewarding. That's the case with Darktide too.
We want to emphasise the human scale, the human 'heart' in the midst of the vastness and cosmic wonder… and we also want to emphasise the survival and horror aspect. As a human, you're vulnerable: it's all about wit, courage, determination and focus. You're not immortal, invulnerable or wearing a suit of ceramite power armour. It's just you and the darkness, and that makes for a really incredible playing experience.
What's the advantage of having a human point of view for the players?
There's more character, more detail, and a greater richness. You'll get to figure things out and deal with them as though you're really there, and you'll learn so much more about what life in the Imperium is actually like for the vast majority of people. The risks are greater, but then so are the subtleties and intrigues. It also really amplifies the excitement – as a human, you're fragile and vulnerable, and probably also scared. And you have no idea what you're about to find and confront. The player will have much greater identification with their character, and will have to learn to stick with their team, and work with them, in order to survive.
What is the biggest challenge in telling a human perspective in a Warhammer 40,000 world?
Making it comprehensible and 'real'… building a believable world where humans might live, with a detailed society and culture. And also not making things so deadly they don't last five minutes! 🙂
Tell us about life in the Tertium Hive.
In many ways, it's typical of many or most "hive cities" in the Imperium. It's old, it's decaying in some parts and lawless in others, it's overpopulated and hidebound by the rules and edicts of Imperial control. It's also – and I can't emphasise this enough – vast. It's a city the size of a country, a continent. Billions live here, and in its warren of streets and its deep underlevels you can encounter almost anyone and discover almost anything. From the faded, ornate opulence of the highest spires where the aristocracy lives, to the industrial mid-levels and street markets, to the lowest and most dangerous sub-sub levels, abandoned and forgotten, it is a place of detail, danger and wonder.
And secrets. There are secrets hidden away in dark corners everywhere… lost tech, criminal enterprises, dark histories… and maybe other things that are even worse and which threaten the fabric of Imperial society. That's why the Inquisitor has come, and that's why he's ordered you to explore and discover those secrets. That's the game.
For anyone new to Warhammer 40,000, what books do you recommend to get started with?
The game itself, and the core rulebooks and codexes are a great place, and so is the fiction. There's a lot you can read, and you can dip in anywhere. Can I recommend my own works? The Eisenhorn trilogy (which leads to further stories) is about an Inquisitor and the 'ordinary, daily life' in the Imperium and is often cited as a great starting place. If you want to learn the background mythology, go to the Horus Heresy series.
If you want to experience military life from the point of view of an ordinary human soldier, try my Gaunt's Ghosts books, or for a view of things from the Space Marine perspective, try the awesome Dark Imperium novels out now, which showcase the Adeptus Astartes and reveal the current state of things in this war-torn universe.
In case you did not catch our earlier tweet, be sure to check out the video interview with Dan Abnett himself here.
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It is well established that infection with influenza A virus (IAV) facilitates secondary bacterial disease. However, there is a growing body of evidence that the microbial context in which IAV infection occurs can affect both innate and adaptive responses to the virus. To date, these studies have been restricted to murine models of disease and the relevance of these findings in primary human cells remains to be elucidated. Here, we show that pre-stimulation of primary human monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs) with the bacterial ligand lipopolysaccharide (LPS) reduces the ability of IAV to infect these cells. The inhibition of IAV infection was associated with a reduced transcription of viral RNA and the ability of LPS to induce an anti-viral/type I interferon response in human MDMs. We demonstrated that this reduced rate of viral infection is associated with a reduced ability to present a model antigen to autologous CD8+ T cells. Taken together, these data provide the first evidence that exposure to bacterial ligands like LPS can play an important role in modulating the immune response of primary human immune cells towards IAV infection, which may then have important consequences for the development of the host's adaptive immune response.


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Q: GLUT timer function I am trying to get my tokens on a board game to fall slowly. Right now, they fall, but they fall so fast. How could I implement the timer function in my code? Right now I do a loop, that updates the y coordinate of glTranslate. But it is still too fast! the top y is the y coordinate where I press on the screen, and the bottomy is the coordinates of the lowest open spot for a token.
col =0;

double bottomy = 0;
int row = 0;

circlex = (double)x / width ;
circley = (double)y / height ;

row = board.getRow(col) + 1;
bottomy = 500 - (25*row);

for( double topy = y ; topy <= bottomy; topy += 2 ){
    glTranslatef(circlex, circley, 0.0f);
    circley += .0000000000000000001;
    display();
}

r = board.makeMove(col);

A: You can use glutTimerFunc to execute a function at a regular time period. This has the signature
void glutTimerFunc(unsigned int msecs,
                   void (*func)(int value),
                   value);

For example if your drawing function was
void UpdateTokens(int time);

Then you could call an update every 0.5 seconds with the following call (where current_time was the current simulation time)
glutTimerFunc(500, UpdateTokens, current_time);

For more precise timing, I would recommend using <chrono> instead, and performing your timing using things like std::chrono::duration with a std::chrono::steady_clock.

A: The actual problem here is how glut works. Basically, the user only gets a image presented at the end of the main loop. As long as you do not return from the mouse function, nothing is presented on screen. You can solve the problem by transferring the work to the display function and distribute the translation across multiple frames:
global variables:
double circlex = 0, circley = 0, bottomy = 0;
bool isfalling = false;
int topy = 0;

mouse_func:
if (isfalling == false) //Prevents the user from clicking during an animation
{
    circlex = (double)x / width ;
    circley = (double)y / height ;

    int row = board.getRow(col) + 1;
    bottomy = 500 - (25*row);
    topy = y;

    isfalling = true;
}

display_func:
if (isfalling)
{
    circley += .0000000000000000001;
    topy += 2;

    if (topy >= bottomy)
        isfalling = false;
}

glTranslatef(circlex, circley, 0.0f);
display();

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The Columbia College Koalas collected their first tie of the season in an exciting 1-1 draw with the visiting Montreat College Lady Cavaliers.
On an extremely warm afternoon at Younts Soccer Stadium, the Koalas got off to a blistering start while completely dominating the Cavaliers. After a few quality chances, Columbia got on the board through a set piece. A corner from Senior Ruby Hallam was headed back across the goal by Junior AJ Gilmore, and Senior Jaena Dominguez was on hand to run in and head the ball into the back of the net from just inside the six yard box. It was Dominguez's third goal of the year while it was the first assist of the year for Gilmore.
After dominating the opening period, the Koalas were then penned back slightly by Montreat, who came into their own and managed a period of success. Minutes into the second half, the Cavs tied the game on a breakaway.
The latter part of the second half was similar to the early part of the first, as the Koalas again had chances to score, but were unable to find the winner.
The overtime periods were again both dominated by the Koalas, who had multiple chances to win the game including two cleared off the line, but in the end the match finished 1-1 and both teams picked up a point in the AAC Standings.
The Koalas currently stand at 4-4-1 and 3-2-1 in the AAC, and will play again on Sunday, October 7th when they host the AAC leading Truett-McConnell Bears at 4PM.


