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In the high frontier country of California, stands a range of rock formations. [1] It's weathered granite forms are absolutely alluring. The whole place pulls you in with a kind of mythical intrigue.
This is the Alabama Hills, on the outskirts of the town of Lone Pine, California. [2] Savina and I have traveled here to explore the country and admire the rocks.
Math on our minds
The evening before, we arrived to nearby Tuttle Creek campground to spend the night. Along the way we stopped to inspect a roadside tourist map and informational sign. We found indicated on this map a feature called the "Mobius Arch". We had never heard of this before. Could it be related to the famous mathematical object, the Möbius Strip? The map had a thumbnail image of the Mobius Arch to show what it looked like. Yes, I could tell right away, from its distinct "twist" partway along the arch, it was indeed named after the Möbius strip. What a pleasant surprise for a Möbius enthusiast such as myself! It's lovely enough that this natural sculpture exists out there in the form of a Möbius strip. But what is even lovelier is the thought that there was one or more other Möbius enthusiasts out there of sufficient influence to give this arch its mathematically inspired name.
The next morning we break camp just before dawn, in order to see this place in a magical early morning light. We head straight for the Möbius arch, and reach it easily:
In all the world, could there be a greater monument to the Möbius strip than this? While it is actually impossible to have a Möbius strip, a two-dimensional object, exist materially in our three-dimensional world, this mighty arch does a fine job of representing one in the hearts and minds of math-minded humans. To add to its prestige, as you can see, this arch forms a perfectly framed view of the majestic Mt. Whitney, the highest summit in the contiguous United States.
In this moment, I can't help but think of Carlo Séquin, the greatest Möbius enthusiast that I know. Carlo is a Möbius enthusiast to such a degree, that he has a whole line of research and invention on the topic of Möbius bridges. Here, you can see him explaining all about it:
Video by Brady Haran for Numberphile - April 9, 2014
I had met Carlo for the first time a few weeks ago, while attending a talk at the Arts, Technology and Culture Colloquium at the University of California, Berkeley. I found a kindred spirit in him and we got acquainted. I really enjoyed learning about his passions in math, art, and computer science. So, naturally, I was contemplating all this, in the midst of the marvelous Möbius Arch, perhaps the greatest nature-made Möbius bridge in all the land.
The difference between spheres and arches
Savina and I share a picnic breakfast beside the Möbius Arch, and we observe it carefully. But there is more to see in this place. We set out on foot to roam around further. We walk, and look, and ponder the combination of ruggedness and smoothness all around us. This otherworldly place has a lot to offer. Suddenly, we come across a hill of spheres:
It is spheroidal weathering of course. Ok, I didn't know it at the time, but I learned about it only after returning home and reading about this place. How does spheroidal weathering work? Well, it is an elaborate, four part process:
- A large, unbroken mass of granite is formed from magma and lies underground.
- Somehow (through mechanical stresses I presume) it develops a three dimensional pattern of cracks which segment the granite into large blocks. This is known as jointed granite.
- Water from above ground enters these cracks and causes chemical decomposition, starting at the surface of each block and gradually advancing inwards. Due to the geometry of the arrangement, the decomposition happens fastest at the corners, intermediate at the edges, and then slowest at the faces of each block. [3]
- Sometime later, all this gets exposed at the surface, where conventional erosion goes to work, removing the decomposed rock with ease and leaving the rounded solid cores undamaged.
So that's how you end up with a hill of spheres. But look back again at the photo above, some of these spheres have little caverns on the sides. Ah ha! These ones seem to be on their way to becoming arches. Do arches form like the spheres do? Do they too form underground through the same chemical decay process? My guess would be so. And I have a hypothesis as to how:
My hypothesis is that arches tend to form where there's a T-joint in the granite, as illustrated above. Are you a geologist reading? If so, can you speak to this?
If this isn't the case, then how else could arches form? I guess you could simply have a cavity on one side of a sphere that starts to decay, and thus more water enters and it decays more and more, and maybe it meets up with another such cavity on the other side and thus you have a connected tunnel.
And so we return to the original question: what's the difference between spheres and arches? Well, an arch is just a sphere with a hole through it. In other words, an arch is a donut.
Topological Safari
Topology: the study of shape and space, related to geometry, but somehow more abstract.
We continue to hike, exploring the topography of this landscape, exposed spheres and arches all around. I still have math on my mind, and I get to thinking about topology.
To a topologist, all objects are made of infinitely stretchable rubber. Objects are categorized not by their size, nor curvature, nor volume, nor surface area, nor any of those traditional geometric concepts. No, topological objects can be categorized by just three particular properties:
1. How many borders?
2. How many sides?
3. Connectivity (genus)
This knowledge is fresh in my mind (wouldn't you know?) thanks to just a few days ago having watched another of Carlo's videos, recently published, in which he explains all this and more:
Video by Brady Haran for Numberphile - Dec 13, 2016
Here's few topological objects to consider:
Look through each one and try and see for yourself how each of these objects can be defined by these three properties.
- The number of borders – This might be the easiest to understand. From any point on an objects surface, can you travel freely without running out of surface? On a sphere and a donut you can. On a disk you can't. You'd come up against an edge.
- The number of sides – This is a bit trickier. Familiar surfaces have two sides, a disk has a front and a back, a sphere has an inside and an outside. But some special surfaces have only a single side, like the famous Möbius strip, and Klein bottle. My understanding is that no surface can have three or more sides. Are you a topologist reading? If so, can you speak to this?
- The genus – this is the most perplexing, I think. Genus tells you the number of "handles" the object has. I put "handles" in quotes, because these are handles in the special, topological sense. Sometimes, when trying to identify an object's topological identity, parts which seem like a handle are not, or a part which is actually handle might not seem like one at all. A more effective way of determining genus is this: the maximum number of cuts through the object that you can make without the object coming apart at all.
EDIT:Thanks to my friend Daniel for pointing out a flaw in my original explanation. I was incorrectly applying genus to the disk and the perforated disks. Daniel points out that the topological cuts associated with genus need to be closed curves, as seen in the two images above of the sphere and donut. I checked a few topological sources, and they confirm this. Therefore, the genus of the disk, and perforated disks (of any number of holes) is zero. Think of taking a cookie cutter to a disk, you'll end up with the cut piece being separated. See, I told you genus was tricky!
Using these three properties, you can find the true identities of objects. You can determine if two seemingly different objects are actually the same. For example, what about this: an object in the form of a straw?
How many borders does this straw have? How many sides? What genus? Once you've got this, does it correspond to any of the above objects? If so, which one? Then, if you imagine freely stretching and distorting it, can you convince yourself that it is the topological equivalent?
Here's another puzzler, how about this object, which resembles a T-shirt?
Or try this one, which is like a vaulted ceiling with four pillars. How many handles does it have?
As we walk, I think about genus. What rock formations can we find of different genus? We come across a monumental spheroid (genus 0):
Sometime later, we come across another beautiful arch, the "Eye of Alabama" (genus 1):
What other topological species are out there waiting to be found?
Next, we come upon this intriguing specimen. It doesn't quite look like an arch. Rather a cavern with a pillar at its entrance. Or you could see it as a tunnel whose entrance and exit are right next to each other.
