![]() But! There are a couple things you can do to add even more flavor to your Instant Pot red beans and rice. The base recipe below is how we make it most of the time. I’ll settle for some virtual high fives from you, internet friends!□□ I hope y’all enjoy this Instant Pot red beans and rice. It made me want to do cartwheels in my kitchen! And then I remembered that I am forty-one years old, and cartwheels might throw my back out…LOL!□ I wondered if the flavor of this Instant Pot red beans and rice would still be as good doing it that was in my original recipe. ![]() If you don’t have ham hocks, no worries! We have made this tons of times without it, and it is still very good! Traditional versus Instant Pot red beans and rice Note: you may need to use less salt if you use ham, since ham is already fairly salty. And if I have one, I always add it to my red beans and rice. Side note: I always freeze my ham hocks if I don’t plan to use them right away. Yes! If you have any ham hocks or bones that will fit in your Instant Pot, I say add them, at the beginning during the first cooking cycle.□□ ![]() On a related note, If you want to thin out leftovers, add a splash of stock or water. If you want to go thick or go home, the above trick will get you there. We don’t usually do this extra step because we like it just fine as it is (consistency seen in video). OR you can use a blender to slightly puree some (not all) of the bean mixture. If you want to thicken them right away, you can either use a potato masher and mash a few, then use the sauté setting to reduce/ thicken the liquid a bit more. The liquids will thicken as it stands, and for next day leftovers (out of the fridge). So I think I am in good company using these as a next best substitute. My guess is because the “small red beans” many of us all love are a regional product, not found in all parts of the country. □And you can totally use your red beans, if you are lucky enough to find them!įor the record: even the famous Camellia beans company (who makes the small red beans) uses the red kidney’s for the recipe on their site. I see you purists clutching your pearls in horror right now. My stores either do not carry them, or they are always out of stock when I go to buy them. These are easily found in Louisiana and other parts of the southeastern USA. Ideally, the small red beans used traditionally are best. ![]() What Kind of Beans to Use for Red Beans and Rice So my solution: I cook everything but the meat, and then throw the meat in for the last 15 minutes of cook time (+ more time for natural pressure release). The biggest obstacle was that the meat texture got all weird when I cooked everything all at once. ![]() I had to try it a few times before I got it just right. Side note: The Instant Pot is my favorite (electric, hands off) pressure cooker of all time. That is why I decided to adapt that recipe to the pressure cooker! And it is a GEM of a recipe, y’all! I was able to have it on the table in a little over an hour and a half, by 6:45pm.□□□ But red beans and rice is known for cooking low, slow and LONG. So picture this: I am standing in my kitchen at 5:00pm, staring at a bag of dry beans, thinking about how I wish we could have red beans and rice for dinner. My slow cooker red beans and rice is a reader favorite! And it is one of our favorites in my family too.īut sometimes you just can’t wait all day to make dinner. Note: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. And you do not have to presoak the beans. Instant Pot Red beans and rice is a flavorful dish that you can make without having to wait all day, thanks to the magic of the pressure cooker. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The software behavior may be user-defined in several aspects (e.g. Sequences from the NCBI nucleotide database can be imported directly into the software by stating the database accession numbers. Alternatively, a NCBI nucleotide database BLAST search may be initiated with the edited sequence directly from TraceEdit ( Wheeler et al., 2005). The edited sequence can be copied to the clipboard or exported to a file. The user can define, store and search for nucleotide patterns that may include regular expressions ( Fig. TraceEdit either produces PDF files of the traces or sends them directly to the printer. It is possible to open several traces at once and shortcuts allow for quick navigation between traces. The display of the original sequence and the quality values (different formats are available) can either be switched on or off. The trace can be magnified in horizontal and vertical direction. ![]() The trace data can be scrolled using the scrollbar beneath the trace editor pane. ![]() See the software manual and the text for further details. Screen dump from Ridom TraceEdit (graphical user interface elements like the editor pane are marked by text). A separate text window (data not shown) is used to display the textual data contained in the file. Poor quality data at the start and end of the reading are denoted by gray shading. The trace editor pane shows the trace data, the quality values (if available), the original sequence, the edited sequence and the base positions. In