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BIG NEWS: Mark Knopfler Will Return to The Studio for His Next Album
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The big news is coming directly from the official website of Mark Knopfler. Recently on his official website was news that he'll be back to his studio to record his next album. The news was compiled by Terry Kilburn.
In the official statement, the following was written:
"Mark will shortly return to the studio to continue recording for his next album. The usual musicians will be involved with the addition of Greg Leisz on pedal steel and other stringed instruments. No release date is available but it is likely to be towards the end of this year at the earliest."
For now, this information is quite sufficient, as far as the audience is concerned. We are very satisfied and we're very happy because this year will be extraordinary for us as fans.
Mark Knopfler returns to his studio and continues with his work to surprise all his fans in UK and all around the world.
Dire Straits Blog still remains obliged to inform you of all the news related to Mark Knopfler and all other members of the ex-band Dire Straits. Keep reading us, and thanks for all your support!
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The Athletic Association of Sri Lanka (AASL) is considering inviting only the top eight ranked athletes for each event at the 98th National Athletic Championship scheduled to be held this year.
The aim of this proposal taken up at the recent Executive Committee meeting of the AASL is to improve the quality of some events and reduce the excess entries in other events. Since Olympic qualifications has been extended from December 31 to June 2021 following the postponement of the Tokyo Games, Sri Lanka's National Athletic Championship will serve as a selection trial for international competitions.
This will be the first time that the Nationals, which has been open to all previously, will be conducted for only selected athletes. In future, the Nationals will feature only the finalists with preliminary round being held earlier, if this year's championship where only the top eight would be competing is successful. The top eight would be selected on their performances in the preliminary competitions.
Meanwhile the AASL hopes to stage the 98th National Athletic Championship postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic in December, according to AASL president Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Palitha Fernando.
After reviewing the health situation in the country, the AASL hopes to stage the Nationals at Mahinda Rajapaksha Stadium in Diyagama.
Before the National Championship, the AASL plans to stage a selection trial meet for junior and senior athletes in October.
This is in preparation for the 24th Asian Athletic Championship to be held from May 20 to 23 in Hangzhou, China and the 4th Asian Junior (Under 18) Championship to be held from March 11 to 14 in Kuwait next year in addition to other international competitions.


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Santa Claus is in the house at Cherry Lane Shopping Centre, arriving last weekend and will be there throughout much of December.
Dec. 1, 2015 6:00 a.m.
Chat with Santa — On his way in to his temporary home at Cherry Lane Shopping Centre. Santa arrived at the shopping centre on Saturday with a courtesy lift from the Penticton Fire Department and will be available throughout much of December to take requests and pose for photos.


Majerhat bridge collapse | How many more?
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Tuesday's collapse of a portion of Kolkata's Majerhat bridge reaffirms Andre Gunder Frank's evocative title of his seminal work, The Development of Underdevelopment. While the city tries to cope with the second, it languishes as a stranger to the first. This is the third such incident since March 2013 when a portion of the Ultadanga flyover off VIP Road caved in, followed by the col- lapse of the Vivekananda Road flyover across Posta bazar, the nerve-centre of wholesale trade (March 2016).
The city may not be in the sort of mourning that it was when no fewer than 30 people had then perished beneath the rubble. However, this doesn't lessen the enormity of the accident that has jolted a part of the city to its foundations. Majerhat bridge serves as a vital link between the city and Behala/New Alipore and beyond, given the rapid expansion towards the south-west. The accident happened during the evening rush-hour, and it is gut- churning to reflect that there are many groaning in pain at SSKM and CMRI hospitals.
Hence the decidedly skeptical query on the morning after ~ How many more?
On closer reflection, this isn't the foreboding of a Jeremiah; structural deficiency is the potentially mortal risk that is dangerously real in case of all or nearly most flyovers in Kolkata. Promptly enough, the Chief Minister has commissioned an enquiry from distant Darjeeling; yet if experience is any indication, the probe reports are almost routinely docketed. Let alone dismantling the Posta flyover, as recommended by IIT Kharagpur, no action has as yet been taken on its report, underlining the "serious flaws in design and poor quality of raw materials" that were used for the construction of the Posta flyover.
From VIP Road to Majerhat via Posta, it is pretty obvious that the certitudes of flyover construction have been violated.
Tuesday's collapse has almost immediately placed the maintenance agency ~ the PWD ~ under a dense cloud not the least because it had ignored the "storm signals" that were periodically flashed. Not that repair was not carried out; but the work ~ with the use of bitumen coating ~ turned out to be wholly inadequate. Of riveting anxiety is the tearing hurry both in terms of construction and repair work.
If the Assembly election (May 2016) was the compelling factor at Posta, there can be no such defence of the indefensible at Majerhat. The repair work, shoddy in the extreme, is said to have been completed "very fast". Of regular inspection and maintenance there was little; of attention to detail even less. Considering the unusually heavy load of traffic each day ~ 10,000 to 12,000 vehicles ~ this 40- year-old bridge deserved better from the authorities. The warning of experts that the bridge needed to shed its "load" was accorded short shrift. There is a message to be drawn from Tuesday's collapse ~ the development agenda lends no scope for playing to the gallery. Nothing short of scientific progress will work.