But, of course, with a little topological know-how, you can identify it as genus 1, therefore equivalent to a simple arch, or a donut. I am reminded of the interconnected relationship between an arch and a tube, or between a bridge and a tunnel. Neither can exist in isolation. Where there is one there must be another. Like inverse pairs, like yin and yang.
By now I've become eager to search for higher genus formations. Could we hope to find a double-arch (genus 2), even – dare I say it – a triple arch (genus 3)? How rare would these be?
We walk and walk, and we see rock after rock. We decide we've gone far enough. We turn back and return to our car. Despite my high hopes, we haven't even found a single formation greater than genus-1. Too bad.
When suddenly:
Woah! This thing is off the charts. It's beyond a double arch, or a triple arch. It's even greater than a quadruple arch (genus 4)...
Look at this detail, a lovely double-arch, and this is just one part of this whole topological complex.
Now, the question of the day: what is the genus of this outstanding rock? Let's take a look. There's two main chambers. The first (Chamber A) is too small to enter, but it clearly has three openings.
The second (Chamber B) is cramped, but it's easy enough to crawl inside. Here's a panoramic view from within:
So we have found a formation with seven openings. Three in Chamber A and four in Chamber B. What genus does it have? How many handles? Look at how many places you could theoretically make a cut through without anything falling apart. Those are the "arches", or "pillars". Chamber A has two pillars, and Chamber B has three. So then, what we have here is a quintuple arch (genus 5) Wow!
We admire this rare quintuple arch for a while more. And then, content with our discovery, Savina and I make our way back. It would have been enough to find a double arch, even a triple, even a quadruple. But today nature graced us with a quintuple arch. How about that?
We are nearly back to the trailhead. And, just when I thought we'd had enough topology for one day, we find this, beside the dusty trail:
An old can, shot full of holes for target practice. It been shot five times, and so it has ten holes (five entry wounds and five exit wounds). What then, is the genus of this can?
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- If you like topological analysis of natural formations, then you'll probably like his paper 2-Manifold Sculptures on the topology of mathematical sculpture.
- From possible designations of urban, rural, and frontier, the United States Census Bureau identifies this area as "frontier".
- Why does this place have the name it does? We learn it was named after a famous Civil War battleship the CSS Alabama, by some local prospectors in 1864 who were sympathetic to the Confederacy. To us, the name feels ill-suited. Why should this remote and magnificent natural wonderland take its name from a reference to this distant war, whose fighters probably had no connection whatsoever to this place? Like it or not, you can read more about the naming of this place here.
- The process of rounding off the corners and edges of a block into a spheroid has a lovely intuition. For a process of decomposition, what needs to happen is the water needs to penetrate into the block. Think of a bit of rock somewhere just inside the surface of the block. If that bit of rock is just beneath the center of one of the block faces, then water can only attack it from one direction. If that bit of rock is just beneath an edge, then water can attack it from two directions. And if that bit of rock is just beneath a corner, then water can attack it from three directions. I'd like to model this programmatically and play with simulating it. Can it be said then that the decomposition happens twice as fast at the edges and three times as fast at the corners? If you modeled it as a 3x, 2x, 1x process, would you end up with a sphere?


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Well, to start. It's not an artichoke. It's the root tuber of a sunflower, probably named after an actual artichoke because when it's nice and cooked and soft, its subtly sweet flavor tastes just like an artichoke heart. (Not the briny kind you get from a jar, but the fresh kind that most of us are too lazy to cook at home.) You may also have heard it referred to as a sunchoke.
The business case: why you should give Jerusalem Artichokes a try
- They are delicious. And starting in October through the early spring, they're at their sweetest and peak deliciosity.
- They are a healthy alternative to potatoes.
When cooked (boiled or roasted or sauteed), they'll resemble a slightly creamier cooked potato, but because of their unique carbohydrate profile (see below), they're slightly lower in calories and have a much lower glycemic index. In other words, their impact on blood sugar is minimal compared to a similarly-sized portion of regular potatoes. This makes them a good potato-substitute for potato-loving people with diabetes or for anyone looking to help control their appetites by eating foods that don't cause major spikes in their blood sugar levels.
- They have multiple digestive health benefits, owing to their high levels of inulin–a form of soluble fiber known as a "prebiotic". Inulin is also shown to increase calcium absorption substantially, so you could think about trying them out in a meal containing calcium-rich foods to get more out of your mouthful.
- They're a good source of iron. A modest 1/2 cup serving contains about 14% of the daily value for iron, compared with approximately 4% in the same sized portion of baked potato.
What's inulin and what's in it for me?
Most root vegetables–like potatoes–store their energy in the form of starch. What starch basically is is a long chain of glucose (sugar) molecules that human digestive enzymes are able to break apart and use for energy.
Jerusalem artichokes, however, store more of their energy in the form of inulin. Inulin is basically a long chain of fructose (sugar) molecules that human digestive enzymes CANNOT break apart and use for energy. That makes it a fiber instead of a starch, and that's what's responsible for the fact that Jerusalem artichokes have such a muted effect on blood sugar levels. Other vegetables that contain significant amounts of inulin include asparagus, garlic and chicory root.
But just because human digestive enzymes can't digest inulin, that doesn't mean no one can. Certain friendly bacteria in your colon can–and do–digest it. These bacteria–which include species such as the bifidobacteria (whom you may recognize from your yogurt)–are also known as probiotics. Since inulin serves as food for these probiotics, it promotes their growth and proliferation and is sometimes referred to as a prebiotic. When the bacteria digest inulin, they generate only about half of the energy (calories) as you would from digesting a regular carbohydrate: ~2 calories/gram instead of the typical 4 calories/gram. This helps explain why Jerusalem artichokes contain fewer calories for a comparable serving size of potatoes.
A thriving probiotic community in your colon is a very good thing. The bifidobacteria help prevent the growth of pathogenic (disease-causing) bacteria, help lower blood cholesterol levels, help prevent colon cancer, and produce B vitamins. Inulin also increases calcium absorption in the intestines, which is useful if you're like one of the millions of Americans who prefer their skeleton hard and intact. Lastly, if you've got a problem with constipation, foods rich in inulin have a good track record for helping to get things moving in colon-ville. Scientifically speaking, of course.
Are you convinced? Are you ready to run out to your local market to pick up some Jerusalem artichokes? Then read on:
What you should know before trying a Jerusalem artichoke
- Despite what your recipe may say, you do not need to peel Jerusalem artichokes before using them. (Peeling them is kind of a pain, since they are so gnarled and knobby.)
- You do, however, need to scrub them very well before using. (They live underground, remember..)
- You can eat them raw or cooked. Raw, they have that crunchy jicama/water-chestnut-ish texture and a mild, nutty flavor. Cooked, their flesh gets nice and creamy and soft and they taste more artichoke-hearty.
- If you've never tried them before, start with a small portion at first. This is to see how your intestinal flora behave in the presence of the inulin feast you've presented them with. Some peoples' intestinal flora go a little bonkers and produce…oh, what's the polite way of saying this… "flatus?" (In other words, they can cause a bit of gas…) One way to mitigate this possible effect is not to eat them raw, or try boiling as a prep-method. (Or, if you want to roast them,try blanching them in boiling water for a minute as a little pre-cook before they're to go in the oven.) The scientific literature claims that this side effect occurs only in a small percentage of people, but in my opinion, it's best to know whether you're one of those people before the Queen of England invites you over for dinner and offers you a heaping mound of Jerusalem artichokes.