the file list pane a trace file can be chosen to be displayed in the editor pane. A typical display from TraceEdit is shown in Figure 1. It includes from top to bottom the name of and additional information on the inspected sequence, the menu bar, the file list pane with tool bar, the trace editor pane with tool bar and a status bar. It also enables the user to edit the base calls and save them in SCF file format. The program can be used to locate and delete low quality data at both ends of the sequence (trimming by called Ns or low base quality values if available). Ridom TraceEdit can read ABI and SCF trace files and display their contents. Windows, MacOS X and Linux) and hardware architectures. The platform-independent Java technology was used to provide distributions for various operating systems (e.g. Therefore, new trace editor software-Ridom TraceEdit-was designed and programmed. Furthermore, it is somewhat cumbersome to install (requires Tcl). Trev has recently become an open source project and, therefore, is no longer advanced and supported in an institutional framework. The first non-commercial trace editor and viewer ted ( Gleeson and Hillier, 1991) was later replaced by the software trev ( Bonfield et al., 2002). These files contain the trace amplitudes, the base calls, their quality values and textual data about the particular sequencing experiment such as its chemistry, machine type and operating conditions, etc. ![]() Trace files are stored in proprietary formats, such as those of ABI, or public formats, such as SCF ( Dear and Staden, 1992). Therefore, an increasing number of people need to check the evidence for individual DNA sequences by inspecting the chromatograms (more commonly known as trace files) from which the base calls were deduced. With the sequencing of the human genome and the ‘new era of molecular medicine’, one can only expect the use of DNA sequencing to increase further ( Murphy and Eshleman, 2002). Currently, sequencing is being used to identify microbial drug resistance mutations, cancer predisposition, somatic mutations and genetic diseases. These developments have facilitated sequencing and, therefore, it is more widely used. Major advances in DNA sequencing include the development of automated sequencers, discovery of fluorescent terminator chemistry and cycle sequencing. DNA sequencing has been the standard with which other types of DNA testing have been compared. ![]() ![]() As the test’s designers say: “In other words, using methamphetamine is a little more immoral than holding hands, and this test reflects that. ![]() The version doing the rounds at the moment is a classic Rice Purity test, except this time it’s weighted so that more severe acts count towards it more. With the advent of the internet, the purity test became a classic proto-meme juggernaut. These questions are generally about relationships, sex, alcohol, law etc. The 1930s Columbia banterlads tried to justify it as a “sociological experiment”, but if they were alive now they would have just called it a meme and stopped trying to over-intellectualise it. Rice Purity Test is a set of 100 questions that arguably defines how pure you are. People have been having fun with purity tests as far back as 1935, when students in America were circulating a purity test for fun. The higher your score, the more pure you are, with unspeakable acts damaging your score the most. When it gives you your results, it splits the acts into different categories: Minor, immoral, raunchy, scandalous, and unspeakable. There’s quite a funny question for 69 (the sex number). It asks you about all kinds of different things: sex, drugs, drunkenness and lawbreaking. It’s really simple – just tick a box for everything you’ve done, and then the test gives you your results. The new version everyone on Twitter’s sharing can be found here. The final results show how pure they are compared to the majority of the population.It looks pretty flashy, and lets you find out just how morally you’ve lived your life without the need for any introspection.Īt the end of the day, it’s essentially just “10 points if you’ve ever kissed someone”, but you get a cool score at the end. Questions include asking people if they've engaged in illegal activities, what they've done with members of their preferred gender, and what kinds of drugs they have taken. The results of people's answers will indicate where they fall on the Rice Purity Test scale of purity/impurity. This version of the personality test condenses the traditional assessment into 10 personal questions. But the Rice Purity Test remains the gold standard of purity tests. Rice Purity TestĪ number of purity tests exist. But how does your experience compare with most other people’s? Take the quiz to find out. No matter what, we all lose some aspects of our innocence as time passes by. The thing about life is that even the most pious, reserved person can’t get through it while maintaining complete purity. But of course, your Rice Purity Score may not match up with the results you want… Many of us will want to be somewhere in the middle. Some of us will be proud to showcase our innocence, while others will want to brag about