When I was writing this post years ago, I had a health scare and for a minute (a day, actually) I waited to hear test results.
It could have been the kind of news that tells me I won't see a walker or failing eye sight or hip replacements because my time is up.
During those 24 hours, old age seemed like a prize. I have always felt a heavy dose of compassion for my mother in law, because she is in her late 80's and her body is showing the signs of well-deserved wear and tear. She uses a walker, her eyesight and memory have lost their way a bit. Her hip needs replaced again.
But during that waiting period, my perspective changed and I now see old age as good fortune. She has made it through life without a premature illness, car accident, or assault. She is not at the end of her life, for her family tends to live into the 90's and one grandmother lived to be 106. It's not the fullness of life one still has in their 60's, maybe even in their 70's.
It's these aged survivors get to see their children grow old, their grandchildren graduate college and even their great grand children walk and talk. It's such an honor to be witness to that, even with some disabilities.
What was the secret to living so long? I can't scientifically claim to know, and although they weren't drinkers or smokers, I think their secret was in their food source. They lived almost exclusively from the food they raised on the farm. As I thought about this and the good phone call I received, I fell even more in love with food from my local farmers.
The cauliflower and the arugula were purchased from local Amish farmers at the Tuesday Franklin Farmer's Market. I had both items in my refrigerator nearly two weeks before I was able to use them. Amazingly, they were still good enough to make this pizza with.
Cauliflower has the disadvantage of being white. White foods don't have the same healthy zing appeal as the green or purple food, so I wanted to make sure you knew that cauliflower is high in Vitamin C, omega 3 fatty acids and has special properties (as all cruciferous vegetables do) to fight cancer.
It contains allicin, which helps prevents strokes and improve heart health. It also helps to maintain healthy levels of cholesterol, and helps with cancers that primarily affect woman, due to indole-3-carbino, which which helps metabolize estrogen.
Cauliflower helps the body to detox, fight inflammation, and aid the digestive system. Low in calories, high in nutrition and available year round, cauliflower is at the ready for roasting, steaming, mashing, fried rice, making soup or serving as a low-carb pizza crust.
I've seen lots of blog posts about a cauliflower pizza crust and I thought making one would be easy.
Not so fast. There are two predominant recipes, one with almond meal and one without.
I saw different cooking methods for the cauliflower, different baking times, different baking temperatures. So many opinions, yet all with the same goal in mind, which is getting the cauliflower to crisp up enough when it bakes.
I discovered that cauliflower tends to want to steam underneath and not get crispy and that without parchment paper, it will stick and be a hot mess. But each post I read bragged about the wonderfulness of the recipe, and I was hooked to give it a try.
What Cauliflower Pizza Crust Recipe Did I Follow?
I followed all of them. I took a little of this one from Recipe Girl, a little of this one from Detoxinista, and I even tried the idea of almond meal that I read about on Food Loves Writing, where the pictures are very appetizing. The almond meal recipe is probably a bit more bread like. You can try that recipe or the one I ended up with, which does not have almond meal. You will enjoy both types as long as you bake your crust long enough.
I made three different pizza. The first one I did not bake first and it took a long time to get brown. The second and third pizza I pre-baked the crust and decided that is the way to go.
You can try all kinds of toppings, but cauliflower seems to love a little olive oil and crushed red pepper. I put crushed red pepper both in the crust and on top of the pizza. It was especially good topped with a little arugula salad. The pepper bite of arugula served my pizza well.
Use a food processor to crumble the cauliflower. It's faster. You can use a grater if you don't have a processor.
Microwave the cauliflower without water, prior to mixing with other ingredients.
Use parchment paper. This recipe sticks easily.
Use a very hot oven, and bake first for at least 20 minutes before adding toppings. The crust should be golden brown in the middle.
Don't use more than one egg per 2 cups of cauliflower crumbs.
If you do use almond meal, it will be a little more bread-like.
Topped with tomato and fresh mozzarella for baking.
This is the almond crust that was pre-baked for 25 minutes first.
Cauliflower Pizza Crust for a gluten free or low carb pizza.
Using a food processor or grater, crumble cauliflower into tiny pieces.
Microwave for 8 minutes or steam until cooked through.
the rest of the ingredients and form into a circle for a pizza crust.
Line baking sheet with parchment (even if you are using a pizza stone).
If you are using a pizza stone, get it hot first.
Bake the crust without the toppings for 20-35 minutes. This will depend on how thick your crust is, etc.
Once golden brown, top with toppings of choice and broil for 5 minutes until cheese is melted.
I topped my pizza with the arugula after it came out of the oven.
Do you know the calories in this dish?
Ellen this would all depend on your toppings. The main calories are coming from the mozzarella cheese.
I just tried this recipe. It was amazing! I liked yours better than others on the net because of the crushed red pepper. Thanks for the advice on the parchment paper too. It worked like a dream. I like that you did not have the 1:1 ratio of cheese to Cauliflower too. I don't think you need that much. Thank you for sharing!
Glad all is well. Every day I wake p wth one new ache…aging is crap, but this pizza sounds so good…I was just talking to Joan and I think she is also making one….
So glad you're ok Angela.
The crust sounds fabulous, will definitely have to try is. Thanks for the tips.
Happy to hear that you are ok Angela! What an interesting pizza base…I must try this! Thank you.
Good grief this looks amazing. I have not heard of this before…as I spend a lot of time circling around in my little world. I will make this, definitely, more than once and hope it tastes as good as yours. Bravo.
This cust is a godsend! It looks totally delicious and is arbless. UMM hello my bestest friend ever!
First of all, I'm relieved you're relieved and all is well!
We must be reading different blogs. This is my first exposure to cauliflower pizza crust – and I'm totally going to try it and soon!
I'm so sorry to hear you had a bad health scare, but relieved to know it's behind you. Sounds like you've got some good genes and are from a healthy long living lot. Good food really does make a huge difference doesn't it?
Oh, Angela, it's so overwhelming to be that sick! I vividly remember this past February, feeling like I was going to die and being so comforted by Paul's words in 2 Corinthians when he talks about despairing of life itself–that is exactly where I was. But he says God allowed him to experience that so he'd depend on God and not himself! So thankful you're OK and well and baking cauliflower pizza crusts. See you soon!
I am so relieved to hear that all is well with you Angela!
I have been wanting to try this for a while, but just haven't gotten there yet.
Oh Angela, what a frightening time that must have been for you! 🙁 I'm glad to hear that it's all ok now though, is that right? Good health is such a blessing!
Hope you're OK Angela. Everyone who reads this post will be wishing you all the best. Sometimes things happen, and all you can do is go with the flow of the moment…even if that's 24 hours of fear. It's natural. At least you can be happy knowing that you eat well and quite healthy, so hopefully that will keep your body strong!
Glad you're ok, that must have been a horrible 24 hours. Longevity in a family usually is a good sign that you will have a long life. Of course, they didn't have the same environmental poisons when they were young. Good to do well by ourselves as we grow old… so that we may grow old.
sorry to hear about your health scare – i know that must've been horribly worrisome, although it sounds like it brought about some good soul-searching as well. i've actually made a version of this cauliflower pizza crust before + while i liked the flavor, i really wanted to play around more with the texture (it was a bit soggy, not nearly crisp enough) before blogging about it. i might try adding the almond meal, as you mention, or play around with adding panko or another binder in there. i really want to perfect the recipe because the flavor was wonderful!
Goodness, so happy you received good news. Must have been stressful no doubt. I make a version of this crust but yours looks so much better. Have to try it.
That looks really delicious! What a wonderful idea.