How to prepare them: (Recipes)
Personally, I like to roast them. I roast them using the same formula I use to roast all of my vegetables, which is: cut into pieces of equal-ish size so that they all cook evenly; toss the pieces in a bowl with olive oil; lay out the pieces on a baking sheet or roasting pan; sprinkle with (kosher) salt and pepper. (I think rosemary is a yummy addition here too, if you're so inclined.) Bake in a 375-degree oven until they're soft. (The time will depend on the size of the pieces, but check after about 20-25 minutes, since they can get really mushy if you overcook them.)
You can also boil them and eat. You can also boil them and then puree them to make mashed sunchokes... possibly a substitute for mashed potatoes at Thanksgiving? (After all, mashed cauliflower "potatoes" are so 2008…)
You can make them into a creamy soup by sauteeing 1 chopped onion in olive oil until soft and sweating. Add about 3 cups of sliced Jerusalem artichokes and 4 cups of broth (chicken or vegetable… whatever you prefer). Bring to a boil until the Jerusalem artichokes are nice and tender. Using an immersion blender (or transfering the mixture to a blender), puree the soup until smooth. Add 1/2 cup of fat free evaporated milk (it's thick like cream) or lowfat milk or ricemilk (to keep it dairy-free) to the puree and add salt and pepper to taste. (Remember what we said earlier about calcium absorption… this is a great way to take advantage!) If you're feeling decadent, garnish with a drop of truffle oil and invite me over to your place for dinner.
Roberfroid MB. Introducing inulin-type fructans. Br. J. Nutr. 2005;93, S13-S25
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Suitable for small and medium- size chain link plate punching device has increased the development of stand-alone single-person operation to today's automated assembly line stamping technology level has been rapidly increasing. Many manufacturers use more imported or domestic high-speed presses, to achieve a large volume of steel automatic feed , roll feed , progressive dies and molds and more complex pieces of automatic punching , blanking speed of 120-240 beats / min , product specifications from the Festival from 6.35 to 25.4mm, production efficiency approaching or have reached the international advanced level, but there are still many enterprises still remain in its original level , especially in the low level of non- standard shaped stamping automation chain , need to be improved .
At present, many manufacturers used the chain pin machine implementation of cutting off the device can not Zaigua flattened head , and die cut using a high-speed wearable new material, greatly improving the life for standard 19.05mm pitch roll chains, but does not apply to large-sized chain. Currently the large size of the chain pin is still used in metal cutting equipment , but a few use the hot forging process, the process has greatly improved labor productivity and material utilization, reduce manufacturing cost.
When multi-use sleeve forming machine manufacturers in the production chain pitch of 38.1mm standard roller chain sleeve , because the device has to improve production efficiency and quality rolled greatly improved roundness and sleeve seams close advantages degree , but there are also a large professional manufacturers specifications chain sleeve seam and the rolling process is very advanced , which can effectively reduce production costs. Slit sleeve is gradually replaced by a seamless sleeve , while some manufacturers are gradually promote the use of cold heading methods in the processing of the sleeve process.
As technology advances , the chain assembly machine technology has been greatly improved , especially high-speed assembly automation technology to promote the chain is shortened the gap between China and developed countries made the chain level , which greatly improves the positioning accuracy of the assembly , effectively increasing the assembly efficiency , but in the big chain assembly level specification is still relatively backward, to be improved.
Cutting and more common type is commonly used in domestic chain mold tool manufacturers , low precision of the tool , unable to meet the accuracy requirements of precision chain , to improve the accuracy of the chain , the country has a small number of manufacturers to start using the coordinates of grinding, CNC milling machines , precision CNC wire cutting , and even some manufacturers also uses vacuum mold hardening furnace , designed to improve die life.


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In Argentina, Kristallnacht has come to be known as "el pogrom de noviembre"—the "November pogrom." Last week, on the 75th anniversary of that tragic night, the Metropolitan Cathedral of Buenos Aires, a cavernous space in the symbolic center of the city, hosted an interfaith commemoration of the violence of that November pogrom convened by the archdiocese of Argentina and the nation's B'nai B'rith.
Diana Wang, the daughter of survivors and president of the Argentine group Generations of the Shoah, was at the cathedral for the event and did not expect it to be different from any previous commemorations, including the one last year, which was led by then-Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio—now Pope Francis—and his friend Rabbi Abraham Skorka. As in other years, the cathedral was full, crowded with representatives of various Christian denominations, rabbis, Jewish community leaders, politicians, and Holocaust survivors.
But this year, for the first time in the nearly 20-year history of such memorials in Argentine churches, a protest erupted: Members of a far-right religious group, the Society of St. Pius X, staged a group prayer to oppose what they called "the profanation of this space." According to Wang, it started as a murmur of "Our Father" and other prayers, and then the protesters began chanting the rosary louder and louder. Between 20 and 40 young men, some just teenagers, kneeled down and began praying fervently, their eyes fixed straight ahead.
The Society, an international organization formed in the wake of the Second Vatican Council by Catholics who opposed the liberalization of church doctrine, rejects the promotion of interfaith dialogue—strongly promoted by Pope Francis, who from Vatican City described Jews as "big brothers" to Catholics in his own observance of the Kristallnacht anniversary. It has gained a particular reputation for anti-Semitism. One of its bishops has been convicted of Holocaust denial in the German courts. In October, the Italian branch offered to hold a funeral for Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke, who had been extradited to Italy from Argentina.
The Kristallnacht protest at the Metropolitan Cathedral was a disruption of remembering, an assault on a key moment in Jewish history and Holocaust memory. But it was also a challenge to Pope Francis, on his home turf, and to the entire post-Vatican II infrastructure of interfaith dialogue Francis has reinvigorated since his election as pontiff earlier this year.
Wang—whom I first met through my fieldwork as an anthropologist working with survivor groups in Buenos Aires—told me she felt a sensation of fear. She worried that violence might erupt, in a church filled with elderly survivors. But they surprised her: The survivors in the cathedral, she told me, stood their ground "like soldiers," refusing to leave. "I am not going anywhere from here," they said later. "Ni loca"—not for anything—"would I go."
Others in attendance tried to intervene and stop the protest. Martha de Antueno, president of the Argentine Judeo-Christian Confraternity, decried their use of the rosary—a holy prayer—as a "weapon" against the memory of Holocaust victims being remembered that evening. But the men continued their prayers, murmuring louder and louder as they stared ahead. "They then confronted me, asking, how can I as a Catholic be supporting an event with those who had killed Jesus?" de Antueno told me afterward. One of the protesters took over the microphone and called out, "Leave, and stop this profanation." After nearly an hour, the protesters finally left.
Jews have long occupied a tenuous position in Argentina, home to the seventh-largest Jewish population in the world, and the largest in Latin America. They built an array of synagogues, schools and social service organizations, but the country where they found refuge also became an infamous haven for Nazis, many living under assumed identities—including, of course, Adolf Eichmann, who was known as "Ricardo Klement" until his capture by the Mossad in 1960. At the time, neo-Nazi groups responded by unleashing violence that included the kidnapping of a young Jewish student named Graciela Sirota; they tattooed a swastika onto her body. Since then, Jews have experienced waves of anti-Semitism, especially during the political repression of the military dictatorship, from 1976 to 1983, and the trauma of two terrorist attacks that targeted Jewish sites in the early 1990s.
