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C.D.S. Newsletter October 2013
In this issue...
- TRACE 700 Version 6.3 Now Available
- Modeling for LEED Certification Now Faster and Easier
- Trane IntelliPak and VRF Library Members Added to TRACE 700
- VariTrane Duct Designer Methodologies
- New Version of TOPSS Available
- Two-Year TRACE License Offer
- FAQ: Should I back up my TRACE files before installing an update?
- FAQ: How do I model district cooling and heating for LEED in TRACE?
- Meet the C.D.S. Support Staff ... Nick Cavitt and Chris Walkowicz
TRACE 700™ Version 6.3 Now Available
TRACE 700, Load Design, Load Express, and Chiller Plant Analyzer updates are now available. The articles below detail the new features in version 6.3. View the complete list of changes.
Modeling for LEED® Certification Now Faster and Easier
The latest version of TRACE 700 introduces exciting new features
that simplify modeling for LEED certification: the LEED Guide, the
Baseline Building Creator, and a complete set of ASHRAE Standard
90.1-2007 construction types and systems.
"Customers have been requesting TRACE features that simplify the LEED and ASHRAE 90.1 energy simulation process for years," said Matt Biesterveld, Customer Direct Service (C.D.S). manager for Trane. "Our new LEED Guide combines all the great features we've added in response to those requests with a holistic approach that streamlines the entire process. We believe customers will see real efficiency gains in their LEED modeling projects."
The new LEED Guide simplifies the process of modeling for LEED v2009. It consists of a series of helpful screens that highlight specific ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007 requirements that are relevant to the current TRACE 700 screen. It also provides convenient access to Table G3.1 from Appendix G of 90.1 and detailed Help.
Another advanced feature, the Baseline Building Creator, saves time and improves accuracy by automating the creation of the baseline building. Using information from the proposed alternative, it creates the baseline building according to ASHRAE Standard 90.1 requirements. With a click of a button, the Baseline Building Creator:
- populates construction inputs with 90.1 minimally compliant windows, walls, roofs, slabs and doors,
- reduces proposed windows to 40 percent of the wall area (if applicable) while maintaining the wall-to-window proportion,
- reduces proposed skylights to 5 percent of the gross roof area (if applicable) while maintaining the skylight-to-roof proportion, and
- ensures room-by-room outside air compliance between the proposed and the baseline alternatives.
As part of this update, TRACE 700 also includes a complete set of
ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007 construction types and systems.
To see the new LEED Guide and Baseline Building Creator in action, check out this short tutorial.
Trane IntelliPak
and Variable Refrigerant Flow Library Members Added to TRACE 700
Several new library members have been added to TRACE to help you model Trane IntelliPak™ and Trane® Advantage VRF™ variable refrigerant products.
Trane IntelliPak Products: A Modeling Guide
In an effort to help you more accurately model all of our equipment product offerings, C.D.S. is working closely with the TOPSS (Trane Official Product Selection System) development team and Trane product teams to develop a more efficient and accurate process for building equipment library members within TRACE.
A preliminary benefit of these developments is the addition of several new library members to help you model the following air-cooled unitary Trane product offerings:
- Standard IntelliPak,
- High Efficiency IntelliPak,
- and the newly developed eFlex Variable Speed Compressor IntelliPak.
The following documentation is being provided to help you model
these systems as accurately as is currently possible within the
Step 1: Select the correct airside system fan
The three IPAK library members should be modeled as variable-volume systems. They were built with raw data generated using VAV indoor fans. As such, on the Fans tab of Create Systems, the appropriate VAV fan should be selected based on the specific equipment being modeled (Table 1). To accommodate this, two new VAV fan library members have been added to the 'Variable volume' fan type equipment selection of theFan Equipment Library.
Table 1
|Standard IntelliPak
|IPAK Std Eff VAV
|High Efficiency IntelliPak
|IPAK High Eff VAV
|eFlex Variable Speed Compressor IntelliPak
|IPAK Std Eff VAV
Special Note: The Intellipak systems can be modeled with a fan static pressure optimization control strategy. To accommodate this, a new fan has been added to the 'Variable volume non SP' subsection of the Fan Equipment Library. To model this control strategy, follow the directions provided in the TRACE User's Manual (p. 5-13) and apply theIPAK VAV w Crit Zn Reset fan on the Fans tab of Create Systems.