just the opposite. Of course, one of the most interesting things about the Rice Purity Test is that people will want different scores. Rice Purity Test is a questionnaire of 100 questions related to violations, education, society, and related to your personal life for both boys and girls. This version of the test is briefer but gets across all the essential info in identifying your purity score. Of all the personality tests out there, the Rice Purity Test has endured because of its ability to accurately identify just how naughty or nice someone is. Ever since the ’80s, the Rice Purity Test has been the gold standard in determining someone’s level of innocence or depravity. ![]() ![]() Price’s A Simple How-To Guide for Indie Publishers and The Indie Author’s Bible by Christopher D. Detailing how to build side characters full of depth and reader-grabbing sass.Īnd now to get published! If you’re interested in producing the book yourself as an indie publisher, you have a whole industry to learn. My own offering in this StoryBundle is my latest book, 8 Steps to Side Characters: How to Craft Supporting Roles with Intention, Purpose, and Power. Lowd show you how to write animals in Furry Fiction Is Everywhere. The Survival Kit for Writers Who Don’t Write Right by Patricia McLinn will help out, and for more specific techniques, Ian Madison Keller and Mary E. Next step is to massage those words into something worth reading. Kevin McLaughlin shows you how to find more time to write in The Coffee Break Novelist, while Joanna Penn and Mark Leslie Lefebvre help you take care of yourself while you crank out the words in The Relaxed Author. Once you’ve got a plan, pump up your output with The No-Nonsense, No BS Guide to Putting Words on the Page by Natasha Khullar Relph and Be a Writing Machine by Michael La Ronn. Michelle Jefferies has the 30 Day NaNoWriMo Prep Book, while Monica Leonelle offers a slightly different take with Novel Writing Prep: A 30-Day Planner That Prepares You To Write 50,000 Words in One Month. We’ve got several titles to do just that-C. In order to write your novel in a month or less, you need to develop a plan and increase your productivity. Presenting a world-class StoryBundle of 16 books that will help you up your game as a writer. And I was honored and delighted to be asked to join them. ![]() Each year, as countless determined writers, both aspiring and professional, look at November as National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, Kevin J Anderson in collaboration with puts together a grab back of helpful books that cover all aspects of writing, from craft, to business, to indie publishing, to marketing. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Many tags even come with silencers to eliminate that familiar jangling noise multiple tags make when your pet moves. You can also put special instructions on tags for dogs with special needs or medical conditions, and most collars will hold several tags at once if you need to display more info than will fit on a tag. A dog tag that falls off won't be any use to anyone, so periodically check to make sure your dog's ID tags are securely fastened and keep the info on them up to date. They're also a good way to let strangers know your dog's name, which can make him feel more at ease in an unfamiliar situation.Ĭhoose a tag that's the appropriate size for your pet and make sure to fasten it to a secure and properly fitting collar. Engravable metal tags provide a low-cost way to tell people how to reach you, and they're waterproof, weather resistant, durable and easy to keep clean. Microchips work well for finding pet owners, too, but they require a trip to the vet that some people may not be able to manage in a timely fashion. Show off your dog's unique personality and keep him safe at the same time with these essential canine accessories.Įxperts recommend custom dog tags for pets that go outside because they provide an easy way for good Samaritans to find you if your pet gets lost. Chewy offers a wide range of personalized dog tags, including custom dog ID tags in fun shapes and sizes, personalized dog ID tags with the logos of your favorite sports teams, fancy designs with crystals and more. Keep your dog safe and ensure a swift return if he gets lost with custom dog tags that have your contact info on them. ![]() ![]() ![]() It seems that, despite the shortage of parts in the RV business, they have product available. Lippert has all sorts of replacement parts for awnings for folks who do what I did – from roller tubes to awning fabric to arms and more. But the Smart Arm functionality is just icing on the cake. In summaryĮven without the fancy Smart Arm technology, I wouldn’t hesitate to buy this awning knowing what I know now about the ability to retract it and the rain dump feature. ![]() I was very fortunate that it didn’t damage the trailer – so the replacement was easier. ![]() I pulled over to give them some space and, when I pulled out, a tree limb caught the awning and bent it backwards. So, I’m sure you want to know how I damaged the old awning, right? Essentially I was on a narrow country road and a giant fifth-wheel horse trailer was coming the other way. I could be wrong on this, but that’s what it feels like. This feature, alone, makes this awning superior.