But today, three decades after the collapse of the junta, Argentines memorialize the Holocaust through museums, monuments, archives, and commemorative programs like last week's, as well as through active outreach to society at large, Jews and non-Jews alike, undertaken by the Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires and survivor groups, like Generations of the Shoah. Argentina, as the only Latin American member nation in the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, also gives official state support for Holocaust commemoration in the national school curriculum. Holocaust remembrance ceremonies like the event at the cathedral are generally not controversial affairs—simply part of the landscape of memorial practices in Buenos Aires.
Last week's protests at the cathedral were met immediately with formal condemnation from many organizations, including Argentina's Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. Earlier this week, Pope Francis himself stepped forward to condemn these acts and the intolerance they represent.


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We first saw these tablets at CES last month in Vegas, the Archos Platinum line of tablets has now officially been announced and given release dates and pricing. This range of devices includes the 80,97, and 116. So as you probably have already figured out, they will range from 8-11.6 inches for display size. But they will all pretty much have the same specs. Which are….
- High-Definition IPS Display
- Quad-core CPU clocked at 1.2GHz with 8-core GPU and 1080p video decoding
- 2GB of RAM
- Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
We have the Archos 80 Platinum and as you probably figured out, it's an 8-inch tablet with a 1024×768 resolution display and will cost $199 and will be available this month. Then there's the 116 which is an 11.6-inch tablet with a 1920×1080 resolution display but won't be available until April and will be $349. I gotta say, that's not bad for a 1080p display on an 11.6-inch tablet. Then we have the 97 which is a 9.7-inch tablet that has the best resolution of them all. It features a 2048×1536 resolution which will be available this month as well and cost just $299.
So Archos seems to have a pretty decent line of tablets coming this month and the 11.6-inch one coming in April. Pricing isn't bad either, let's just hope the developer support is there. If not, you'll probably be stuck on Android 4.1 forever. Which would really suck, since it's already a 7-month old OS, and Android 5.0 is right around the corner.Then there's the 9.7-inch Platinum tablet that might be able to give the Nexus 10 a run for it's money, at least on the display. Probably not with the processor or software though.
So is anyone interested in any of these Archos Platinum tablets? I'm actually pretty interested in the 97 Platinum and the 116 Platinum tablets, those seem to have some pretty nice looking displays. But like I said already, the only down side is going to be support for these tablets. Hopefully we'll see Archos sending out updates for these tablets soon after release for Android 4.2.


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Donnie Yen (Ip Man & Ip Man 2) is Zilong "Dragon" Chen, an undercover cop deep inside China's most ruthless crime syndicate. The boss, Xiong (Collin Chou) swears to find every traitor and make them pay with their lives. Agents are turning up dead. His days are numbered. Desperate to protect his family and his life, Chen must risk everything to protect the Special Identity he never wanted before it's too late. We have your exclusive look at Special ID with a fast-paced car chase featuring Donnie Yen that ends an a massive explosion that nearly takes Dragon's life. Check out this action-packed thriller, available now On Demand before it hits theaters March 7.
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Topic Page: Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337
Roman Emperor (306-37) and founder of the Christian empire. A series of feuds for control of Italy ended when Constantine adopted Christianity and defeated Maxentius (312). Constantine and Licinius signed the Edict of Milan (313), which extended tolerance to Christians throughout the Empire. In 324 Constantine defeated Licinius and became sole ruler of the Empire. He presided over the first council of the Christian Church at Nicaea (325), which condemned Arianism. Constantine rebuilt (330) Byzantium as his capital and renamed it Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul). Constantine centralized imperial power, but divided the empire on his death. Historians debate whether his Christianity was born of conviction or political expediency.
or Constantine the Great (kŏn'stӘntēn, –tīn), 288?–337, Roman emperor, b. Naissus (present-day Niš, Serbia). He was the son of Constantius I and Helena and was named in full Flavius Valerius Constantinus.
When his father was made caesar (subemperor), Constantine was left at the court of the emperor Diocletian, where he was under the watchful eye of Galerius, who was caesar with Constantius. When Diocletian and Maximian resigned in 305, Constantius and Galerius became emperors.
Constantius requested that Constantine be sent to him in Britain, and Galerius reluctantly complied. Constantius died at York the next year. There, his soldiers proclaimed Constantine emperor, but much rivalry for the vacated office ensued. In Italy, Maxentius, supported by the Romans and by his father Maximian, vied with Severus and Galerius. Constantine, accepting the lesser title of caesar from Galerius, remained aloof while Maxentius and Maximian defeated Severus and Galerius.
Constantine made an alliance with Maximian, marrying his daughter Fausta and recognizing Maxentius after a fashion. When Maximian, in dispute with his son, fled to Constantine, Constantine received and sheltered him until Maximian, in an attempt to regain the throne, undertook (310) a revolt against Constantine's rule in Gaul. Unsuccessful against Constantine, Maximian was forced to commit suicide.
Constantine, having already declared against Maxentius and ignoring the fact that Galerius had recognized Licinius in the East, now considered himself emperor. When Galerius died in 310, still another claimant to the imperial throne appeared in Maximin (d. 313), who allied himself with Maxentius against the alliance of Licinius and Constantine. While Licinius attacked Maximin, Constantine moved into Italy against Maxentius. The rivals for Italy met (312) at the Milvian or Mulvian Bridge over the Tiber near Rome. Before the battle Constantine, who was already sympathetic toward Christianity, is said by Eusebius of Caesarea to have seen in the sky a flaming cross inscribed with the words, "In this sign thou shalt conquer." He adopted the cross and was victorious. Maxentius was routed and killed. The battle is regarded as a turning point for Christianity.
In 313 Constantine and his fellow emperor, Licinius, met at Milan and there issued the so-called Edict of Milan, confirming Galerius' edict of 309, which stated that Christianity would be tolerated throughout the empire. The edict in effect made Christianity a lawful religion, although it did not, as is sometimes believed, make Christianity the official state religion.
No longer having Maximin to contend with, Licinius challenged Constantine, and a brief struggle followed. Constantine, victorious, took (315) control over Greece and the Balkans, and the uneasy peace that followed lasted until 324, when Licinius again vied with Constantine. This time Licinius lost his throne and ultimately his life.
Constantine was now sole ruler of the empire, and in a reign of peace he set about rebuilding the strength of old Rome. Constantine continued to tolerate paganism and even to encourage the imperial cult. At the same time, however, he endeavored to unify and strengthen Christianity.
In 314 he convened a synod at Arles to regulate the Church in the West, and in 325 he convened and presided over a council at Nicaea to deal with the troubles over Arianism (see Nicaea, First Council of). Thus Constantine evolved the idea of the ecumenical council. In 330 he moved the capital to Byzantium, which was rebuilt as Constantinople, a city predominantly Christian and dedicated to the Virgin. He seems to have favored compromise with Arianism, and in 335, in defiance of the Council of Tyre, he exiled St. Athanasius.
As the founder of the Christian empire, Constantine began a new era. He was an absolute ruler, and his reign saw the culmination of the tendency toward despotic rule, centralized bureaucracy, and separation of military and civil powers evolved by Diocletian. Constantine's legal reforms were marked by great humanity, perhaps a result of Christian influence. Though he had done much to unify the empire, at his death Constantine divided it again, providing for his three surviving sons and also to some extent for the sons of his half-brother. These nephews were soon killed (though others, notably Julian the Apostate, survived), but complex contests ensued between Constans I, Constantine II, and Constantius II.
