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Kinematics manufactures the best, longest lasting slewing drives in the world. Our slew drives are comprised of only the highest quality bearings, slewing rings, worm gears, rotational components and sub materials. Kinematics is a completely vertically integrated manufacturing company, with a wholly owned, state of the art slew drive manufacturing facility in China. The plant pulls in completely raw material at one end, and turns out beautifully finished product at the other end.
This limited warranty to our customers promises to provide for repair or replacement of slewing equipment that Kinematics does not correctly manufacture as long as the equipment is operated within the design specifications and follows the warranty policy.
Kinematics guarantees the slewing drives, slewing rings, double enveloping gearsets and worm gearing capable of performing as specified when in good repair, properly adjusted and in the hands of a competent operator. We further guarantee the equipment to be free from defective material and workmanship defects and agree to furnish free of prorated charge any part or parts necessary to make good any defect directly traceable to a fault in material or workmanship of Kinematics. This is provided that the claim for any such defect is made within the warranty period after our original invoice of the slewing equipment and provided defective part or parts are promptly returned to our factory, with freight prepaid by our customer. Personnel will be provided to do the repairs at an additional charge.
Warranties start on the date the equipment is shipped from Kinematics. The seller provides precision mechanical equipment that deteriorates every time it is used. Any deterioration in performance resulting from the wear and tear on the equipment is not covered by a Kinematics warranty. Likewise, any misuse or use of the equipment outside the design scope of the equipment that results in damage or failed performance is not covered under warranty. We do though offer highly trained mechanics for repair.
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|Thomas Sowell
From Townhall.com - Guess who said the following: "It is incredible that a system of taxation which permits a man with an income of $1,000,000 a year to pay not one cent to his Government should remain unaltered." Franklin D. Roosevelt? Ted Kennedy? Nancy Pelosi? Not even close. It was Andrew Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury under conservative Republican President Calvin Coolidge. What was Mellon's point? That high tax rates do not necessarily result in high tax revenues to the government. "It is time to face the facts," he said. Merely having high tax rates on large incomes will not bring in more tax revenues to the treasury, because of "the flight of capital away from taxable investments." This was all said in 1924, in Mellon's book, "Taxation: The People's Business." Yet here we are, more than 80 years later, still not facing those facts. It is not just a question of what Andrew Mellon said. It is a question of hard facts, easily checked in official documents available to all-- and ignored all these years.
Internal Revenue Service data show that there were 206 people who reported annual incomes of one million dollars or more in 1916. But, as the tax rate on high incomes skyrocketed under the Woodrow Wilson administration, that number plummeted to just 21 people reporting a million dollars a year in income five years later. Read full column here:

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Relief that, off all sides of this ship, called the Queen of Chilliwack even though it sails nowhere near the land so named, all I see is pristine, untouched, magnificent, majestic, wilderness. It's possible that the human interference, the ugly clearcuts, exist just beyond these shores, that they haven't yet destroyed all the wilderness that's out of view, inching ever closer with their machines to expose tourists to what's really going on, as has happened to so much of the rest of this province. I'm hoping the wild splendour that I see is more than just a façade. It's been a long time since I've looked at such an entire landscape without thinking "that used to be so beautiful."
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The Transportation Security Administration, which brought to America humiliating and very public searches of airline passengers, is also masterful when it comes to clandestine and duplicative operations.
Right under the noses of the people of San Antonio and at a cost to taxpayers of just $400,000 a year the TSA has for more than a decade been breeding a kind of super hip-dysplasia-resistant dog for its K-9 Explosive Response Breeding, Leashing and Attacking Mission.
(Please note: the previous formal title for this hush-hush program was invented by Texas Watchdog to produce the acronym, KERBLAM. We apologize for this sophomoric diversion.)
And just when the TSA is on the brink of getting all this comingling just right, the TSA wants to shut down the Canine Breeding and Development Center at Lackland Air Force Base, the San Antonio Express News reports.
The loss of what might be called a poop shovel-ready program will wipe out a dozen or more local jobs and curtail federal research funding, the story says.
Officials for the Federal Air Marshal Service said the service intends to procure its super sniffers from the U.S. Department of Defense which, coincidentally, operates the world's largest training facility for explosive detection dogs. At Lackland Air Force Base.
Retired Army Col. Jim Boelens, who has become a bit of an expert on the once-vital program by taking in the puppies-in-training, defended the program as cost effective and its budget "a pittance" of the the overall budget for the TSA.
From this rather limited perspective, Boelens is right. The 2012 Budget for the TSA is $8.1 billion, itself a relative pittance compared to the $57 billion annual budget for the Department of Homeland Security. (Please see page 85 of the document for the TSA breakdown.)
Overall, the budget includes $125.7 million for the TSA to deploy 900 canine teams to breath deep for potential threats at airports and other mass transit gathering places all over the country.
Dogs aren't the only weapon. Homeland Security is currently spending $273 million for other explosive detection systems. And another $237 million for more than 3,300 sleuths known as behavior detection officers, trained to ferret out terrorists and criminals without resorting to the rough fondling of the privates of otherwise bedraggled travelers.
What's more, KERBLAM (there we go again) costs just a fraction of the overall cost of putting on, entering and attending the annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
While the Kennel Club is notoriously circumspect about its budget, the club stands to take in roughly $5 million this year, should the show attract 30,000 attendees, thousands below its record attendance. Not to mention its longstanding contract with the USA Network for broadcasting rights.
The $75 fee alone will generate $240,000 if the Kennel Club accepts its maximum of 3,200 entrants, according to its report.
There has been, unfortunately, no groundswell of support either for explosive-sniffing or hip dysplasia resistant dog categories at Westminster.
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The Obsessed singer recently dropped jaws when she posted a picture of herself rocking her birthday suit.
And Mariah Carey's Instagram has taken fans on another eye-popping trip down memory lane, much to the delight of her 6.5 million followers.
Revisiting the music artwork for her 1999 hit I Still Believe, the 47-year-old bared all in a braless ensemble.
Donning a strapless white top, the mum-of-two allowed her ample assets to reign supreme.
Rocking her natural brunette hair instead of her trademark platinum locks, the body confident babe proudly flaunted her curves to the masses.
Proving to be the gift that keeps on giving, Mariah also flashed a whole lot of leg in a risqué high-slit skirt.
Only too aware of her sex appeal, the All I Want For Christmas songstress leaned back her head and closed her eyes.
With one hand tracing her décolletage, the buxom babe put on a sultry performance for the camera.