īut I also feel the fabric is a bit better and the arms feel a bit heavier gauge. ![]() Or, stick an electric drill and driver in there and use that to retract the awning. Should you ever have a motor failure or even just lose power to the RV you can open the access port and manually retract the awning. There’s also an access port to the drive gear of the awning. The bonus of this is that, should you forget to put the awning back in “flat” position, you won’t damage it by retracting it. This new awning you just pull down and it stays. You could pitch down either side of the awning by pulling that side down with your hand and then tightening a knob to keep the awning at that position. My old awning had a manual pitch setting that you had to adjust with a knob. Not just the fancy features but there are two features, in particular, that make this a much better product than what came with my trailer. So how is this awning compared to the one I had before? Better. Or it could function as an automatic courtesy light if you go away and then return to your RV after dark. This would also be good for scaring off critters but may be most useful for scaring off unwanted visitors to your campsite. In fact, there’s an upgrade where the awning would have a heat sensor and the lights under the awning automatically illuminate if it senses someone is there. What makes other campers happy is that there are also three levels of brightness for the LED lights under the awning, including one that’s only 10% brightness – which really makes you a good neighbor. You can also activate a wind sensor, and there are three levels of wind sensitivity you can set. This makes the awning even more convenient as you can unlock the control panel and then tap the extend button twice and fully extend the awning without standing there. In addition, there is a button for the light under the awning as well as one for a wind sensor. The Smart Arm technology has a series of buttons right on the arm that allow you to extend or retract the awning right there. In addition to simply replacing the awning, I upgraded to a Lippert Solera Smart Arm model, which is a direct replacement for my old awning in terms of fit but offers more features. Speaking with the Lippert folk, I learned that they want more opinions about the whole process from the parts themselves to the shipping process to ordering – so here I am. So, to be very clear, I originally had every intention of paying for it but they sent me this awning so I could give it an honest review. Then, after seeing my email with the confirmation, she forwarded it to Lippert’s marketing folk and they, in turn, sent me the awning so I could evaluate it. I was very impressed with her knowledge and attitude and it makes me a bit sad that I didn’t write down her name. The lady on the other end of the phone literally could have given classes in how to be great at customer service. I clicked and picked and believed that I had come up with all the right parts based on their recommendations, but I called their number just the same. Unfortunately, it had been so long since my old awning had been removed and disposed of that they didn’t have those numbers any longer.ĭismayed, I flipped through Lippert’s website where the awnings are and it didn’t seem overly difficult to choose a replacement. I have worked in the RV warranty department and know that the part numbers of the old parts makes it much easier to buy the new parts. Seeing that Lippert had a retail awning division, I asked the repair shop that took off the awning I had damaged for the parts numbers. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Some benefits of choosing the self-contained gifted program for your child include: Contact the gifted program facilitator for more information.ĭDSB carefully designed the self-contained gifted program to meet the needs, characteristics and interests of gifted students. If your child received an assessment through a different school board, we will need to review the documents. The criteria for gifted assessments vary between school boards. You also can check the Ontario Psychological Association website ( ) for names of local practitioners. If you are interested in private testing, please do a Google search of local Psychologists (in your area) to see which ones provide "Psychological Assessment or Testing". The DDSB does not endorse any specific Psychological Services providers in the community. Contact the gifted program facilitator or speak to your school’s Special Education Resource Teacher to obtain the consent form and processing information. The DDSB will need to approve such private assessments. If the same test is used by the Practitioner as was done by DDSB staff, there should be a waiting period of at least nine-months to minimize practice effects and to ensure validity of results. You may seek a private assessment from a licensed Psychologist or Psychological Associate who can administer a standardized measure of cognitive development, e.g., Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Stanford-Binet, Woodcock-Johnson. Students who are 98 th percentile or above after the individual assessment, can participate in the DDSB gifted program. If your child scores within the 95 th and 97 th percentile in the group assessment, they can take an individual assessment with a member of DDSB's psychological services. We will send home the test results in mid-January to early February. If your child is in Grades 4 to 12, you can request a nomination form from their school's Special Education Resource Teacher (SERT) in early September.