Historians differ greatly in their assessments of Constantine's motives and the depth of his Christian conviction. Early Christian writers portray him as a devout convert, although they have difficulty explaining his execution in 320 (on adultery charges) of Crispus, his son by his first wife, and Fausta, his wife. Some later historians see him as a political genius, expediently using Christianity to unify his empire. An intermediate interpretation pictures him as a pagan gradually converted to Christianity (he was baptized on his deathbed), using his new belief for personal ends much as earlier emperors had used the imperial cult.
The chief contemporary historians of Constantine's reign are Lactantius and Eusebius.
- See also biographies by N. H. Baynes (1931, repr. 1972), L. B. Holsapple (1942), A. H. M. Jones (rev. ed. 1962), J. H. Smith (1971), F. G. Slaughter (1972), M. Grant (1993), and D. Potter (2012);.
- Constantine the Great and Christianity (1914);. ,
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Man Pleads Guilty To Megan Sharpton's Murder
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Tenn. (WHNT) - The man arrested in the murder of Megan Sharpton has pleaded guilty to the crime and will avoid trial.
Donnie Jones, Jr. pleaded guilty to first-degree murder on Monday. He will serve life in prison without parole.
Jones entered this agreement in a hearing in Franklin County Circuit Court.
Sharpton, 24, was found dead July 2, 2012 near the Awalt Bridge in Franklin County. She was a nursing student.
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Our Family. This start of a new year is going very well. School went very well yesterday, and I'm hoping for a repeat performance today.
I received the most wonderful gift today from one of my daycare parents- The book called "Country wisdom and know-how"' I'm so excited! Today I took the remains of a chicken that I used for chicken and dumplings and put it in the crockpot filled with water. I'm going to take leftover rice and some veggies and we will have that with some rolls for dinner. Till Tommorow, Amy


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Invite your friends, it's a self discovery/love party.
OoOOoOoo! This is gonna be fun!
I love this idea! Not only am I going to make one right now, but I'm going to incorporate it into a kid's program at the library. Now, where's my glue gun?
Ohhhh yours turned out way prettier than mine!
oh my goodness, THIS I LOVE!!! SERIOUSLY!!! my kind of thing. My twinkie made one in school and it's still hanging in our room at our parents! ha i think it had the spice girls on it ;)
CAN'T WAIT TO DO THIS! and you know you can count on me to spread the word-- this is the kind of thing i adore-- you, i adore too!!!
ps. our 3 girl pups are doing great. They're sweet seesters :)
I am looking for my hangar...then, what to put on it????? Fun, fun, fun.....must run.....I love you and I love Miss Bebo's inspiring idea that touched you way back when......oh, not that long ago....Momm
okay that hanger is genuinely ADORABLE. i am so doing this...photos soon!
I love this, Kat! I will be making one and sending you a picture. I love how your hanger collage came out. <3
i wish i had my own Ms. Bebo. what a fun idea! your hanger collage is adorable, Kat. i will try to do this! :)
Oh My Gosh. I LOVE this idea!!!
I'm wide eyed looking around my room trying to choose things :)
Looks like cleaning is off the cards, i have a coat hanger to work on!!
i love that third grade picture of you! what a fun project to usher in fall. off to find a hanger. happy friday wishes!!!
I love the idea. I'm gonna do this.
i had a panic! i thought i'd missed the deadline! pheeeeeew!
better get back to my hanger! the pressure is one!
Okay, I'm going to do this. :) Maybe I'll even use the cute pink hanger you gave me.
Oooh! I only have a couple days to get my act together and work this out... and find a hanger! Isn't it funny that we don't really have those here... because maybe two percent of house even have closets. Oh, yes, it does make for a grand mess and a bunch of stuff hidden under the bed :) Luckily, we recently moved into a house with closets though...
I wish I had had a better hanger for my collage! This was a lot of fun doing, but definitely a little hard since I'm away at school!


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When managed well, intellectual property puts enterprises in a position to lock in advantages and command premiums. But in Europe, the process of commercializing IP remains fraught with difficulties. Although there has been significant progress in developing a unified system, there are major differences in the application and interpretation of IP rights in each national jurisdiction.
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Ups and downs mark amazing weight-loss ride
Dave Burt is half the man he used to be. The Arrow Ambulance paramedic and Catlin Fire Protection District fire chief is about 30 pounds from his goal weight: 220.
A few years ago, Burt weighed 498 pounds.
"I'm a different person. At my heaviest, I felt like I was 70 years old and dying," Burt said. "I feel like I'm 25."
His wife Bethany Burt, a Carle physical therapist, was the voice beside Burt—and inside his head—encouraging him to keep going for his family. Their son Isaiah turns 7 tomorrow.
"Dave could have easily given up, but he has continued to fight. He has a great amount of willpower to keep going with exercise and with food choices," Bethany said. "I'm very proud of him."
So is his bariatric surgeon.
"Dave is a true example of what hard work, surgical support and a supportive care team—including his wife—can mean for someone with serious weight issues. Those issues are surmountable. Dave did it, and he's doing it every day," said Dr. Blair Rowitz, Carle surgeon specializing in bariatrics and general surgery.
Not a quick fix
After knee surgery in January 2013, Burt learned he'd need knee-replacement surgery if he didn't lose weight. He was 40 years old.
That spring, he started choosing healthier foods and tracking what he ate, with help from Carle clinical dietician Ashley McCartney.
"We did this carefully. I wasn't starving myself," he said.
And he started moving. A lot.
"At the beginning, I couldn't walk around the block without getting winded," he said. "By the time I had gastric sleeve surgery, I was walking three miles and riding 20 miles on my bike a day."
Complications from a procedure he had years before, though, kept Burt in the hospital for months following the successful gastric sleeve surgery.
"People knew I went through a lot, but they didn't know how much," he said. "Bethany was there. She knows. If I didn't have her support, I don't know where I'd be today."
Again, Dr. Rowitz agrees.
"Through it all, he was persistent. He has the heart of a champion, and Bethany and their son kept him positive. They kept him going," said Dr. Rowitz, who is collaborating on innovative research inspired by Burt's experience.
'A different person'
Burt has been open about his transformation, recently sharing a Facebook video featuring his highs and his lows.
"I kept reminding myself of the future," Burt said. "I couldn't play with my son. I needed to change that."
Now, Isaiah and his dad do it all: baseball and soccer, Minecraft and Legos.
Plus, a life-changing trip to Disney World last spring.
"I've been big most of my life. I could never ride the rides," Burt said. "I'm afraid of heights, but we rode every ride Isaiah wanted to, even the Tower of Terror."
Burt isn't done shaping himself into the man he wants to be.
"I'm looking forward to getting my personal trainer certificate. I didn't do it on my own. I had a lot of support. I had Bethany's support," he said. "If someone starts feeling like they can't do it, I can help them be accountable so they keep going.