Tromp, having some two hundred merchantmen to convoy home, would have been glad to get this charge off his hands before falling in with the enemy. Accordingly when he received news from the States General that the English fleet was ready for sea, he made haste to pass the Channel. But on February 18th, in the morning, "to his amazement," as we are told, he discovered the English fleet to the number of eighty sail, standing south on the starboard tack. The wind was fresh at W.N.W., and, his fleet being about equal to the English, he at once decided to engage. He had indeed every advantage, and an inspection of the relative positions of the fleets will show that the arrangement of the English was such as to invite attack.
Here we may pause for a moment to congratulate the English Navy on the happy chance that had decided Deane to remain with Blake in the Triumph , when he might have elected to command the Blue squadron as Monck did the White. Monck had allowed himself to fall four or five miles to leeward with his whole squadron. But Penn remained to windward with the Blue squadron ahead of the Generals, and actually with Blake were not more than ten or a dozen ships. Lawson was a short distance astern of the Triumph, and about a mile to leeward.
It was of course open to Blake to run to leeward and form his line on the lee squadron, but rather than risk any semblance of giving way, he elected to fight where he was, thus making it necessary for a part of the fleet to sustain the action for a considerable time before the leewardmost ships could support it. The attack was bound to fall upon Blake and Penn, and it was possible for Tromp to throw the bulk of his force on either.
Tromp was not slow to seize the opportunity. With his fleet in three divisions, or possibly four, he ran down to engage, leaving his convoy some four miles to windward. Of the engagement that followed details are sadly lacking, but as far as can be ascertained, Tromp commanded in the centre, De Ruijter on the left and Jan Evertsen on the right. The Dutch centre attacked Blake directly, and immediately pressed him very hard. De Ruijter passed on and bore in among Blake's ships from the north, while Evertsen was to the southward and threatened entirely to surround him. It was at this point, when the danger was already most serious, that the great advantage of having trained seamen in command at least of part of the fleet appeared.
Penn, like Blake, hauled to the wind to meet the attack, and opened fire on Evertsen, who was then on his starboard bow. Evertsen held his course, and Penn, to avoid being cut off from the lied squadron, tacked at once, passed through the opposing Dutch squadron and joined the few ships which were, with the Generals, engaged against Tromp. Lawson, meanwhile, had also shown his ability. If he should haul on a wind as Penn had done, he saw that De Ruijter could interpose between him and the Generals, while still keeping up the severity of the attack. He therefore bore away, with the wind abeam, till he had made enough southing to be able, by tacking, to fetch the main body of the enemy. And this he did, following the Blue squadron very closely when it crashed into Tromp's rear.
Meanwhile, part at least of Evertsen's squadron ran down to leeward, and engaged Monck and the White squadron within a couple of hours from the beginning of the battle. Some of the ships of the lee line, not improbably the stragglers of the Red and Blue squadrons, by dint of sailing close-hauled on the starboard tack, were by four o'clock in a position to weather the Dutch main body. But in the van, where the ships were massed most thickly and where both Tromp and Blake were, the fighting had been of a very stubborn order, and the Dutch were left in no position to withstand the attack of comparatively fresh ships. Accordingly, both for this reason and to avoid the possibility of the English stretching to windward enough to fall upon his convoy, Tromp drew out of action and rejoined the merchantmen. In the van the battle was over for the day, but to leeward the fighting continued till dark. Details of Monck's share in the action are almost entirely wanting, but as Mildmay, the captain of his ship the Vanguard, was killed, we can at least be certain of the truth of the statement that he was engaged towards evening.
In the Red and Blue squadrons the loss was heavy; and as the Triumph was first into action against overwhelming numbers, and was for a while unsupported, she suffered extremely. Her captain, Andrew Ball, was killed; so, too, was the Generals' secretary, Sparrow; Blake himself was badly wounded in the thigh by a splinter; and of men put ashore dangerously wounded, fifty-five were from her and the Worcester alone. The Triumph, too, was much damaged, and lay till the morning refitting. Other vessels were so much shattered that they had to be sent into Portsmouth, after contributing men to make up the complements of some that had lost most heavily.
Both the Oak and the Assistance were taken by the Dutch but afterwards re-won; so, too, was the Prosperous, 40. Boarded by De Ruijter, the last named, cleared her deck, her men then following the Dutch on board their own ship. A second attempt was made and she was carried, but, the Martin coming up, she was re-taken. Her loss, of course, was great, and among the dead was John Barker, her captain.
The English lost but one ship, the Samson, which they found to be in a sinking condition. Button, her captain, and most of the crew were dead, but the survivors were taken out before the ship was allowed to founder. It is claimed by the Dutch that the Speaker put into port much damaged, a thing most probable in itself, but quite unsupported by official record.
Of the Dutch, one was taken and sent dismasted into port. This was the Struisvogel Captain Adriaen Cruick; but others were destroyed. The Dutch confessed to three ships sunk and one blown up, and it is fairly certain that some others were burnt.
Where Tromp himself had been the English had suffered so heavily that he may have naturally exaggerated the damage done to the entire fleet. When morning dawned, it was found that he had passed to leeward and was running up Channel before the wind with his fleet in crescent formation between the English and his convoy. Towards two o'clock the greater part of the English fleet came up with the Dutch off the Isle of Wight, the wind having fallen light, and "had warm work, till night parted" them.
The event proved the necessity for Tromp's manoeuvre, though his action certainly gave the Generals the impression that they were pursuing a beaten fleet. But Tromp's first duty was to bring his convoy safely home, and not to risk such loss as would leave it unprotected.
Ammunition ran very short in the Dutch fleet, and only the fitful lightness of the wind on the 19th prevented the English from reaping their harvest. The fighting was partial, but heavy. De Ruijter withstood the attack time after time, and, towards night, entirely dismasted and riddled with shot, had to be taken in tow. 8 What the day's loss was is uncertain, but Lawson, with a few of the quicker-sailing "frigates," contrived to cut off from the right wing two or three men-of-war and a handful of merchantmen. It is probable that the Dutch estimate, viz., two men-of-war, with ten or twelve merchantmen taken, is right. 1 Disorder crept in as the convoy lost faith in the men-of-war. Many vessels turned their heads towards the French coast, some few escaping into Le Havre.
At night the Generals steered their course by the Dutch lights with a steady breeze at W.N.W. The next day's action is well described in the official report.
"On the 20th, about nine in the morning, we fell close in with them with some five great ships and all the frigates of strength, though very many could not come up that day; and seeing their men-of-war somewhat weakened, we sent ships of less force that could get up amongst the merchantmen." The Dutch, who were now past Beachy Head, standing towards Boulogne, turned some merchantmen out of the fleet for a bait. The scheme failed to draw off the English who, hauling to windward, fought on till dusk. They were then ten miles from Gris Nez, "so that, had it been three hours longer to-night, we had probably made an interposition between them and home, whereby they might have been obliged to have made their way through with their men-of-war, which at this time were not above thirty-five."; That they were so few was due in great measure to the flight of some twenty who had fired away all their powder.
At night the English anchored three leagues from Gris Nez, which bore N.E. by E.; and the enemy lay in-shore to leeward. This step was taken by the advice of the pilots, who pointed out that, with a lee tide, the Dutch would be unable to weather the point. But, in the morning, not one Dutch ship remained in sight. After refitting, the English weighed on the night of the 21st, and on the 27th made Stokes Bay.
Monck and Deane's estimate that the enemy had lost seventeen or eighteen men-of-war, is certainly an exaggeration. Only four were admitted by the Dutch to have been taken, and only four were brought in. This agreement disposes us to accept the Dutch statement that only five were sunk, though two or three more at least seem to have been burnt. The number of merchantmen taken is stated variously at from thirty to fifty, but no official list was ever made.
Of English ships, only the Samson miscarried, though three more were quite disabled. To these three the Dutch added a fourth, the Fairfax, which they asserted was purposely burnt as unfit for service. This was not so, however; the burning was due to criminal negligence, but was accidental.