Responding to the post, one admirer raved: "This is my favourite shot of you!"
Another wrote: "Smoking hot," followed by several fire symbols.
"You are giving me life here, Mariah," a happy viewer gushed.
Although she often receives heat for her flesh-flashing antics online, it hasn't stopped Carey from rocking countless plunging gowns on the red carpet.
Mariah dropped jaws at the Golden Globes 2018 when she poured her curves into a sinfully low-cut dress.
With her assets spilling out of the skintight ensemble, the New York native posed up a storm in front of the cameras.
And Carey had her favourite accessory in tow — toy boy Bryan Tanaka, 34.
While the duo kept their relationship under wraps in early 2017, they're rarely pictured apart nowadays.
Earlier this week, the pair were spotted enjoying a family meal in Manhattan alongside Mariah's six-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe, fathered by TV personality Nick Cannon, 37.


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With its monuments and memorials, eclectic neighborhoods, buzzing restaurant scene and more historical weight than you can carry, Washington D.C. truly is a place like no other.
Whether you're aiming to hit bucket list landmarks or looking for general mayhem, know that staying at Moxy D.C. will kickstart your visit faster than you can empty your complimentary welcome cocktail. With lively shared spaces, around the clock food and drink service, guest-rooms filled to the brim with enhancing tech, it is the perfect playground for those looking for some good, old-fashioned fun.
Moxy D.C. sits in a perfect location and the up- for-it crew is on hand to give you the full Washington experience, helping you out anyway they can. Be it with visiting nearby attractions such as the National Portrait Gallery and the National Mall, or hooking you up with tickets for shows in leading live venue The Hamilton — they've got your back. Speaking of nightlife: when the sun goes down the city really comes alive. With pop-up bars such as Drink Company and hipster hangouts like Velvet Lounge, to clubs as 9:30 Club and Echostage, the nation's capital shows it knows how to party like there is no tomorrow. Should you be in town for a game, the property is only a stroll away from the Capital One Arena, home of the NBA's Washington Wizards and NHL's Washington Capitals. Score!


text: Recounting his relationship with Dungeons and Dragons, David Ewalt writes, "I don't know if I played D&D because other kids my age thought I was a nerd, or if they thought I was a nerd because I played D&D." The progenitor of many of today's role-playing games has gained a reputation for attracting social outcasts and misfits and as a gateway for teenage boys to consider Satan and suicide. Like millions of kids who played twenty-side die in basements and game rooms across the country, Ewalt grew up…and had less time for a game that could suck up the idle hours of youth. He's among those picking up the old dice bag for a D&D revival. David Ewalt is now an editor for Forbes, and author of the new book Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons and Dragons and the People Who Play It. It hits stores August 20th.


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Ars Technica today published a story about the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, creatively called CAI and, as the article says, rhyming with "Gabe". Apparently, as part of the report, they asked NASA to come up with a rescue plan that could have been implemented and carried out and included it as an appendix to the report.
It was basically a best case scenario for getting Atlantis up to speed, to the launch pad, into space, and rescuing the seven members of the Columbia crew. And by "best case", I really mean best case. It's one of those things that, when you read the article, you think, "Holy Christ! That would've made an awesome movie!" because, well… you have to. I mean, just the following popped into my head:
Columbia is found to be damaged. A rescue mission has to be planned and executed in thirty days or less or the crew of seven will be poisoned by carbon dioxide. And shortly after that, they'll run out of oxygen. A grizzled old Mission Control director, frustrated with a slow pace the Agency ever since the Challenger disaster recruits a team of four tough as nails space dogs to crew the rescue mission. One, the test pilot who flew Enterprise, can handle a shuttle like he's landing a Cessna. His co-pilot was a hot shot naval pilot. The two EVA crew are a husband and wife team, former Navy Seals both, who can move in space better than most of us can walk on the ground.
Atlantis needs to be prepped, fueled, and moved to the launch pad in record time, all the while our crack team of astronauts must train until their fingers bleed, blast off into space, and execute a perfect rescue plan, all while the lives of eleven people, and maybe even the agency, itself hangs in the balance.
Jesus, that's a good story.
Unfortunately, as the article goes to great pains to point out, it just wasn't possible. There are really a hundred reasons why but a few that are really important. First, there was no guarantee that Atlantis wouldn't suffer from a foam strike when it took off, stranding not just the Columbia crew but now four more. Second, in the compressed timeframe, the likelihood that the rescue in space could be pulled off without seriously endangering everyone was low. Third, who knew what technical problems Atlantis might suffer from that were unknowable?
But, really, the last was the killer. NASA and the shuttle program were just not institutionally set up to accomplish such a rescue.
The chart above details the major steps NASA would have to go through to meet the thirty day timeline with the best record to date as the second column, the required timing in the third, and the over all difficulty of achieving it as the last. Not an easy thing.
But then there are things that I never even considered when it came to a shuttle mission. Such as the idea that the flight computers have to be reprogramed for every mission? Really?
But this is the bit that really got me:
This would have been the first time two space shuttles were simultaneously orbiting, and the challenges would have been considerable. Each shuttle would have its own flight control room operating in NASA's Mission Control Center—and, with the ISS also requiring a flight control room, this would have tasked the control center to capacity (both from a perspective of technical and human resources).
I can see the need to train the astronauts going up to perform the rescue (though I'd hope that to some degree they'd have the basics down). I can see the technical challenges of readying a piece of equipment as complex as the space shuttle in as little time as would be necessary. But the idea that every aspect of each shuttle would require a team of people looking over the astronaut's shoulders and that this could be a choke point for the whole mission strikes me as downright… un-American!
The problem I have with the current incarnation of NASA is pretty much a microcosm of the problem I have with the governance within the United States as a whole–that nothing is ever considered done right unless overseen by a small army of bureaucrats.
I fully realize that the space shuttles represented a substantial capital investment by the US government. Further, I realize that we place a premium on the lives of our astronauts. Well… a supposed premium, I guess I should say. Because, even if all of the above challenges had been overcome, the likelihood of this mission ever actually taking place was next to zero because of the danger to the other four that would've been sent up. The CAIB's logic, I suppose, being that it was better to lose seven for sure to save four for sure than possibly risk eleven to save seven.
All of which means that this story wouldn't have made a very good movie after all. Two hours of mid-level administrators debating the merits of whether to even launch a mission while lower level engineers fill out endless pages of checklists just isn't the kind of thing that sells movie tickets. It's not even a terribly compelling argument to keep the space agency around.