Step 2: Select the desired standard equipment library member in Create Plants
These new standard equipment library members can be found in the "Air-cooled unitary" equipment drop-down list in the Equipment library. The new equipment library members are:
- IPAK RTU High Eff 20-75 Ton
- IPAK RTU Std Eff 20-75 Ton
- IPAK RTU VS eFlex 20-75 Ton
The associated performance unloading curves for each of these
library members have also been added to the standard Curves
Special Notes:
- The data used to create the performance curves for each of these equipment libraries included the condenser fan energy. In TRACE, we typically model the heat rejection equipment separately. This deviation from our typical modeling approach is a byproduct of how performance will be modeled for equipment in the next generation of TRACE that is currently being developed. We have decided to build the models in this fashion to reduce manual data manipulation and drive development of an automated equipment library member process through a TOPSS selection process. As a result, a new heat rejection library member has been added to the Heat Rejection library and is associated with the new Equipment library members. It is called "Included In Compressor Power" and has an energy rate of zero so that it never consumes energy when used. We don't want to double account for the condenser fan energy that is already being accounted for in the equipment performance curves.
- A new Controls library member has been added to the Miscellaneous Equipment library and is associated with each of the new IPAK library members. It is named IPAK Controls 0.7 KW and represents the energy draw for the equipment due to the factory integrated controls package.
In closing, this documentation is provided as a guide to help you
properly set up TRACE to model these specific new standard equipment
library members. Additional support questions can be directed to the
C.D.S. Support Center via phone (608-787-3926) or email (email@example.com).
We would like to thank the Trane large commercial unitary product growth team for working with the C.D.S. group to further the TOPSS-to-TRACE automated equipment build development project and put these new equipment library members in the hands of TRACE customers. Thank you!
Trane Advantage VRF Products
Additional library members have been added to help you model the new Trane Advantage VRF™ variable refrigerant system. Three size ranges are available in both heat pump and heat recovery modes:
- Trane VRF 6-12 Ton Heat Pump/Heat Recovery
- Trane VRF 14-24 Ton Heat Pump/Heat Recovery
- Trane VRF 26-36 Ton Heat Pump/Heat Recovery
For modeling instructions, refer to "Variable Refrigerant Flow
System" on p. 3-81 of theTRACE 700 User's Manual.
VariTrane™ Duct Designer Methodologies
Equal friction vs. static regain
In any duct system, static pressure and velocity pressure offset friction loss. Duct systems sized with equal-friction methodology keep the pressure drop per unit length of duct relatively constant throughout the duct system.
By varying sizes, you can create a duct system that delivers the required airflow at a velocity that does not increase friction loss. In theory, you assume a constant duct friction rate (as determined by root section parameters, typically 0.1 in. H2O per 100 feet), and calculate duct dimensions as necessary to maintain friction loss below the assumed factor.
Equal-friction methodology is widely used for sizing relatively low-velocity, low-pressure systems, but with VariTrane Duct Designer you can apply equal-friction methodology to any system.
The theory of static-regain design is a little more complex. The goal of static regain is to keep static pressure relatively constant throughout the duct system. At diverging junctions and transitions, velocity pressure decreases to offset friction losses while static pressure remains unchanged. The static pressure recovered at each section is known as static regain.
Static regain duct design offers a big airside opportunity to help your customers realize installed cost savings (and more). For more on this, see "Stretch Your Project Dollars With Static Regain Duct Design."
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New Version of TOPSS Available
Attention TOPSS customers: To ensure that you are using the most current Trane product selections, install the latest TOPSS update. TOPSS version 8.8.087 is now available in the download center.
Installation Instructions [PDF]
Two-Year TRACE License Offer
For a limited time, when you purchase a two-year license of TRACE
700, TRACE 700 Load Design, TRACE 700 Load Express, or Chiller Plant
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Frequently Asked Questions
Should I back up my TRACE files before installing an update?
Each TRACE 700 update contains new features, enhancements, and bug
fixes. These changes, while beneficial, can impact the results of your
TRACE file. It is always a good idea to back up your files before an
Besides peace of mind, here are some other reasons to back up your files:
- To preserve your file in the version in which it was created (files are not backwards compatible in TRACE)
- To compare the results from the previous version with the new version
- To save a backup of your custom libraries
We recommend that you archive the project, export custom library
members, and zip the resulting files in a separate folder for
safekeeping. If you have a particularly important file that you have
recently completed, you may wish to export your reports for
record-keeping purposes. Each step of the process is explained in the
document below.