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The 94th academy awards take place at Dolby Theaters at the Hollywood and Highland Center. On Sunday, March 27, the Oscars will be honoring movies released in 2021.
There are 23 categories with five nominies per category. "Good Morning America'' revealed on February 15, that the 2022 Oscars will be hosted by Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes. The trio will be the first to host the Academy Awards since Jimmy Kimmel emceed the 2018 ceremony. The Oscars went without hosts in 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Shortlists of films to compete for nominations in ten categories were announced on December 21, 2021. The nominations were announced on February 8, 2022, by actors Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordan.
While an ever-dwindling audience watches mostly big-name actors, writers and directors give breathless speeches, the following categories will be relegated to snippets taped while the commercials run: sound, editing, production design, hair and makeup, original score, live-action shorts, documentary shorts and animated shorts.
The aim was to bring the show in at a tight three hours, which directly contradicts the addition of more padding. This year's Oscars will get more audience engagement all right, most likely in howls of disapproval at tacky production numbers or overlong monologues and montages.
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We'll see if it completely engulfs this red bar here. If it does, it might be a very good sign that it's going to continue higher. It's called an engulfing pattern in the candlestick charts. I'm not so sure it's going to go that high, so I'm getting out.
We made a little bit more profit. We're up to $402 now. About $250 of that was in the last 40 minutes. That's all I do every day. I take a look at the extremes of the market. I take a look at these bars. These four bars set me up. If I see a couple in a row, I might look to go on the long side. If I see three of these, I might continue to go on the long side, here.
I'm just going to be monitoring them to see if the trend has changed, and we do start to trend a little bit higher in the market. I have to reload my gun. We'll see if this market trades higher. It looks like it wants to try. If it goes above this little tail here, we might have a chance for a pretty good rally up at 55, and I'm going to be riding it all the way.
So far, I have a nice profit of $402 for the day. Just take a look at these profits for the day. You can see that on the DXD, which is the ETF for the short side of the Dow Industrials, I made more money than I did on the DDM. That was the long side of the market, so far. That's usually how it goes.
I could have held my last 100 shares a little longer, but it never hurts to take a profit. That really jumped. We may have an opportunity to trade for the long side. It looks like there is a trade. This market is going to turn around and start trading higher.
I don't know if it's going to last or not. Let's take a look at the DXD. We're probably getting some extreme readings here. We're way down here. Let's see if this holds. The market internals look pretty good – actually, kind of bad. When you think about the market itself, we are in a bear market for today. I'm just talking about the day.
There are 2799 stocks declining. There are only 38 advancing. That's pretty bad. You have these rallies every once in a while, but I would take the extreme other side of the market and say, "You know what? You had a nice rally here, but if you take a look at the day, you're in bad shape." That is how bad this day is.
You can have a little rally, but it may not last. That's why I would take this side. Let's just hang in here for a couple of minutes, and see what actually happens. We are trading a little bit higher. Not a lot, but a little bit.
I got it at $69.09. It's not too bad of a trade. Just a little extra profit here. $69.13. I have a red arrow. My volume is starting to decline on my internal indicators. The advancers are starting to go back down again. I may have caught something here, but I'm not going to hang around for it.
The internals do not look good at all. I would like to catch these extremes. Actually, I probably pulled the trigger on that trade subconsciously. I didn't actually mean to pull the trigger on it, but as long as I did, I'll take the profit off it.
We're up there. We're going higher. I'll take my profits. I didn't really mean to get into that trade, but I'll take it. Now we're up to $480. It gives me a little $50 profit or so.
That's how we do extreme trading. It's pretty interactive. We're constantly monitoring the internal situation of the market, at all times. If I can come out with $1500 a day, that's my goal. When you do this, when you take a look at these internal sensors here – I consider this my control panel. When I have a green light, I'll go long. When I have a red light, I'll go short.
Measuring the number of advancing-declining issues, and the volume that's going into these issues, is a very nice way to trade. Generally, what happens is that you'll get the signal on these indicators, before the price starts to move on you. You have a little bit of an advance warning.
Now, it looks like we're turning around. We went negative, and now we're turning back around again. The trend continues, where we're going higher, and the number of issues continues to increase, when we're going higher – then I'll start trading more confidently from the long side. I traded very confidently from the down-side, which gave me a good amount of profit for the day so far. I'm constantly monitoring these.
You can tell that, when you see a lot of red bars, that means that the market is just going to decline. When you start to see a grouping of green bars like this, the market will probably continue higher.
That is extreme trading. Hope you guys enjoyed it. Go out there and trade with confidence.
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With "Transit," opening Friday, acclaimed German director Christian Petzold completes a trilogy of films that's not for everyone.
In "Ash is Purest White," his 13th and perhaps most challenging film, Chinese writer-director Jia Zhang-Ke offers a tortured travelogue disguised as a love story.
The 23rd Berlin & Beyond Film Festival, unspooling new films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, kicks off at the Castro Theatre, March 8-10.
In the new biopic "Mapplethorpe," we meet a bratty young Robert Mapplethorpe as played by rising UK star Matt Smith.
In "Giant Little Ones," high schoolers Franky and Ballas, best friends for life, have an unexpected late-night sexual encounter after a night of raucous partying and heavy drinking.
"A Night at the Garden" explores a night in February 1939 when over 20,000 members of the American Nazi Party filled Manhattan's Madison Square Garden.
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As I reported Feb. 12 the Dolphins will get about the business of talking to Mike Wallace and Greg Jennings. As Indianapolis is the site where team personnel and agents gather, I expect the Dolphins will touch base with the representatives for both players in the coming days.
That doesn't mean the Dolphins will sign both players. It doesn't mean they'll sign either because, well, stuff happens. As I said, they'll work it with both. But it means they have a plan and both players are part of that plan. The plan has Wallace as the priority but also includes Jennings -- perhaps as a fallback position, perhaps in addition to Wallace.
It is not possible to know exactly what Ireland has in mind with Wallace and Jennings because he doesn't share that with anyone in the media. But it is certain the Dolphins will chase Wallace first. He is the priority. Then Jennings will come soon afterward.
The story is not whether the Dolphins want or are interested in or will speak with top target Mike Wallace or his agent.
The story is whether the Dolphins can actually land Mike Wallace.
Wallace, you see, is the second biggest free agent name this Dolphins administration has chased. The biggest was last year and his name is Peyton Manning. But as the Dolphins haven't exactly been nails landing the guys they want, it is fair to wonder if they can be successful this time.
Now, the Dolphins did fail on Manning. They not only didn't land the biggest free agent they'e ever chased, they even failed to be among his finalists. Yes, the club managed a meeting with Manning but if you remember they had to fly to see him. Manning, meanwhile, went to Denver and other places he was truly interested in to speak with those teams. The Dolphins were in the hunt, but they were the hound way back in the pack gasping for breath and watching the lead dogs tree the game and get the big pat on the head.
Miami has also failed in other free agent attempts, to be sure, but one that should worry is the failed effort to land Ryan Clark. You remember Clark? He came to South Florida via Pittsburgh, apparently ready to sign a deal that would take him away from the Steelers.
He never signed. He returned to Pittsburgh.
The Dolphins have a different version but that version does not matter now.
The Clark version matters because he is Mike Wallace's teammate in Pittsburgh and if the wide receiver asks, that's the version he's going to hear. Facts be damned, Wallace will likely hear the Dolphins painted in a negative light. And so Miami could be swimming against that tide to convince Wallace this is the team for him.
There's also this little matter of competition. I seriously doubt the Dolphins will be the only team chasing Mike Wallace. Although his asking price will likely start around $11-$12 million, as I first reported on January 25, Wallace is likely to have other suitors.
His agent's job the next week will be to drum up interest in his client so that Wallace can have teams bid against each other. I have no idea what teams will target Wallace aside from the Dolphins. The Dolphins are projected to have the third-most salary cap space in the NFL when the league year opens March 12.
So they can afford Wallace.
But there have been rumors Cleveland and even Cincinnati might also have interest. And they happen to be the two teams with more cap space than Miami.
It must be said the Dolphins have not been inept at landing their man. In 2010, Karlos Dansby was considered the prize defensive player in free agency and the Dolphins got him straight away.
They got Jason Taylor away from the New York Jets in 2011.
So there have been hits and misses once the Dolphins have identified their targets. They identifed Wallace weeks ago.