I guess I just wish NASA, American politicians, and the American people had listened to the quote the whole article opened with:
If we die, we want people to accept it. We are in a risky business, and we hope that if anything happens to us, it will not delay the program. The conquest of space is worth the risk of life.
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Part of National Museums Liverpool
This is a collection of, what was originally thought to be, Early Cypriot I and II pottery (2500 – 2000 BC) excavated from the two cemeteries at the prehistoric site of Vounous, in the northern coast of Cyprus, by the Australian archaeologist James Stewart and his British wife Eleanor in 1937-38.
There are 23 items of Cypriot pottery, fifteen from tomb 134 of cemetery A and eight from tomb 123 of cemetery B of the prehistoric site of Vounous, in North Cyprus. The pots were dated by Stewart to the Early Cypriot Age I and II eras (2500 - 2000 BC) and considered to be of the type known as 'Red Polished'. Red Polished pottery has a dark red surface and a shiny appearance.
The excavation at Vounous was undertaken by James Stewart (1913-1962) for two seasons in 1937-38. It was a major undertaking and it involved the clearing of some 85 fully furnished tombs and a substantial volume of antiquities. James's British wife Eleanor Stewart (1911-2002) was responsible for the accurate recording and drawing of all the material and it was her work that lay the foundations for James Stewart's career as an archaeologist.
Many of the antiquities discovered stayed with the Cypriot Department of Antiquities. Some of the material from the excavation was exhibited at the Institute of Archaeology in Regents Park in 1939. The Museum of Classical Archaeology, in Cambridge, 1952 donated the Vounous material from the excavation to our museum.
What is a curator's knowledge and passion if not shared? How important is it that we reach out to communities and make the future generation aware and proud of their heritage? Liverpool's Cypriot and Greek community has long had a presence and history in the city.
During the Early Bronze Age in Cyprus pots were made by hand rather than on a ceramic wheel.
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Dealing With Preschool Separation Anxiety
Our youngest son recently started preschool. He had a great time at the Open House where he met his teacher and played with the toys, all in the comforting presence of mom and dad. The first day of school was exciting for him.
He tried to wrap his two year old mind around going to preschool by himself, but I don't think he really got it. I've learned over the years that with my boys the first day of separation is always easier than subsequent days. By the second day, they know what to expect and start to resist.
I was cautiously optimistic about our first goodbye. He glided in to the room and immediately found a toy to play with. He barely gave me a hug and kiss, because he was so engrossed in what he was doing. "Yatzhee!" I said to myself. That was even easier than his brothers.
Separation anxiety was not going to be an issue for us. Or was it?
I returned three hours later to find a happy guy. Phew! Unfortunately, that wasn't the complete picture. Shortly after he had given me his flippant farewell, he had lost his composure for about 10 minutes. The teacher thought maybe he had pinched his finger in a toy. Perhaps I was in denial, but I chose to believe the teacher's speculation that he had hurt himself and not cried from separation anxiety. I told the story to my husband that evening.
He laughed consolingly and told me about a game that the two of them play where our son pretends to have hurt his finger to elicit sympathy and my husband pretends to comfort him. So much for the pinched finger theory. That only left one thing… Gasp! Could it have been separation anxiety and my son's sad plea for sympathy? Well, duh!!!
The next preschool day, our little preschooler started crying and chanting: "I don't want to go to preschool by myself!" for the hour before we left the house, the drive to school, and the walk into the building. Then he just opened up the floodgates. The same thing happened the couple days thereafter. Well, not exactly the same thing. His tearful chant changed when we get to the parking lot to, "I don't want to go inside!" and evolved to, "I told you I didn't want to come inside!"
I've been trying to establish a simple, short routine. I draw him a quick picture, he finds a toy to play with me for a short while, we give each other a hug and kiss. This is usually done while he continues to cry and chant. The other day, they said he only cried for about two minutes, which is progress. I'm hoping to phase out the picture and short play over time and just give him a hug and kiss and send him on his merry way.
Honestly, this separation anxiety is to be expected if his brothers are any indication. At least, he's doing better than Son #2, who would cry for an extended period of time. Some days he even had to be the "little helper" for the director and follow her as she bustled around the school. That seemed to work for him (and his sympathetic but busy classroom teachers). Eventually, he stopped crying all together. In comparison, Son #3 cried for mere seconds when I left the room, but he kept this up for the better part of the school year.
Strange, isn't it? One was a lengthy and dramatic crier for a short part of the school year while the other was a short and intense crier for most of the school year. Separation anxiety can manifest itself in such a variety of ways. This time around I'm hoping for a short bout of crying that will fizzle out in the next month or so. My prediction is that soon he'll be running in to school so fast that I won't be able to keep up with him.
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Last year Tot cried almost every day (and he only went twice a week). This year, he ran into the classroom and as he was running said "Bye Mom". Uhhh… Yaa… I went in and got a kiss goodbye anyways. Sometimes they can be real stinkers.Comment by vw bug — Sep 17th 2007 @ 8:07 am
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He spoke with such authority that I decided he was probably right.
See, with the exception of a few sneezes and sniffles last year, I've never had allergies, so I don't have a lot of experience with them except to hear other people complain about them. I've always felt vaguely sorry for them, but, you know, it was never my problem, so I didn't ask a lot of questions about headaches vs. ague-like symptoms and whatnot.
Suddenly, such questions are of huge interest to me.
I have spent the last three days asking Alex if my symptoms are those of allergies or illness.
Me: "Is a headache a sign of allergies?"
Alex: "Sometimes."
*hours later*
Me: "Is fatigue a sign of allergies?"
Alex: "Sometimes."
*hours later*
Me: "Are body aches a sign of allergies?"
Alex: "Sometimes."
*hours later*
Me: "Are chills a sign of allergies?"
Alex: "Sometimes."
At some point I started to suspect that Alex was just trying to convince me that I wasn't sick so I couldn't complain.
Joke's on him. I complained anyway.
So anyway, I'm either dying of the common cold or I'm dying of allergies. I feel a little bit as if you all could help me (a) with a confirmation that I have a cold so I know it will go away in a few days, or (b) tell me how to make my allergy symptoms stop.
Make this go away. Please.*
* If you could make Alex wrong as you do so, that would be even better.


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by Picked Vintage on June 8, 2012
This is an industrial desk made of steel from the Life-long line, made by the Hard manufacturing company in Buffalo, N.Y. It has a drawer with sleek 50's curved metal handles and a two tiered built in shelf unit. Great industrial automotive look, awesome condition.