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Anna-Lisa Waldemar runs an old boarding house on the beautiful island of Sunnanö in the Swedish archipelago together with her son Oscar and his family. Without Oscar's knowledge Anna-Lisa invites his brother Lasse and sister Jonna in time for the summer opening. Oscar's shock has barely sunk in before another shock shatters his world – Anna-Lisa is found dead and her last will stipulates certain conditions for the siblings: They have to run the boarding house together during the entire season – or else they won't inherit anything at all. It is the mother's last effort to reunite her children, but it is easier said than done. It will change their lives and uncover hidden truths and dark family secrets. They will confront their unsolved past and struggle with current emotions. They will all find out whether blood is thicker than water …
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Before stackoverflow (and currently, to a lesser extent) I helped out on several IRC channels. There have always been certain FAQs for each channel. Over the years there have been a variety of resources we use as authoritative references; SO has become a great site for many of them.
More often there are the non-FAQ questions. "Why is this particular site/code/application doing what it is doing, and how do I fix it?" IRC is, IMHO, perfect for this. Immediate, personal, tailored problem analysis and solution. Posting a blog entry about the solution would—most of the time—be of little use to anyone else.
I see SO as the opposite of IRC in this regard. While it's nice to get a community of rabid experts vying for the opportunity to fix your problem, it seems to me that there is little long-term value (either to SO or the 'net as a whole) to hosting questions and answers related to a very specific problem.
Some examples:
- Is anyone but the OP going to benefit from this question, describing a problem with SVG pie-charts in Ruby where the problem was a mistake in degree-to-radian conversion?
- A user with invalid HTML markup that needed a specific CSS hack to fix his layout?
- This user has created a site that looks horrible in IE and wants help fixing it.
I realize that the world isn't black-and-white. It's possible to conjure up some almost-plausible scenarios where a future user might find the question after searching and get an answer. But I submit that by-and-large questions like this are a drain on SO.
If you could categorize and identify such questions (either absolutely or on a scale), do you think that they should be discouraged?
If so—if this is a worthy problem to investigate—do you have any suggestions on how to identify such questions, separating the wheat from the chaff?


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Crackle - Pascal's Pork Scratchings 100g
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Pascal's scratchings are lightly golden resembling the crackling from a Sunday pork roast. The brittle snack is salted to give a well rounded flavour of pork crackling, that crumbles with every bite.
A beautiful family recipe handed down for generations, the pork scratchings are crunchy crackling, crisp & golden brown.
3 simple ingredients: pork skin, pork fat, salt - Perfect!


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Chardonnay, at its best, makes a wine that can prompt me to shout, or at least mutter, "bravo!" but (unlike riesling or even chenin blanc) doesn't ever make me go weak at the knees and start blubbering brokenly of undying love.
So, I'm happy to murmur a fairly convinced bravo to KWV's Mentors Chardonnay 2012. From Elgin it is, like so many of the best cape chards. And if the drinking test is the important one, this did embarrassingly well tonight with my vegetarian sushi. I enjoyed it greatly and look forward to another bravo tomorrow night, when I expect the wine to be showing even better and that the bottle will be truly vanquished.
I tasted this wine in a June line-up of KWV wines (see here), and really think that five months in bottle have done it good – five more will undoubtedly do it even better, and probably five years too. I noted then that was rather shy, fairly elegant, "with nice limey fruit, well balanced, but not very expressive. Improved after time in glass, however. Very decent. 16/20." I was tasting (blind) with some KWV people who said subsequently that "wine from this source needs a few years to start showing its best". Clearly this is true and that every bit of time counts.
Tonight it was much more expressive than before, beautifully composed and harmonious, that limey fruit gathering a bit more incipient complexity. I'd give it another point out of 20 now, and think that Christine Rudman in Platter 2014 was being a touch mean in giving it only four stars. But it hasn't done all that brilliantly in all the competitions that KWV is throwing its wines into, either.
However, this is a very serious contender in the local chardonnay stakes, I'd say, striking a nice line between richness and increasingly fashionable leanness. Perhaps a touch too sweet-fruited for real elegance, but the oaking is masterly. Probably it would do better in all those competitions if it was held back a year or so. So, if KWV knows how a bit of time in bottle will bring noticeable improvement, why not release it a bit later? The accountants quashing the winemakers, I suppose. A shortsighted policy, probably, given that KWV are clearly very keen on competition success at this stage of their image-rebuilding programme.
It occurs to me again that KWV is going for down-the-line virtues with its Mentors range, rather than excitement, which is probably fair enough for now. I'd guess (but what do I know about marketing) that at some stage we'll see another KWV top-end range doing more exciting stuff. Meanwhile, amongst others, there's this chard, not cheap but not too outrageously priced at round about R180.


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BloomBoss PANEL grown Hydroponic Lettuce now available at Roche Bros. Supermarkets
Posted by Ethan on 18th Jun 2014
BloomBoss is pleased to announce the arrival of SmartHarvest Bistro Blend hydroponic lettuce at select Roche Bros. stores. The lettuce is grown at Volante Farms in Needham inside of a SmartHarvest container which utilizes over 600 of our BloomBoss PANEL LED Grow Lights. SmartHarvest employs cutting edge growing technologies to produce amazing produce in a very small space at lightning fast speed. The BloomBoss PANEL provides the perfect light spectrum while using only 32 watts and generating very little heat. We are very proud to have our LED grow lights selected for the commercial production of some great local greens.
Check out the whole story on the Roche Bros. website: http://www.rochebros.com/smartharvest/


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If you've been working with LaTeX for any amount of time, I'm sure you've picked up several little tricks and snippets of code that you want to reuse. For example, a particular way to set up a package like
listings or
hyperref just the way you like it. Or a little trick for modifying some aspect of the formatting (One of my personal favourites is this trick). Now, you don't want to keep going back to an old
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Political Theory
The compact theory holds that self-governing sovereign states have rights to protect themselves, whereas the nationalist theory holds that nullification or secession would be insubordination. Nationalists view states as a single whole with no boundaries and a single aggregated people.
The First Continental Congress was an advisory body only creating resolutions, not laws. In 1775 they met again and continued to do so until 1781. They had no powers of coercion. A multiplicity of colonies sent delegates occasionally. Nothing done by this Congress is inconsistent with the idea of separate and sovereign states. "We the people" was originally "We the states".
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You can setup a hot spare when you build a new RAID 5 array.
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Al-ko BM875-III B&S Scythe Mower: The AL-KO BM875-III B&S Scythe Mower is a specialist machine designed for cutting meadows, orchards and wild garden areas. Specially hardened EMS blades come as standard and are inserted into an easy-to-service guide system which ensures a long service life. Also, a standard feature are the outsoles with variable height adjustment.
Ready for winter operation
Thanks to supplementary accessories like snowplough and snow chains, the scythe mowers can also be used effectively in the winter season.
Perfect grass depositing
The movable grass deflector means that no grass is left lying on the cover, while grass depositing is improved because of the shorter distance between the wheel and the beam.
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Height-adjustable and with vibration damping, the ergonomically shaped handlebar ensures optimum handling on rough ground as well as easy transport.
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BBQ Tips
June 29, 2008 by TheBBQGuy · Leave a Comment
How to keep BBQ hot if you're not quite ready to eat it…use an ice chest/ice cooler. Put some hot water in an empty ice chest, close the lid and let it set for 3 or 4 minutes. Drain the hot water and you've got yourself a portable BBQ warmer. We've kept pork butts warm this way for 6 or 7 hours.