īetween mid-October and mid-November, the SERT will notify you of your child's assessment date. We send out nomination forms with all Grade 3 students each year in early September. Parents and educators can nominate students to participate in the Canadian Cognitive Abilities Test (CCAT). We review placements during the spring each year. If your child passes the gifted assessment, they won't need to write it again. There are group and individual assessment options. ![]() You can only nominate your child for assessment a maximum of 2 times with the DDSB. You can nominate your child for a gifted assessment if you think they exhibit above average ability, creative thinking or can make broad connections to seemingly unconnected things. Enter a self-contained class with other gifted students.Remain in their regular class placement at their home school with accommodations provided by their teacher.Durham District School Board (DDSB) provides program options for gifted students between Grades 4 and 12. Your child must be identified as gifted by an Identification, Placement and Review Committee (IPRC) in order to be placed in a gifted program. Learn more about the definition of giftedness from the Association for Bright Children of Ontario (ABC Ontario). Ontario Ministry of Education defines giftedness as an unusually advanced degree of general intellectual ability that requires differentiated learning experiences of a depth and breadth beyond those normally provided. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the Results section, write a description of both (a) your sample and (b) your results. After the Methods section, write the R code (in an echoed chunk) which tests your hypothesis.ġ9. In your Methods section, provide a URL link to your survey.ġ8. ![]() Describe in plain English your approach to testing your hypothesis in the Methods section.ġ7. Find 2-5 authors/articles of interest related to your topic. Spend 5-15 minutes on the internet reading about your topic / hypotheses.ġ5. After reading in the data, create the following sections in your report: Introduction, Methods, Results, Conclusion.ġ4. Use the gsheet package to read your survey results as a dataframe.ġ3. In the sharing settings of your GoogleSheet, set to “public”.ġ2. In your GoogleForms settings, create a GoogleSheet of your results.ĩ. Get at least 5 people to fill out your survey.Ĩ. Create a GoogleForms survey with at least 5 interesting questions on a topic which interests you (one topic, five questions).ħ. ![]() Replace the setup chunk with the one used in the in-class exercise (above).Ħ. In that repo, create a new Rmarkdown document. Clone that repository to your local machine.Ĥ. Create a repository on github called report.Ģ. For example: “woman have more dreams than men”, or “people born abroad have shorter last names than people born in the USA”, or “shoe size is associated with GPA”.ġ. ![]() ![]() No iPad version, which is a bit disappointing. NanoStudio seems to be the most robust, which comes with the steepest learning curve, but I like their forums. This is a good rundown of how ReBirth and NanoStudio both work (from a NS bias, obviously) that helped me understand which might be better for me, but now I'm trying to choose between NanoStudio and Bleepbox and MusicStudio and KORG stuff and Sunvox and so on and so forth. MiniDrum PRO is 90% intuitive (I had to watch some YouTube videos to see how some of the finer points work).Īctually making music has me stymied, though, in terms of a huge number of apps and almost no head-to-head criticism. I like them both, but Multitrack DAW is a little opaque - it kinda-sorta comes with a manual, in the form of a FAQ section on the makers' blog. A feature-rich audio recorder, editor, and mixer designed. I started out with MiniDrum PRO and Multitrack DAW to get my feet wet - they seemed to provide the best bang-for-your-buck in terms of being both understandable to a newbie and robust enough for ongoing use. Reliable audio editing tool that is based on synthesizers and. posted by Shepherd to Technology (13 answers total) 16 users marked this as a favoriteįollowing up because - well, just because. I'd be building exclusively within the iPad, not recording externally and importing sound.īonus points for "real" iPad apps that make full use of the screen, but if the right tool is an iPhone app in 2x screen mode, that's definitely okay. SunVox by Alexander Zolotov is a Mobile Audio App and a Standalone Application for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android. I'm more a "build the composition note by note, then adjust it" person than a "play something live, record it, and mess with it afterwards" person. I'm fully aware that I will not be awesome out of the gate, but if I wanted to mess around with this sort of thing, where do I start? There are an insane number of apps out there, and most of them are very high rated. VST3, and Pro Tools AAX formats that also runs standalone on both platforms. I'm not a musician.