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The dislocation in the credit markets poses both a great challenge and grave danger to companies in distress. The dislocation, which is caused by the significantly higher implied yields to maturity in the secured loan trading market as compared to the yields to maturity that may be obtained from new issuances, is making it virtually impossible for distressed companies to access meaningful and flexible sources of liquidity. At the same time, the dislocation creates an opportunity for distressed investors to purchase strong, but over-leveraged, distressed companies for relatively cheap prices and with significant downside protection.
Here are three factors to consider:
- 1. Today, investors are able to purchase first lien, secured loans at a significant discount and an attractive yield to maturity in the trading market. For example, if an investor purchases a first lien note with a face amount of $500 million for 70 cents on the dollar, a rate of LIBOR (assume 3.5%) plus 200 basis points and a maturity of November 15, 2012, the yield to maturity would be approximately 15.85%. For a company in distress to obtain the same loan, the pricing would need to be LIBOR (assume 3.5%) plus 1235 basis points. Financing with 16% interest (exclusive of fees) is incredibly expensive and most distressed companies cannot afford it. Hence, the market dislocation. Banks and other investors can make significantly higher returns by buying loans in the open market rather than issuing new loans.
- 2. The number of companies approaching a default or that are in default is overwhelming. Some predict that $1 trillion of corporate debt could be in default by 2010. What does this mean? To put it in unscientific perspective, Standards & Poors lists 581 speculative grade borrowers. Of these borrowers, the median amount of debt is $676 million. Accordingly, if Fitch's prediction is accurate, then more than 1,500 companies could be in default by 2010. Many of these companies are strong and valuable. Their problem is simple - they need to de-leverage.
- 3. Traditionally, private equity firms use borrowed money to buy companies, thereby enhancing their returns on invested equity (hence the term "leveraged buyout"). Today, however, banks are not lending and, as a result, the business model of private equity firms is being challenged. Nonetheless, there is a unique opportunity in the current market – a multitude of companies are over-leveraged and their debt can be purchased cheaply. Using leverage to buy a company or buying a company that is already highly leveraged at a discount has the same effect – the leverage enhances equity returns.
Taking these three factors into account, an enormous opportunity exists for distressed investors. What is the playbook for taking advantage of this opportunity? Here is one example. First, find a valuable, but over-leveraged, distressed company with little liquidity. Second, purchase, at a discount, 51% of the company's secured debt. Third, as the company begins to experience difficulties and needs relief from its secured lenders, provide liquidity in exchange for control of the process and the ability to buy the company by converting the purchased debt for equity. Fourth, provide the liquidity in the form of a DIP loanand require the company to meet various milestones, such as confirming a plan of reorganization by a date certain, to avoid a default under the DIP. Fifth, work with the company and the company's other stakeholders to develop a fair plan based on the valuation of the company, the company's debt capacity and the facts and circumstances of the reorganization. Sixth, "buy" the company without needing to borrow and for a reasonable price.
It is important to remember that every reorganization and situation is different. It is also important to keep in mind that careful and extensive analysis of the company's debt documents, capital structure, organizational structure and legal issues is necessary prior to making a meaningful investment. Notwithstanding this, the attractiveness of the dislocation in the credit markets for distressed investors is that even if the strategy of buying the distressed company does not work, the return on investment from the purchase of the company's loans should protect the investor's downside and even provide the investor with upside.
Jon Henes is a partner in the Restructuring Group of the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis. Jon's practice involves representing debtors (including portfolio, privately-held and public companies), creditors' committees and distressed investors (including hedge funds, private equity funds and companies) in acquisitions, restructurings and bankruptcy cases.


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Plant Welder, Concrete Industries, Lincoln,NE
All applicants are required to pass a background screen, pre-employment back screen and drug test.
The position may require extended work hours (up to 12 hours), and irregular shifts
to meet business production needs--may include nights and weekends.
Performs skilled welding work in the fabrication and repair of precast concrete building components with arc-welding equipment
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Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following.
Abide by Company Safety Program and Policies, while performing duties safely.
Work as directed, in the erection and welding of precast concrete building components.
Ensure all assigned equipment is maintained in safe, working order.
Fabricate weldments, embeds and sub-assemblies as directed.
Studies drawings to determine repairs or construction required.
Inspects job site; makes preparations to perform safe welding projects.
Other duties may be assigned.
Education and/or Experience:
Requires a vocational/technical diploma; or three to six month's related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Previous Arc welding experience is required.
Language Skills:
Must be able to understand and follow detailed verbal and written instructions. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees of the organization.
Mathematical Skills:
Knowledge of shop mathematics.
Reasoning Ability:
Ability to interpret blueprints.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
Must be able to become AWS-certified welder rated in, at least, flat and vertical weld. Must have a valid Nebraska driver's license.
Other Skills and Abilities:
Must be able to learn, understand and follow the safety policies of OSHA, NEBCO, and Concrete Industries. Must be proficient in the safe operation of all tools and equipment assigned--welders, cutting torches, manlifts, etc.
Other Qualifications:
Must be willing to continue training requirements required by the job.
Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to climb or balance and work from raised work platform at heights up to 50'. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers, to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms. The employee must be able to repeatedly stoop, bend and lift. The employee may work in a bent-over position. Must be able to talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee must be able to lift 100 lbs. to a height of 48", turn twist and carry. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus; must have good hand-eye coordination, and manual dexterity. Must wear personal protective equipment--hard hat, steel toed shoes, gloves, eye protection, etc.
Work Environment:
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions in year round temperatures. The employee is frequently exposed to high, precarious places and irregular work surfaces, fumes or airborne particles and extreme heat. The employee will work with or around fresh concrete, cement dust, solvents, weld fumes and release agents without allergic reaction. The employee is also exposed to intense light created by the arc. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; toxic or caustic chemicals and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.
The nature of the job will require working extended shifts as needed. The job may also require the employee to travel out of town with overnight stay required. This is a non-smoking facility and environment.
Condition of Employment:
Candidate is required to meet the above qualifications, task frequency and PPE requirements. Approval of pre-employment reference & background checks, and post offer drug/alcohol testing with back screens (if required) are required as conditions of employment.
The job duties, elements, responsibilities, skills, functions, experience, educational factors and the requirements and conditions listed in this job description are representative only and not exhaustive of the tasks that an employee may be required to perform. The employer reserves the right to revise this job description at any time and require employees to perform other tasks as circumstances or conditions of its business, competitive considerations or the work environment change.