How to keep your hands clean when cooking BBQ…use powder free latex gloves. They come in packs of 100 at the local Sam's Club and will keep your hands clean. You'll maintain good sanitary practices too. Many bbq sanctioning bodies require the use of gloves when preparing contest entries.
How to keep your spouse interested in the BBQ hobby…get him/her involved in it with you. It's a lot of fun. You meet nice people and it's something you can do together.
How to keep your BBQ expenses in line with your budget…research all your purchases thoroughly. Make sure your purchase will do what you want it to do BEFORE you purchase it. For example, if you want to learn to cook whole hogs, you probably need to consider a big cooker or if you want to cook 10-15 racks spare ribs every weekend you're going to need something bigger than a WSM.
How to continually improve your BBQ recipes…keep records of your cooking efforts including cook times, prepping techniques used and especially measurements for sauces or rubs and spices used. When you tweak the recipe for taste, only change one thing at a time–change the cook time, change the rub, change the sauce, but try to avoid completely changing everything all at once. Small changes to your technique and recipes will help you focus on the effects better and you'll be able to fine tune the product quality more efficiently.
CG-15 Commercial Grade Vacuum Sealer
A couple of years ago, I purchased a commercial grade vacuum sealer from Cabela's.
My wife and I were looking for a solution for storing leftover bbq. I often cook multiple pork butts and multiple briskets, which is a lot of meat for two people. We love the vacuum sealer. Leftover bbq will store for a few days in standard plastic bowls with lids, but more than a few days of storage requires something more substantial. Enter the vacuum sealer solution.
The vacuum sealer extends the storage life of food by withdrawing oxygen that accelerates the deterioriation and hastens the spoilage process in food. After cooking, we just place the remaining meat into a bag of the appropriate size, press a button and a few seconds later we have a professional quality vacuum seal that will store in the freezer or refrigerator with ease.
When we have a craving for bbq, we just pop the bag into a pan of hot water and–presto–we have a bbq meal at our fingertips.
I'll be the first to warn prospective vacuum sealer shoppers that the CG-15 Commercial Grade Vacuum Sealer is not inexpensive. Ours cost $399.99 and the 15 x 18 size bags were another $45.00, but when you bbq as much as we do…and can't eat all that you cook in one setting (we often cook 10-15 lbs. of meat at a time), the vacuum sealer is a wise investment.
For the cost conscious bbq cook, Foodsaver makes a more economical line of vacuum sealers that retail for prices in the $100 range. The Foodsaver bags are less expensive as well. I've not used a Foodsaver, so I can't vouch for their effectiveness as compared to the Cabela's model.
Is My Barbecue Ready Yet? – Cooking Ribs
By Kevin Bevington
There are different ways to cook, and determine doneness in your BBQ ribs, and we are going to break those down into the 2 types.
St Louis Spare Ribs – St Louis Spare Ribs can be one of the most difficult meats to cook and to get done accurately. Many of the ways you would determine doneness, take some time and experience to identify and master. But first, we will cover a good process to use, which will take you real close to being done, and then you can apply a couple of simple techniques to determine doneness.
Is My Barbecue Ready Yet? – Part 2
June 22, 2008 by homebbq · Leave a Comment
By Kevin Bevington
Ok, we made our rub. Now that we have our barbecue tasting good, we want to make sure we are cooking it properly. BBQ that is cooked properly will actually stand out better than BBQ that may actually have better tasting seasoning and sauce. This is where a lot of new barbecue competition teams miss the boat, and especially those in the backyard trying to cook bbq for their friends and family.
Let's start with the tools you will need to bring you closer to your tender barbecue goal. First, let's talk about your cooker, or bbq smoker. Let's face it, you can cook barbecue on anything, bullet style smoker, offset fire box smoker, ceramic smoker, electric smoker, pellet grill, charcoal grill, and even a gas grill.
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This recipe uses the HomeBBQ.com Old Florida Key Lime Jerk Seasoning, and a Cider Vinegar Marinade. Its real good, let us know what you think.
Items Needed:
2 – 3 lb Bone-in Pork loin roast
1 Jar of HomeBBQ.com Old Florida Key Lime Jerk Seasoning
Marinade Ingredients:
2 cups of Cider Vinegar
2 tbsp of brown sugar
1 tsp of salt
1 tsp of black pepper
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)
Mix Marinade Ingredients in non-reactive bowl. Place pork roast and Marinade in a sealed container or plastic bag, and let marinate for a minimum of 1 hour to a maximum of 2 hours.
Remove the pork roast from the marinade, and discard the marinade.
Season pork roast liberally with HomeBBQ.com Old Florida Key Lime Jerk Seasoning.
Let stand for 15 to 20 minutes before cooking.
This roast needs to be cooked indirect at a temperature of 350 degrees for approx. 20-25 minutes per pound. The internal temp of the roast when finished should be 150-155 degrees.
After removing from heat, let stand for 15 minutes before slicing. This will let the juices settle inside the roast.
This recipe can be used for cooking in the oven, smoker or grill.
This recipe uses HomeBBQ.com Sweet Orange Habenero Seasoning
2 – Pork Tenderloins
1 – Cup Balsamic Vinegar
1/4 – Cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 – tsp Chopped Garlic
1 – Jar of HomeBBQ.com Sweet Orange Habenero Seasoning
Combine Balsamic Vinegar, Olive Oil, chopped Garlic, and 2 tsp Sweet Orange Habenero Seasoning in a non-reactive bowl.
Place Pork Tenderloins in sealed container, and pour in Vinegar and Oil mixture. Let marinate a minimum of 4 hours, preferrably overnight.
Remove tenderloins from marinade, and season liberally with HomeBBQ.com Sweet Orange Habenero Seasoning. Let stand for 15 minutes. Discard remaining marinade.
Grill Pork Tenderloins over medium-hot fire turning occasionally, for 15 to 25 minutes, until internal temp reaches 155 to 160 degrees.
Remove from heat and let stand for 5 to 10 minutes
Slice, serve, and enjoy!
The Renowned Mr Brown
Leonard Heuberger
In old Southern Slang, Mr Brown is the dark, smoky outside part of the barbequed pork, usually the shoulder. This is the traditional cooking style, perfected by generations of pitmasters to give Mr. Brown his deserved renown.
Southern Succor Rub
1/4 cup ground black pepper
1/4 cup paprika
1/4 cup turbinado sugar
2 tablespoons salt
2 teaspoons dry mustard
1 teaspoon cayenne
6 pound to 8 pound Boston butt
Southern Sop (optional)
Remaining Southern Succor Rub
2 cups cider vinegar
1 cup water
3 tablespoons ground black pepper
2 tablespoons salt
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon paprika
1 tablespoon cayenne
Serves 8 to 10
The night before you plan to barbecue, combine the rub ingredients in a small bowl. Massage the pork well with about half of the rub. Transfer the pork to a plastic bag and refrigerate overnight.
Before you begin to barbecue, remove the pork from the refridgerator. Pat down the butt with another coating of rub. Let the pork sit at room temperature for about 45 minutes.
Prepare the smoker for barbecuing, bringing the temperature to 200 degrees F to 220 degrees F.
If you plan to baste the pork, stir any remaining rub together with the mop ingredients in a saucepan and warm the mixture over low heat.