There's a reason so many tourists come to Rome - it's an astonishing city that captivates and astounds. But the flip side of this is that, in many of the places you'll walk when visiting the Eternal City, you'll be sharing your space with hundreds (of not thousands) of others. The streets of the historic centre are, for much of the year, jammed with people and there are moments, as I walk the city, that I feel simply overwhelmed with the number of selfie sticks I'm seeing.
I had always wanted to stroll along Via Margutta - made famous by Audrey Hepburn (and her handsome co-star, Gregory Peck) in the fabulous 'Roman Holiday'.
After seeing the film, I was utterly enchanted - not just by Hepburn's beauty of course, but the charm of this small street.
Just a stone's throw from the Spanish Steps (packed, year round), it's a far cry from the chaos that is central Rome.
Jam packed full of history and art, it's an oasis of tranquility, and it's beauty and atmosphere couldn't fail to win over even the most cynical of visitors.
Before their time, the "Associazone Artistica Internationazle" held all kinds of 'high society' events which were attended by the likes of composers Wagner and Puccini and literary heavyweights such as Zola, de Beauvoir and Sartre.
Walking along Margutta today, I'm taken aback at just how quiet it is - we're a stone's throw from 'Tourist Central' but I could be forgiven for thinking I was in a quaint Italian village.
I see antiques stores, jewellers and art galleries. The orange and yellow hues of the walls contrast wonderfully with the spring blossom and lavender everywhere.
And how could I not mention Fellini in this journey? The director lived at number 110 and, at night, could often be seen at Bar Caverna, round the corner at Piazza Popolo. No doubt he gained much of the inspiration for his masterpieces from living in this charming sidestreet - the house is marked with a commemorative plaque. And for antique lovers, there are plenty of charming little stores where you can browse, looking for the perfect artefact.
It's truly one of the most beautiful streets I've had the pleasure of walking on in Rome and if you want to get away from the tourist hoards, you couldn't do better than to make your way here.
If you want to stop and have a lazy lunch, sit outside at 'Osteria Margutta' and enjoy the view of the street's window boxes whilst you devour antipasti along with a glass of good Chianti.
There's also 'Margutta' at the end of the street, which serves an exclusively vegetarian menu.
It's hard to imagine what's been and gone here - from the stonecutters and blacksmiths of the Middle Ages, to the great composers of the 19th century, then Picasso and Fellini - this street isn't just charming, but it has a pedigree all of its own.
Whether early in the morning or late at night, I'd highly recommend taking a 'passagiata (the Italian, loosely translated, means 'leisurely walk or stroll') and luxuriate in its charm.


With the likes of the Sony Xperia Touch making waves in 2018, there is a noticeable drive in the tech industry to develop more powerful portable devices. The pocket projector has seen many iterations over the years, but has never been adequately efficient at its job, while delivering sub-par functionality. The PIQO Pocket Projector is the latest innovation in this space, offering the world's smartest and most powerful experience from a pocket projector.
The PIQO is a 5.7cm (2.25in) cube, which weighs just 210g, making it the perfect, pocket-sized portable projector. In addition to its minimal size, the unit is also powerful, providing 1080p resolution at 200 lumens, which can project at up to 240" without a loss in overall picture quality. In addition to this, the unit is equipped with state-of-the-art gravity sensors, as well as auto-keystone features, which automatically adjust the angle of projection.
The PIQO also offers a host of peripheral features, which include a built-in speaker, internal storage with up to 50 hours of battery life and 5 hours of continuous playback. With the inclusion of quick-charge capabilities, users will get an additional hour of playback with 15 minutes charge time. It also includes seamless Bluetooth 5.0 pairing to pair with multiple devices, alongside an HDMI and USB ports.
PIQO is powered by Android with access to the Google Play store, providing access to over 3 million apps, including Netflix, YouTube and Hulu. The Android support also allows for various mirroring capabilities, which includes AirPlay, Miracast and eShare. One of the biggest gripes about portable projectors is the poor sound quality from the onboard speakers. PIQO supports surround-sound speaker booms with crystal clear Hi-Fi sound, built on the Harmon Kardon and Bose engineering.
The PIQO was launched as an Indiegogo campaign, which reached $100,000 of its $10,000 goal within 3 days, nearing the $1m mark with another 16 days remaining at the time of posting. The PIQO is available at a cost of $349 as an Early Bird backing on the campaign.
The founders of Piqo have been in the entertainment technology space for years and boast more than 50 years of combined experience specifically working with consumer and commercial grade projectors in Asia, Europe, and North America.


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Q: jQplot dragable I'm using jQplot within jQuery and am trying to make the points dragable. jqplot has this functionality through the jqplot.dragable plugin
I should say that I am new to jQplot, but I do have it plotting my information correctly.
I think that I am using the dragability option correctly. (Use that link and find 'dragable:' to see an example), but something must be wrong in my code.

Here is my code. Any help is greatly appreciated.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>

A: I was able to find the answer. 'dragable' is not a configuration option in the base of the jqplot object. 'dragable' is a configuration option within a 'series'. Also, the series must have 'isDragable' set to true.
Here the modified code for the 'series' configuration option.
series: [
    {
        label: 'Importance',
        dragable: {
            color: undefined,
            constrainTo: 'y'
        },
        isDragable: true
    }
],