Welder, Plant Operations, Concrete Industries, Lincoln, NE
An EEO Employer
|Date Posted
|October 21, 2019
|Date Closes
|December 18, 2019
|6201 Fletcher
|Located In
|Lincoln, NE
|Work At
|Bldg. 7
|Concrete Industries, a Company of NEBCO, INC.
|Plant Operations
|Job Type
|Full-time Employee
|Hourly Wage, Based on Experience
|Experience Level
|Intermediate (3-7 yrs. experience)
|40+ hours per week; (see description)
|Start Date
|Positions Available
|SOC Category
|51-4121.06 Welders, Cutters, and Welder Fitters
|Lin Blodgett, Human Resources, Monte Polivka, Matt Rudolph
|6301 Fletcher
|City, State and Zip
|Lincoln, NE 68507
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PDF – 2014 – This New Field Foundation presentation identifies key changes experienced by rural women and their organizations in Senegal due to the grant funding they received. It focuses on changes in women's leadership and food security.
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Trade the following stock option spreads. You can either long or short each spread. Record in Excel what contracts you traded, the prices, whether you bought/sold them, and ultimately whether you are long/short the underlying stock or the stock's volatility. Also, calculate your max gain, max loss, and breakeven underlying price. Upload this to dropbox. We'll close out of the trades after a week or so and record our profit/loss.
Make sure you use a different underlying stock for each spread trade. Lastly, pay attention to the bid/ask (and the volume of trading) in your options. You generally don't want to trade very illiquid options.
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Menu Description: "Thick-cut and coconut breaded, with chili-horseradish and citrus-mustard dipping sauces."
Track down a couple large, sweet onions, and some shredded coconut for this Island-style twist on golden onion rings. Make 1-inch slices in each onion so that when the slices are separated you end up with at least 16 wide rings. The breading here will be enough for that many rings, although you might be able to squeeze out a few more. I've also got clones here for the diptastic sauces (check out the secret ingredient that gives the citrus-mustard clone its strong orange flavor without thinning out the sauce). When you're done, you'll have an impressive tower of rings that makes a kickin' appetizer or party dish for at least a half dozen of your crazy friends and family folks.
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Menu Description: "Crispy pastry with savory beef filling served with seasoned sour cream and apple-mango salsa."
This is a great finger food appetizer for your next small party since you'll end up with 14 to 16 empanada-like, beef-filled "patties" that will be enough for 6 or more people. My server called them "island-style Hot Pockets." What's cool is that you can make these days ahead of time and freeze them until the party's on. When the time comes, it takes just 5 minutes to fry the patties to a crispy golden brown. Serve them up alongside cool seasoned sour cream and this fantastic apple-mango salsa, and get on with the festivities.
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Earlier in July, the Yankees picked up relievers David Robertson and Tommy Kahnle to fortify a bullpen in need, and Todd Frazier to slot in at third base. They gave up Blake Rutherford, a preseason top-10 prospect, in this deal, but they got back Kahnle, who isn't a free agent until 2021 and can help anchor their pen until then. They plugged holes with Garcia, Frazier, and Robertson, while adding pieces who can help them now and later to justify shipping off top prospects.
And while losing four of their preseason top-10 prospects in a month is no small thing, the Yankees managed to keep Clint Frazier. They've already seen Aaron Judge morph into a monster who devours big-league pitching. Gleyber Torres was destroying minor-league pitchers before Tommy John surgery ended his year. The influx of young Yankees is not over yet, and when they all get to the Bronx, they're going to be joining what looks like an already successful team.
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If it's one thing I've learned to appreciate during my tenure in California, it would have to be Mexican food. Los Angeles has opened my eyes to probably the best Mexican food in the country – so when I heard Rick Bayless had decided to expand in our city, my interest was piqued. It's not a restaurant that is Bayless' so much as one that has consulted him on the menu and brought a lot of the elements of his Chicago restaurants directly to Melrose – but good enough. It has his name on it; I'll take it – and thank Executive Chef Michael Brown in the meantime.
When I travel to Chicago, Mexican food and seafood are cuisines I flat-out avoid (celebrity chefs aside). I was curious to experience first-hand his approach to it, however, and I'm happy to say that it didn't disappoint. In fact, the food was inspiring – a large part made possible with the quality ingredients that I imagine are much more accessible than in Chicago – and the ambiance of the natural, modern space completed an overall enjoyable dinner. Price points were reasonable, save for the "Mexico's Celebrated Seven" – which, if you should want to get committal at Red O, include an achiote-marinated Gleason Ranch suckling pig, a spicy green chile-marinated Creekstone Natural rib-eye.
But the important thing was that the flavors were as vibrant as Mexican fare should be. Dark sauces, light sauces, pork belly, chicken, duck, steak dishes were all solid – but you might laugh if I told you that the tortillas were good. Don't, because this ground level ingredient is so often overlooked, and Red O passing the test allowed me to appreciate the actual dishes with a keener eye.
The pork belly sopes were the sweet kind of delicious, with the salsa negra giving it good depth. I could see myself at the bar with a tray of these, washed down with their Topolo Margarita (Sauza Conmemorativo tequila, Gran Torres orange liqueur and limonada) – the only straight-up cocktail on the menu at the time of our visit. The cocktail menu is actually being revised right now, which is a good thing since I thought every other drink was too easily bruised by the ice, having started off with not enough flavor. Or, perhaps, liquor.
Other favorites of mine included the Crab & Shrimp Enchiladas, served with perfectly cooked black beans which countered the slight saltiness of the crab and shrimp inside the blanketed enchiladas. The tomatillo with its slight smoky flavor was delicious as was the melted cheese – and the texture was tender, not soggy and I was happy with the ease of forking each bite into my mouth.
The duck taquitos were also a hit, with the slow-cooked, rich bird filling out their crispy-on-the-edges, tender-on-the-inside rolls of corn-shelled tacos. The argula topping was a nice touch to the mild tomato-arbol chile sauce – while letting the duck be the centerpiece of it all.
The lamb (title picture)Â – a meat that I can really get behind if prepared correctly – was perfect for tacos, as well. It was extremely tender and very approachable for those who don't normally like lamb. I really liked the chile broth in this one – plus, who doesn't like garlic? I appreciated that there were fried onions added, giving a crispyness to the dish that most wouldn't think to include.