Transfer the pork to the smoker and cook it for about 1 1/2 hours per pound, or internal temperature reaches 170 degrees to 180 degrees.Mop the pork about once an hour in wood-burning pit, or as appropriate for your style smoker.
remove the pork from the smoker and let it sit for about 15 minutes, until cool enough to handle.Pull of chunks of the meat, and either shred or chop them as you wish. Make sure each serving has some of the darker chewier Mr. Brown along with the lighter interior meat. If you wish, serve the pork with Golden Mustard Barbeque Sauce, Carolina Red, or Vaunted Vinegar Sauce.
Tangerine Rotisserie Chicken
This Recipe uses HomeBBQ.com Old Florida Tangerine Pepper Seasoning.
Ingredients Needed:
1 – 4 to 5 lb. whole chicken
1 – can chicken broth
2 – Tblsp melted Butter
1 Jar of HomeBBQ.com Old Florida Tangerine Pepper Seasoning
Combine Chicken Broth, melted butter, and 2 tsp. of the Tangerine Pepper seasoning and mix thouroughly using a wire wisk.
Using an injector, and starting in the breast. Inject the chicken with approximately 8 to 10oz of broth, butter, and seasoning mixture (approx. 2oz per pound).
Season outside of chicken liberally with Tangerine Pepper Seasoning. Place Chicken on Rotisserie, and let cook 20 to 22 minutes per pound. Internal temp of thigh area should be 180 degrees.
When finished let chicken stand for 10 minutes before carving
HomeBBQ.com Beer Butt Chicken
This recipe uses HomeBBQ.com Black Jack Rub & Grill
Ingredients needed:
1 – 4 to 5 lb whole chicken
1 – Beer Can (Tall can preferably)
1/2 – Cup Butter
1- tblsp Garlic Salt
1 – Jar of HomeBBQ.com Black Jack Rub & Grill
Preheat grill or smoker to approximately 250 to 275 degrees.
In a small sauce pan, melt 1/2 cup butter. Mix in 1 tblsp garlic salt, 2 tblsp of Black Jack Rub & Grill. Discard (or drink) 1/2 the beer, leaving the remainder in the can. Add butter, garlic salt, and Black Jack rub to beer can (reserve 1/8th cup).
Place can on a disposable baking sheet.
Set chicken on can, inserting can into the cavity of the chicken.
Brush chicken with Butter, garlic salt, and Black Jack Rub mixture.
Then season liberally with Black Jack Rub & Grill.
Place baking sheet with beer and chicken on the grill. Cook for about 2 to 3 hours, or until chicken is no longer pink and juices run clear. Internal temp of breast 160 to 165 degrees.
Let rest for 5 to 10 minutes
Carve, serve, and enjoy!
Basic Beer Can Chicken
Steven Raichlen
Basic Beer-Can Chicken from the Barbecue Boot Camp Recipes…
1 can (12 ounces) beer
1 chicken (3 1/2 to 4 pounds)
2 tablespoons All-Purpose Barbecue Rub or
your favorite commercial rub 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
2 cups wood chips or chunks (preferably hickory or cherry), soaked for 1 hour in water and/or beer to cover, then drained Vertical chicken roaster (optional)
1. Pop the tab off the beer can. Pour half of the beer (3/4 cup) over the soaking wood chips or chunks, or reserve for another use. If cooking the chicken on the can, using a church key-style can opener, make 2 additional holes in its top. Set the can of beer aside. Remove the packet of giblets from the body cavity of the chicken and set aside for another use. Remove and discard the fat just inside the body and neck cavities. Rinse the chicken, inside and out, under cold running water and then drain and blot dry, inside and out, with paper towels. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon of the rub inside the body cavity and 1/2 teaspoon inside the neck cavity of the chicken. Drizzle the oil over the outside of the bird and rub or brush it all over the skin. Sprinkle the outside of the bird with 1 tablespoon of rub and rub it all over the skin. Spoon the remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons of rub into the beer through a hole in the top of the can. Don't worry if the beer foams up: This is normal.
2. -If cooking on a can: Hold the bird upright, with the opening of the body cavity at the bottom, and lower it onto the beer can so the can fits into the cavity. Pull the chicken legs forward to form a sort of tripod, so the bird stands upright. The rear leg of the tripod is the beer can. -If cooking on a roaster: Fill it with the beer mixture and position the chicken on top, following the manufacturer's instructions.
3. Tuck the tips of the wings behind the chicken's back. Set up the grill for indirect grilling and preheat to medium. If using a charcoal grill, place a large drip pan in the center. If using a gas grill, place all the wood chips or chunks in the smoker box or in a smoker pouch and preheat on high until you see smoke, then reduce the heat to medium.
4. When ready to cook, if using a charcoal grill, toss all of the wood chips or chunks on the coals. Stand the chicken up in the center of the hot grate, over the drip pan and away from the heat. Cover the grill and cook the chicken until the skin is a dark golden brown and very crisp and the meat is cooked through (about 180°F) on an instant-read meat thermometer inserted in the thickest part of a thigh, but not touching the bone), 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours.
5. -If using a charcoal grill, you'll need to add 12 fresh coals per side after 1 hour. If the chicken skin starts to brown too much, loosely tent the bird with aluminum foil. -If cooking on a can: Using tongs, hold the bird by the can and carefully transfer it in an upright position to a platter. If cooking on a roaster: Use oven mitts or pot holders to remove the bird from the grill while it's still on the vertical roaster.
6. Present the bird to your guests. Let the chicken rest for 5 minutes, then carefully lift it off its support. Take care not to spill the hot beer or otherwise burn yourself. Halve, quarter, or carve the chicken and serve.
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Inbox counter improvements
inglês Fevereiro 18, 2016
Hello GroupCampers,
As you already know, our IT team is always on the lookout for new ways to improve your user experience.
This month, our engineers greatly improved the message counter in your GroupCamp Inbox. We wanted to give you a quick recap so that you can fully understand how it works !
From now on, the GroupCamp Inbox counter:
- Indicates the number of received messages based on the last time you accessed the Inbox app,
- Goes back to 0 after you access the Inbox app,
- Automatically goes up in real time when you receive new messages (Desktop and Responsive versions)
- On the Responsive version, the counter becomes grey when the sync mechanism is not activated (see screenshot below).
As soon as the mecanism is activated, the counter will be displayed in red (Editor's note: WebSocket connection).
Note: If you notice that your counter never turns up red (and that the rest of the application works), it probably means that your Smartphone browser is not supporting the WebSocket technology. In the event you experience an issue with your Inbox counter, please contact the support team.


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Mary's Lillie sweater is progressing nicely. I am about 4 inches below the sleeve divisions so it is going well. It should make a good Knit Nite project.
I also wanted to just mention, to anyone who happens past our homestead, and wonderers what tore up our meadow next to our house, near the road.
Hubby got a new plow from my friend Christine and her hubby. He converted the three bottom to a 2 bottom and has been tweaking and testing it all week. I had to take and print a bunch of pictures both overall views and closeups so he could take them to the implement dealer for suggestions.
The best thing about having a day off, knowing the evening would be all mine. I had my supper planned, things that Hubby dislikes because he would (as usual) be at the livestock auction. Then around 2pm he informs me he wasn't going. Ooops. I barely had time to get food in the crock pot, hope it gets done soon.