ref: jqPlot options tutorial


After reading Lynne's posts on our Discussion Board about her recipes I asked her if she would be willing to submit them for our Recipe Books so that we can all give them a go, as finding interesting food with Pancreatitis, can be a bind as we all know.
This is her email response below followed by her great Recipe Book.
Jim Armour, Chairman of The Pancreatitis Supporters Network.
I am a writer by profession (anything from educational resources for teachers to children's novels and pretty much anything in between) and I live on a kiwifruit and avocado orchard in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. I was forced to become a vegetarian when I developed Chronic Pancreatitis and was unable to eat meat without increased pain. I started experimenting with recipes and urging people to try them and now I write a weekly vegetarian recipe column for my local newspaper.
I must stress that we are all different and while some people can tolerate a certain food, others will have problems with it.
My recipes are fairly low GI so as to be suitable for diabetics but some are fairly high in carbohydrate for those with pancreatitis who need low protein high carb.
Grind in food processor until smooth.
*This makes a really good lunch when served with bread and a cup of soup.
Microwave or simmer in saucepan for 20-30 minutes until soft.
Put all except baked beans into a large saucepan.
Remove and discard pumpkin skin.
Puree mixture in food processor or mash.
Reheat and serve, scattered with tortilla matchsticks.
Cut soft flour tortillas or burritos into thin strips.
Spread out onto oven tray lined with baking paper.
Bake 180 Degrees 7–10 minutes.
Simmer all together until soft.
Blend in food processor or mash if rougher texture preferred.
Serve with crackers or croutons.
Sprinkle 1 dessertspoon of Surebake yeast onto 2 cups of warm water in small bowl.
Tear a piece of baking paper large enough to press into and line a loaf tin.
Mix quickly with liquid and tip into loaf tin, smoothing top with the back of a spoon.
Bake at 100 degrees for 30 minutes then turn oven to 200 degrees and cook a further 40 minutes.
Allow to cool slightly before turning out onto a wire rack.
Keeps up to 4 days in a sealed container.
Fry in spoonfuls in oiled pan and turn when bubbles rise.
Line loaf tin with baking paper and pour mixture in.
Spoon mixture into loaf tin lined with baking paper.
*Even those who claim to hate zucchini will eat this cheerfully. It makes a moist loaf and can be buttered if you want.
Mix together and pour into a greased tin.
Decorate top with almonds and craisons.
Bake 30-40 minutes 180 degrees.
*You can substitute wholemeal flour for the quinoa flour. It changes the texture but still tastes good.
Drop spoonfuls into a greased frying pan.
Flip to cook second side.
Mix ingredients to a sloppy batter, adding water as necessary.
Spray oil in a frying pan and heat to moderate temperature.
Drop spoonfuls of batter into pan and turn when bubbles rise.
Spread with hummus, cheese spread or chutney.
Grind nuts in food processor and add rest of ingredients.
Fry in a hot oiled pan, spreading batter with the back of a spoon.
Turn when bubbles rise to the surface.
Can be refrigerated and reheated.
*While this is a gorgeous salad, it goes soggy very quickly and is best eaten soon after being prepared.
*Like most lettuce salads, these are best eaten soon after being prepared.
* Please note that in these recipes the quantities are approximate only.
*Please note that quantities are a rough guide only.
Combine in bowl and refrigerate.
Remove cores from apples and grate. Toss in lemon juice to prevent browning.
Mix with carrots and serve or refrigerate until required.
* These keep for a day or so but will turn fairly soggy. It doesn't affect the flavour, though.
*Lime juice can be used instead of the lemon.
Toss in sprout mixture and stir over medium heat until cooked.
Garnish with a little lemon zest.
* This goes well with tomatoes, avocado and hard boiled eggs.
Quantities given are a rough guide only.
*Serve with hardboiled egg, tomato and couscous.
*Serve with poached eggs, rice and fried bananas.
Cut 4 slices grainy bread into cubes.
Sprinkle with garlic powder and spray with oil.
*Best eaten after preparing unless you like soggy bread.
* This is one of those dishes which looks as if it has taken ages to prepare, when in fact it is fairly quick.
*It is the almond butter that makes this so tasty. Try it with kumera, parsnip or pumpkin instead of the potato.
Mix well. Roll in balls with wet hands and flatten.
Place on oven tray lined with baking paper.
Bake at 180 degrees for 20 minutes in preheated oven.
Line dish with a layer of kumera slices, using around half.
Place a layer of broccoli on top followed by the cheese then half the crumbs.
Layer the rest of the kumera then the remaining crumbs.
Bake one hour. Serve hot with a salad.
*Add an extra 20 minutes if cooking from a cold oven.
*It can be made a day in advance and stored in the fridge and reheated.
* You could toss in grated cheese and/or chopped onion if you want a stronger flavour.
Drain and mash with cheese, chives and almonds.
Spread spoonful of mixture onto one half of a slice of mountain bread.
Wet edges with water, fold over and press to close.
Fry in oiled pan until golden brown and warmed through.
* Wraps or tortillas can be used instead of mountain bread; they are usually a little thicker.
Drop spoonfuls into oiled heated frypan.
Press down to flatten mixture.
Cook 3 or 4 minutes each side.
* Use small spoonfuls for this as it is easy to burn them before they are fully cooked if you make them too thick.
* Quantities can be easily increased or decreased, depending on how many hungry mouths you have to feed.
Bake 50-60 minutes at 180 degrees.
Shape into patties with wet hands and roll in wheatgerm or cornmeal.
Grill, bake or fry in a little oil until golden brown on both sides.
*Serve with pita bread, salad, tomatoes etc.
Whisk 1 egg and brush each slice both sides.
Mix all ingredients except bananas to make a thick batter.
Gently fry bananas and serve with the fritters.
Tip onto serving plate and cut in wedges.
* This would be a good side dish at dinner or a light lunch with soup and/or salad.
Place a sheet of baking paper on an oven tray.
Take 6 sheets of filo pastry, fold or roll up and cut into finger width strips.
Unwind and toss strips together into a large pile on baking tray.
Spray with cooking oil spray.
When cool, slide onto a serving plate.
*Wash children well before using!
*Serve with a green salad as a great lunch dish.
If you want to save time you can use pre-rolled pastry sheets or even filo pastry.
Lightly fry the leek or onion in oil and set aside.
Mix the kumera with two of the eggs, the peas, and the cooked leek or onion. Season.
Lay pastry on a piece of baking paper on an oven tray or large dish.
Spread kumera mixture across half the pastry, going to the edges.
Place the broccoli on top of the kumera.
Fold pastry over and tuck underneath to make a long rectangular roll. Cut across at regular intervals with a sharp knife and brush with egg.
Line a greased casserole dish with one burrito.
Using one third of the ingredients, spread with pumpkin.
Top with asparagus and feta and a pinch of black pepper.
Lightly spray with oil and scatter poppy seeds on top.
Bake 30 minutes 180 degrees.
* Quantities can easily be adjusted and you can substitute broccoli for the asparagus or include any other vegetables you want to. If you don't want to use feta, use any grated cheese.
Place on squares of flaky pastry and fold, pressing edges.
Half a cup of natural yogurt.
*This can be increased by adding three extra eggs and using a larger dish.
Line each cavity with 1 piece of filo pastry folded in half, then half again.
Boil for 10 minutes in 4 cups of water and drain.
Cook and toss until heated through.
Drain risone and pour pea mixture over to serve.
* For fussy guests, serve the pea mixture separately from the pasta.
Use oil spray or grease a round 22 cm ring tin. Line with baking paper.
Cook 250 grams of spaghetti noodles, for around10 minutes in boiling water.
Drain noodles and toss with 1 teaspoon of oil.
Stir into noodles, and pour mixture into tin.
Turn onto a serving plate and fill cavity with your choice of vegetables.
* You could use instant noodles for this.
Serve hot or cold with a green side salad.
*This can be kept in the fridge for 2 or 3 days but is best eaten the day you make it.
Drizzle with your favourite dressing if desired.
*This is good piled in pita bread or wrapped in a tortilla.
*You can use peanut butter but it has a very strong flavour so you might want to reduce the amount you use and substitute a little olive oil instead.
Heat oil in a frypan.
Stir nuts, onion and carrot until lightly cooked.
Mix with rest of ingredients. Chill until required.
* This salad would go nicely with poached or boiled eggs and a green salad for a main meal, or tucked into a tortilla or pita bead with some lettuce for lunch.
* If you don't wish for any alcoholic content, warm the brandy and raisins over a low heat and toss gently until the alcohol evaporates.
* This can be prepared and refrigerated until ready to be heated.
Cook onion in sprayed pan until transparent.
Crumb parsley and toast in food processor.
Add rest of ingredients and puree together.
Spray pan with oil and drop in spoonfuls of mixture.
Split and fill with tomato, lettuce, avocado etc.
Simmer 1 cup of red lentils with 2 cups of water for around 20 minutes, or microwave for 12 minutes. Allow to cool for a few minutes.
Add an extra 20 minutes if cooking from a cold oven.
*Serve hot or cold with vegetables or salad.
Line a loaf tin with a sheet of baking paper.
Mix all ingredients together and press into loaf tin.
Serve hot or cold, with salad.
Simmer over moderate heat or microwave 10 minutes until soft.
Allow to cool then blend until smooth.
This sauce is good with vegetable fritters as well.
Line a greased cake tin with baking paper.
Press mixture evenly into tin.
Turn onto flat board and cut into wedges.
Serve with a bowl of soup and green salad.
Cook in a slow cooker 6-8 hours on low.
*Serve with pistachio couscous, bulgar wheat or rice and/or pita crisps and your favourite green vegetables or a salad.
Prepare couscous by adding equal quantities to boiling water and/or vegetable stock and leaving to stand for five minutes or so. Fluff with a fork and add spring onions.
Break up pieces of pita bread and drizzle with oil, salt, pepper and paprika.
Bake in a moderate oven for 10-12 minutes or until crisp.
In a frypan heat 1 tablespoon of cooking oil.
Cook as above then puree until blended.
Add up to half a tin of chopped tomatoes if needed.
*Spread on bread rolls, pita bread or bagel crisps.
Cook as above then add 1 can of chopped tomatoes and simmer for around 10 minutes. Mash or blend if you want a smooth texture, leave as is for a chunky soup.
*Serve with a dollop of yogurt on top of each bowl and some crusty bread.
Pour boiling water over one cup of beans and leave them to soak overnight. Rinse and change the water then bring them to the boil and simmer for 20 minutes in a saucepan.
Cook three or four cups of rice by your preferred method. I have used brown basmati rice for which I use a rice cooker, as I find them totally idiot proof. If I am in a hurry I will use one of the 90 second microwave plastic pouches.
*Pile rice on a plate and top with sauce then beans. Scatter with chopped parsley and serve with your choice of green vegetables or salad.
Cook on Low for around 5 hours.
*Add chopped fresh strawberries, grapes or other fresh fruit just before serving as an added touch if desired.
*This is good cold as well.
Mix together and store in refrigerator overnight.
* Cherries are particularly good with this, but you'd have to change the name!
Roll up dough and cut in slices.
Pour over bread and refrigerate overnight.
*This is very rich so serve small portions. It is also good eaten cold.
Bake at 200 degrees for about 15 minutes.