Another favorite of mine was the steak and heirloom tomato salad – and as if the tomatoes weren't enough, there were vacuum-prepared, cubed watermelon added to the mix to make it an extra refreshing plate. The steak was super tender and perfectly pink in the center of each cut. I could also order this at the bar if I felt like a light but delicious meal…and a cocktail.
Fortunately, the modernized Mexican food made with quality ingredients isn't everything to be desired – the ambiance matches the mantra. The space, designed by Gulla Jonsdottir, was superbly thought-out and crafted. It made great use of natural light when available during the day – with the option of an automated closing door on the open space "indoor" patio if need be. You won't see any heat lamps at Red O, because there lay heating coils underneath the stone-grout floor to keep all diners comfortably warm without the overhead glare of a gas-powered metal fixture. Perfect. Also, it was revealed by Gulla that the steel and wooden wrappings of the restaurant on the outside represent that the restaurant is a gift to Los Angeles – as if from Mexico. It really is a beautiful space, inside and out.
And I must not forget to mention the tequila hall. It's a visual haven for any tequila drinker, surely – but I couldn't help but notice that I was singularly inspired by the small batch of Jose Cuervo Extra Anejo with its hand-written bottle number. It reminded me of Scotch in the best way possible – tasting more notes of wood than actual agave. But the other tequilas in the flight (Corralejo, Don Julio), I had learned about from my tequila-drinking ex-boyfriend and so the selection left me wanting to continue my education in small batch tequilas from just across the Southern border. Apparently, the tequila list had been imported directly from Chicago; we'll see if that gets revised along with the cocktail menu.
In the meantime, I'm happy to enjoy a few Sopes, a salad and the Topolo Margarita cocktail at the bar while sitting in a black leather swing-seat. How chic…
All food and drink were hosted.
Further reading:
Red O Restaurant: New Mexican, Tequila Tunnel and More Cowbell – Caroline on Crack
Red O: Rick Bayless Stamped Mexican-esque Cuisine in L.A. – Teenage Glutster
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There are many amazing things emerging out of Dreamforce 2010 (I really regret that I couldn't make it) and thus far, one of the biggest may be Salesforce's new RDBMS as a Service offering. I don't suppose Salesforce could have purchased a better domain name, Database.com, but the prospect of having an RDBMS in the cloud is very appealing to a broad range of developers. So what is all the hoopla about with Database.com?
Well, Database.com is essentially an enterprise grade database that is offered as a service in a utility billing context. That means that you only pay for what you use. What does this mean for developers and organizations in terms of real world benefits?
To start off, the need to pay the egregious licensing fees that Oracle charges are gone. Imagine if Oracle were to come to you as an enterprise and say "well since you only have X amount of records and execute Y amount of transactions with Z amount of users, you only need to pay X in licensing costs." Yea right! Not going to happen. The reality is that with most RDBMS products, you will pay a minimum (yet high) licensing fee regardless of how much you actually use the database. Sure, the case can be made that you shouldn't deploy such an expensive solution until you are ready for or absolutely need it, but in reality, do you want to work within those limitations? What if I told you that you could start off small for free and scale as you need to, only paying for what you actually consume in resources? Wait! That's too fair. You can't be fair in software licensing! Or at least enterprise vendors like Oracle would have you believe that.
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"Say hello to Database.com Please leave hardware and software at the door." I definitely concur.
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Sure, you can build tables, fields and relationships with Database.com, but it's much more than that. It includes a social data model, file storage, user management, authentication and development tools that make it easy to build killer apps.
When you're ready to put it into production it is automatically elastic. It's massively scalable. It's automatically backed up. Upgrades are taken care of for you. What's not to love about that?
Build your apps in any language, like Java, C#, Ruby or PHP. Run them on any platform, like Force.com, VMforce, Amazon EC2 or Google AppEngine. Or run them on any device, like the iPhone, the iPad, Android or Blackberry.
They can all securely access Database.com through standards based APIs, like REST, SOAP, OAuth and SAML.
Database.com makes it easy to build next generation business app. It comes with toolkits for connecting apps that run natively on mobile platforms. It also includes a social data model that makes it easy to build apps with profiles, status updates, news feeds and groups.
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The two-day event, beginning on October 30, is envisaged to create awareness and getting the stakeholders together to promote Kerala as the hub for medical tourism in the country by 2020, a release said here today.
The event would highlight emerging trends, opportunities and challenges in the Indian Health Tourism arena, discuss preparedness of Indian hospitals and so on.
It would be a congregation of major hospitals, health insurance companies, policy makers, tourism promotion boards, health travel and tourism operators and international institutions for the promotion of health tourism, it said.
The exhibition at the Kerala Health Tourism will help Healthcare and Tourism sector members to exhibit their services and products.
The first event of its kind in the country, KHT was the kick-off point for creating awareness and getting stakeholders together to promote Kerala as a preferred destination for health tourism, the release added.


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Did you know that the first known will comes from an ancient tomb in Egypt? Probate law is the legal process that occurs after someone dies. This includes having their property appraised, paying taxes and debts, distributing the remaining property as the will states, and providing that their will is valid. In most cases, the fees for lawyers and courts used during this process are paid for by the estate property. Here are three things you should know about various types of elder law. 1. Probate Most people have little experience with probate until a family member or friend dies, and for this reason, there are a lot of questions. If you were wondering whether all property has to go through probate, the answer is no. In many states
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TONY BELLEW likes the taste of his own medicine.
No longer content with dishing out one-sided beatdowns, the Commonwealth light-heavyweight champion has turned into a thrill seeker.
A Bellew victory is only passed fit if he has sampled the canvas close up and felt the rush of leather firmly against his chin.
Having fired back from a knockdown against Bob Ajisafe in September, the 'Bomber' excelled himself in the early hours of Sunday morning at the ECHO Arena.
As the stadium began to empty with those left deflated by Paul Smith's defeat, the sound of juggernauts colliding will have reached them in the streets as Bellew and challenger Ovill McKenzie battered into each other.
The left hook which ultimately saw McKenzie's bid wilt, was a textbook shot, but much of what had gone in the seven rounds previous was a more sinister version of a street brawl.
After the subdued performance against Ajisafe, Bellew promised something to readdress the balance against a man who would come to trade – just how right the Wavertree man was.
McKenzie showed just why he has so often been avoided and in the opening two rounds a right hand to the top of the head sent the champion crashing before a backhand ploughed through Bellew's guard and onto his chin, forcing him down once again.