Īssume I want to make things not unlike this. SunVox is a small, fast and powerful modular synthesizer with pattern based. I'm a whiz at audio editing for voice and journalism. I was, once upon a time, a dab hand at Cool Edit Pro (which lets you know how long it's been). What sets this synth apart is its modulation and sync features. PG8X is based on the Roland JX-8P, a nice mid 80s analog synth. Help create MungeVox, our SunVox coding environmentl. Also, the SQ-80 stored waveforms on floppy disks, and that's vaporwave af. This synth is perfect for pads, brass and bass. I've got high-school musical knowledge (I know what a time signature is, and can tell the difference between a bass and treble clef, I can kinda-sorta read music and know how keys and chords work). SQ8L is based on the Ensoniq SQ-80, a late 80s wavetable synth. ![]() ![]() The reporter will cover the affairs, at political and operational level, of the following institutions: the municipalities of Fort Simpson and Fort Liard the designated authorities of Nahanni Butte, Jean Marie River, Wrigley, and Sambaa K’e the Dehcho First Nations tribal council and its 10 component First Nations and the Acho Dene Koe First Nation, currently not affiliated with the Dehcho First Nations. The LJI reporter will be trained in Yellowknife for one month prior to deployment to the Dehcho. The Narwhal’s Yukon/Arctic reporter will monitor and report on the processes and decisions of the civic institutions that are charged to regulate industrial developments such as the Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board, the Yukon Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board, the National Energy Board, the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, and local municipal councils. Due to the high cost of travel in the region, we are very keen to have a reporter in residence in the North. A dedicated environment reporter based in Whitehorse can address this gap by filing regular new reports that will be available to all media and serve the public interest. Given the profound ecological changes underway and huge development projects proposed for the region, this is a major gap in civic reporting. No existing media outlet–be it local, regional or national–has an environment beat reporter covering issues in Canada’s Arctic. The Narwhal proposes to hire an environment beat reporter to provide news coverage of environmental issues affecting Yukon Territory and the Arctic. Issues that impact local Indigenous people in Syilx Territory including but not limited to: (1) the local implications of BC being the first Canadian province to implement UNDRIP, including local efforts to establish self determination and economic development (2) land management and forestry issues (3) accountability and efforts being made to address disproportionately high levels of local children and families impacted by the child welfare system (4) local impacts and efforts to address the opioid epidemic and (5) economic development initiatives in this large area to provide insight on how First Nations communities are working to give themselves tools to become self-reliant as well as providing employment opportunities to their citizens in ways that reflect their cultural and spiritual values in relation to the use of their traditional territories. The gap we intend to fill is in providing in-depth civic reporting, covering Indigenous institutions and other public institutions that serve Indigneous citizens. This LJI reporter is to serve the Indigenous population of Syilx Territory in the Okanagan Valley. On the civic side, our coverage will also go further than simple meeting coverage, it will also encompass coverage of projects within the community, issues in front of the council, and how council’s decisions affects residents.” Our coverage of schools will go beyond simply meeting coverage but flesh out important stories that affect their community. We will brand the content within our publication and online with place lines or special headers distinguishing regional news or school news. The reporter will also explore how these bodies interact with provincial and federal decisions. The reporter will consistently attend municipal council meetings and school board meetings. – School Boards including Golden Hills, Prairieland, Christ the Redeemer and other regional governance boards (i.e. – County Councils: Starland County, Wheatland County, Kneehill County – Civic Councils in: Delia, Morrin, Hussar, Carbon, Standard, Big Valley, Munson and Rockyford ![]() Civic institutions they would be covering could include: “The LJI reporter will be assigned to the underserved communities of Morrin, Carbon, Rowley, Rumsey, Hussar, Standard, Rosebud, Delia, Craigmyle, Big Valley, Rockyford, Starland County, Kneehill County, and Wheatland County.
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