Tuesday was a good legislative day for Silicon Valley.
The House passed two bills designed to make it easier for startups to raise funding, pushing full steam ahead on the "Innovation Initiative" spearheaded by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Chief Deputy Whip Patrick McHenry.
The first, the "Fix Crowdfunding Act," loosens restrictions for equity crowdfunding. It received an overwhelming majority — passing 394-4, The Hill reported. The bill would amend prior rules that went into effect in May — expanding equity crowdfunding even further. Before the May rule change, startups seeking to raise money via crowdfunding were mostly restricted to platforms like Kickstarter, where they could offer donors T-shirts and other swag, but not equity in their company.
Crowdfunding, both with and without the promise of equity, has become a popular method for early-stage startups to raise capital. In 2014 crowdfunding campaigns raised $9.46 billion in North America, and the industry had an annual growth rate of 145 percent, according to a study published last year by crowdsourcing research and advisory firm Massolution.
The second bill to pass in the House on Tuesday is the "Supporting America's Innovators Act 0f 2016," which would expand the limit on investors engaging in early-stage funding from 100 to 250, The Hill reported.
Both bills face their next test in the Senate.
Speaking on the House floor Tuesday, McCarthy said the bills are designed to restore the original spirit of the JOBS Act.
The National Venture Capital Association cheered the passage of both bills Tuesday.
Correction: The version of the bill that passed in the House did not increase the equity crowdfunding limit to $5 million, as this post previously stated.
I'm sure glad they fixed these serious problems instead of wasting time funding social security, replacing obamacare with real government health care, building infrastructure for the future, and paying for those things by taxing the wealthy their fair share and cutting war spending.
health care has no business being a business.
They should be regulated then, to bring the profits to a reasonably low level.
Bureaucracy is a waste, and having a lot of doctors unmotivated, on the government payroll is also a waste.


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Q: Conversion into prenex conjunctive normal form I'm trying to convert $\forall x \exists y(P(x, y) \rightarrow (\neg\exists z \exists yR(z, y) \wedge \neg\forall xS(x)))$ into PCNF, but am getting stuck at the end.
$\equiv \forall x \exists y(\neg P(x, y) \vee (\forall z  \neg\exists yR(z, y) \wedge \forall x \neg S(x)))$
$\equiv \forall x \exists y(\neg P(x, y) \vee (\forall z  \forall y \neg R(z, y) \wedge \forall x \neg S(x)))$
$\equiv \forall x \exists y(\neg P(x, y) \vee \forall z  \forall y (\neg R(z, y) \wedge \neg S(x)))$
$\equiv \forall x \exists y(\forall z  \forall y (\neg P(x, y) \vee \neg R(z, y) \wedge \neg S(x)))$
I applied the following rules:
$x \rightarrow y \equiv \neg x \vee y$
$\neg\exists xF \equiv \forall x \neg F$
$(\forall xF) \vee G \equiv \forall x(F \vee G)$
Namely I don't know how to resolve the outer $\exists Y$ with the inner $\forall Y$. Guessing I did something wrong in the intermediate steps. What am I missing?


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Windows Modern Workplace Specialist
Windows Modern Workplace Specialist in Amsterdam
The... Do you love being the content expert when it comes to Modern Managed Workplaces and do you have powerful skills to help develop our workplace to the next level? Then join ING Global WorkPlace Services (WPS) Modern...
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