But the most sudden knockdown of his career brought clarity of vision and Bellew began to claw back the rounds, even though the pair continued to use the heavy artillery wherever possible.
McKenzie swallowed much of what Bellew had to offer with the right hand and spat it back out but was no match for his left in the ninth.
Having got himself up off the canvas and given the all-clear to fight on, McKenzie was presented with a charging Bellew, intent on something nasty.
The challenger hung on but referee Phil Edwards stopped the contest at two minutes 46 seconds of the round, ensuring Bellew kept his belt.
"It was a painful learning experience," reflected Bellew.
"It was a good fight, but I started off really slow. I saw the first punch which knocked me down but the second one was a heavy shot to the back of the ear. But all the records will read is Bellew won by TKO and I want to dedicate that win the my Nan."
Joe Selkirk continued his growth as a professional boxer but was stretched by experience.
Anonymous for the opening half of the fight, Selkirk woke from his slumber to turn the tables on Steve O'Meara.
Like night and day was the contrast in Selkirk's display in this light-middleweight bout over six three-minute rounds on Saturday night.
With only five fights to your name, boxing a 13-fight pro – and one who is no mug – was testament to the Liverpool man's ambition.
Having allowed the poised O'Meara to open up a two round lead Selkirk (now 6-0) rediscovered the use of his jab and utilised that weapon to set up his power punches.
Through the final two sessions, Selkirk stalked O'Meara and wore him down with shots laced with venom; a body blow in the fifth and left hook in the last which ripped right through the guard secured the hometown win, 59-57 on the scorecards.
"I was stressed out in the corner for the first two rounds," said Selkirk.
"I was just looking for the big shot but it wasn't happening and I was making him look good.
"My corner told me I was in real danger of losing the fight so I had to get better and he told me after the fight that I'd hurt him a few times. If that had been a four rounder I would have lost."
Liam Smith rightly labelled his second stoppage of game journeyman Matt Scriven as the best of his seven fight career.
"As soon as the fight got changed from a four to a six round I knew he was going to come and have a go," said Smith (6-0-1).
"I wanted to prove I was better than my last fight and that I was even better than the last time I won and I think I did that."
Smith finished the fight at two minutes and 47 seconds of the second session when referee John Latham called the bout off.
Body shots were Smith's most potent weapon but a delightful left uppercut sent Scriven's legs out to dance before the official saved him from further punishment.
Joe McNally reflected on his return from boxing exile as satisfactory as he outlasted tough Frenchman Bertrand Aloa over four rounds at middleweight.
Winning on the scorecards 39-38, McNally admitted there was an element of ring rust but the feeling to be back in competitive action.
"I felt some ring rust," said McNally, who extends to 8-0.
"I did loads of sparring but sparring and competing are two different things. I couldn't get my jab going but I've been out the ring for 21 months.
"I was preparing for an eight round fight but it got changed to a four rounder late on. Aloa then came in with the mentality of really going for it then. For me it was like training for the 1500m and then getting thrown into the 100m sprint."
Debutant super-flyweight Paul Butler made a victorious start to life in the paid ranks as he won a 39-37 decision over the awkward Anwar Alfadi.
The 2010 ABA champion was eager to please his vocal support housed high in the stands but having been caught with the odd jab, Butler settled into the form which made him a decorated amateur.
Butler was boxed smart from the second round onwards and though having to settle for the points win was purposefully put in to face Alfadi to fast track his development.


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Bree's lentil soup (recipe in the comments from March 3, 2008)
Multigrain rolls
Hot tea
Strawberry sorbet
We were supposed to take a prospective student of M's out for dinner tonight, but she had a family emergency and had to go h0me this afternoon. Anyway, we needed to punt for dinner. We got some bread and salad stuff and defrosted the rest of the lentil soup from Ash Wednesday. It was quick and easy, especially as we didn't plan to cook tonight.
Prep Notes
Difficulty: Super easy
Chopping: None
Time: 10 minutes
Make ahead: I got it out of the freezer last night.
J: "I still love this soup."
M: "Easy and good."
Monday, March 23, 2009
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MINNEAPOLIS - Trinity Health, doing business as Trinity Hospital in Minot, ND, will pay $95,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy and disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
According to the EEOC's lawsuit, Trinity refused to provide light-duty work to a pregnant nurse who had lifting restrictions because of a pregnancy-related health condition. Instead, it fired her, although it provided light-duty positions to nurses injured on the job.
The EEOC contended that Trinity had violated both Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by not providing the employee with accommodations for her lifting restrictions. The EEOC filed its suit (EEOC v. Trinity Health, Civil Action No. 1:17-cv-00200-CSM) in U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota) after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
To resolve the suit, Trinity will pay the employee $95,000. In addition, it will revise its policies to assure that they comply with Title VII and the ADA in requiring accommodations for pregnancy-related limitations. It will also provide training to its human resources employees and make sure that its policies are accessible to its employees. In addition, Trinity Health will report to the EEOC for the three-year term of the consent decree settling the suit.
"Employers must understand that the law obliges them to accommodate restrictions of pregnant employees -- just as they would accommodate other employees who are similar in their ability or inability to work," said Julianne Bowman, the EEOC's district director in Chicago, who managed the federal agency's pre-suit administrative investigation. "It is especially important that they understand that if they are accommodating persons with restrictions arising from a work-related injury, they may have to provide the same accommodations to employees with restrictions arising out of pregnancy."
Greg Gochanour, the regional attorney for the EEOC's Chicago District, added, "Both the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act may require that an employer provide accommodations such as light duty to nurses with pregnancy-related limitations. It is essential that employers know the rights of pregnant employees under these statutes."
The EEOC's Chicago District Office is responsible for processing charges of employment discrimination, administrative enforcement and the conduct of agency litigation in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and North and South Dakota, with Area Offices in Milwaukee and Minneapolis.
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Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd, through its subsidiary Mahindra World City Developers Ltd has signed a Joint Venture with Japan's Sumitomo Corporation to set up an industrial park at Ponneri in North Chennai.
"Our North Chennai project is in the last leg of approval. It is actually in NH-5. First phase will be of 250 acres", Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd, CEO, Sangeeta Prasad told reporters here.
Stating that the project would be taken up in phases, she said compared to their first project Mahindra World City in Singaperumalkoil near Chennai, the second project will be "industrial cluster".
On the other projects taken up, she said the Mahindra World City upcoming project in Jaipur was spread across 3,000 acres while the one in Ahmedabad would be an "industrial cluster" similar to North Chennai.
Referring to a residential project coming up in Mahindra World City, Singaperumalkoil, she said 196 units of 581 square feet by 624 square feet would be constructed and the project was likely to be handed over by 2019.
"The construction activities just started. The houses would be priced between Rs 28 lakh (for single BHK) and Rs 30 lakh (For flexi homes)", she said.
Asked whether there was enough land available in 1,500 acre sprawling Singaperumalkoil campus, Mahindra World City, Business Head, Vivek Sharma said about 35 acres was available while the remaining was occupied.


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This recipe post was chosen as a "Top 9" of over 4,000 foodie posts from around the world by the editors of Foodbuzz (6/2011).
So what's the difference between
Key limes and the "everyday" limes
you usually buy?
Key limes and the "everyday" limes
you usually buy?
Key limes are smaller, rounder, more aromatic, and have a thinner rind than our more common Persian limes. They're picked green and turn yellowish as they ripen.
The name Key lime comes from the fruit's association with the Florida Keys, but today most Key limes are cultivated in Mexico. Around the world this variety is more commonly known by other names: the West Indian lime, the Omani lime, the Mexican lime, and the Bartender's lime.
What about the taste difference? Is there one?
There should be in theory. The larger, Persian limes were created in 1895 by a California man named Bearss who wanted to develop a seedless lime that was milder than the Key lime, but I never actually sampled them back-to-back. For this blog post, I decided to give it a try.
My husband, Marc, helped me set up a blind taste test with: (1) freshly-squeezed Persian lime juice; (2) bottled Key lime juice; and (3) freshly-squeezed Key lime juice...
How did I do?
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The difference was not subtle. The Persian lime juice (1) smelled and tasted almost sweet. I could easily sip the juice without...well, gagging.
On the other hand, the freshly-squeezed Key lime juice (3) was so acidic that I had a hard time sampling it straight. Clearly, the Key limes bring a much bigger punch to any flavoring party.
The bottled Key lime juice (2) was easy to identify, as well, but not for a good reason. Like most bottled juices, it tasted more sour than bright. In the past, for convenience, I have used bottled juices, but after this taste test, I'm going to try harder to use fresh-squeezed whenever possible. When you sample them back-to-back, there really is no comparison.
As for the recipe I'm sharing with you today, I made batches of these cookies using each type of juice tested above, and all three worked just fine. Key limes will give you a more intense lime flavor, but Persian limes work, too. The only advice I can give you is to use fresh-squeezed juice if you can. You'll get much better flavor that way, and you know I always want you to eat with joy.
~ Cleo
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"Top 9" out of over 4,000 posts
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Cleo Coyle's
Key Lime Cooloers
Makes about 2 dozen cookies
1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon Key lime zest* (see my note)
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 Tablespoon Key lime juice* (see my note)
For sugar-dusting:
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons Key lime zest* (see my note)
*Note: As mentioned above, if you can't find Key limes, simply substitute the more common (Persian) limes for this recipe. The tart flavor will be less intense, but the cookies will still taste delicious.
Warning: Lime juice may curdle your butter so follow this recipe's directions. Do not add the lime juice to the dough until the end of the mixing process.
Directions: First preheat your oven to 325° F. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar with an electric mixer. Blend in the vanilla extract, salt, and lime zest.
Add the flour and baking powder,
and mix very briefly until a shaggy dough forms.
Now add your lime juice and mix until a smooth dough
comes together, but do not over-mix or you will develop
the gluten in the flour, and your cookies
will be tough instead of tender.
Roll the dough into balls
about one inch in diameter.
Place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper
or a silicone sheet and bake for 15 to 20 minutes.
The cookies are done when bottoms are slightly browned.
Note that cookies are fragile while warm, so handle with care.
To finish, mix ½ cup confectioners' sugar with
2 teaspoons lime zest in a shallow bowl.
While cookies are still warm, gently roll them,
one at a time, in the bowl of sugar and lime zest.
After all the cookies are coated,
finish by sprinkling any remaining sugar-lime
mixture over the cookie tops.
Store cooled cookies in an airtight plastic container.
These cookies also freeze very well.
I store my extras in freezer-safe
re-sealable plastic bags.
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been trying to put a shelf together - dear god almighty. NOTHING should be this hard. the instructions are rubbish, and even with the elec screwdriver i just bought (one screw, and i KNEW i had to have one) its turning out impossible.
I think tomorrow i will just sleep.
i'm on the ground floor, and i'm getting some blackout foil for my windows. besides the fact that it'll help on the fuel bills, i'm tired of seeing faces looking in as they walk by.
My pants fell off me as i was working lmao! i had to buy a new pair - one size smaller. huzzah!


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you know,
Wednesday, August 1
There's this pain, you know, the real one!
There's this pain,
you know,
you know,
the real one,
a fire burning inside,
all the time,
even now,
at this very moment
my chest feels heavy,
it might burst,
into bits and pieces,
I might act like,
but am not listening to you,
I might look like,
but am not interested in you,
this smile, this laughter,
that you see,
is nothing but fake,
it's not real,
because I am not real,
I am just a walking dead,
who's lost on his path,
I was a child once,
who'd laugh and cry,
but he's long gone now,
here I am,
with an emptiness inside
dead and broken,
wanting to run away,
far away from you,
and your love,
because you don't deserve me,
someone better or worse,
but not me, my love,
because I am just a walking dead,
who's lost on his path,
all that's left is this pain,
you know,
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Labels: Cheating , Poetry , Serious Writing
14 comments :
Awesome yaar ..... !!ReplyDelete
To the bitch who took all your money, time and Trust away !!ReplyDelete
For you Ruchit & Ayush. And my dear brother Gullu !Replies
no money involved in my case! :PDelete
sahi hai bhai...ReplyDeleteReplies
thanks Ruchit! :)Delete
Very sad!!....expressed your pain very nicely!ReplyDelete
Lovely poem!Replies
Tried my best. Thank you! :)Delete
- Anonymous2 August 2012 at 19:12
nice nice...ReplyDelete
acha i was thinking can you rap on this...mast lagge ga bhai..really :) :DReplies
hahahhaa, try karenge, rap me toh ye 5 second me khatam ho jayega :PDelete
Call her a bitch and get over it :DReplyDelete
Also the best to get over someone is to get along with some other one you know :PReplies
hahaha, i should, but i dont want to, she is my inspiration to write these days so.Delete
and okay suggestion registered, i firmly believe now you are screwed up! :D
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