Backing Up Your TRACE™ 700 Files [PDF]
Modeling District Energy Systems (DES) for LEED
What are District Energy Systems and how do they impact LEED?
District Energy Systems, which are central thermal energy conversion plants or distribution systems that provide thermal energy to more than one building, can vary widely in size, scope, and complexity. From an environmental perspective, it should not matter whether the building's heating or cooling is generated from the building itself or in a DES. The U.S. Green Building Council created a Credit Interpretation Request (CIR) on this subject due to many LEED projects inaccurately accounting for DES. The intent of clarifying this topic was to show to what degree project teams must account for DES in the scope of the prerequisites and credits in LEED programs. Furthermore, within the rating system, the only affected credit category is Energy and Atmosphere.
How can TRACE 700 help with compliance?
There are two paths that can be taken for compliance—prescriptive and performance. The performance path contains two options and is most applicable to TRACE 700.
Option 1 (streamlined option): This option is the building stand-alone scenario and has a points cap for EAc1. The energy model's scope accounts for only the downstream equipment.
Option 2 (full accounting option): This option is the aggregate building / district energy system scenario and has a points floor for EAc1 (i.e., projects must achieve a certain minimum number of points in order to use this option). The energy model's scope accounts for both the downstream and upstream equipment.
How is each option modeled in TRACE 700?
We've created a modeling guide [PDF] that steps through the CIR. The document covers the basics of modeling district cooling and heating plants to satisfy the requirements established within the CIR. Working knowledge of the CIR and LEED is assumed throughout the guide.
What about the special situations for DES energy models?
The CIR specifically mentions district level Combined Heat and Power (CHP, or cogeneration), service water heating, and absorption chillers that are also applied for both options. All three of the above special situations can be modeled in TRACE 700 by following the steps for each respective section within the TRACE 700 User's Manual. TheUser's Manual can be accessed from TRACE by selecting Help > Documentation > User's Manual.
Meet the C.D.S. Support Staff
Nick joined C.D.S. in June 2013 after eight years as a building automation systems estimator and engineer for the contracting department of Damuth Trane in Norfolk, Va. Prior to that, Nick completed a short stint with Trane in La Crosse working with an air handling design group. He is originally from Madison, Wis., and has a degree in mechanical engineering. He recently became a father for the second time and loves spending time with his wife, two young sons and two dogs.
What is your favorite piece of technology?
I am unfortunately tethered to my smartphone. Whether it's video-chatting with my family via Skype (who are awaiting their move from Virginia), using it as a GPS to navigate my new surroundings, or just using it to organize my life, I've sadly become overly dependent on it.
My favorite thing about working in C.D.S. is…
... the fact that I can honestly say that I learn something new each day. Whether it's something about the software itself or about how the industry applies these tools, I relish the fact that I am continually adding to my knowledge base. I also really enjoy helping people and being that I'm new to the role, it feels even better when I can help a customer without having to ask a colleague for assistance or to vet my answer. My coworkers are great and when everyone has a common goal of learning and helping others, it makes work enjoyable.
Chris joined C.D.S. as a Marketing Engineer in 2011. Chris' background is in engineering and he has passion for air conditioners. He loves conversing with customers in the support center and in training classes. Additionally, he enjoys spending time with his family, doing home improvement projects, snowplowing and browsing craigslist on the weekends.
What is your favorite piece of technology?
My garage door opener. I just love pushing that button from 50 feet away and watching that giant door go up so I can drive in. For that 10 seconds of my life, I feel like the King of England. It is very special to me that my young son also shares in this fascination.
If you had to live in a TV show for a month, which show would it be and why?
Without question, I would be in the Emmy award-winning series Ask This Old House. I love helping people with home improvement projects and would love to shadow home improvement legends Tom, Roger, Richard and Kevin. I would also love to drive around the country in a GMC pickup, drinking coffee and pulling an enclosed trailer full of tools. Before living in the show, I would have to practice backing up trailers into driveways.
Contributors: C.D.S. marketing engineers Sue Bouffleur, Nick Cavitt, Kit Fransen, Charlie Jelen, Shawn O'Brien, and Chris Walkowicz.
C.D.S. Newsletter December 2013
C.D.S. Newsletter June 2013


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Don Russo's 1963 Buick Riviera - East Coast Cool
An Awesome Example of a Contemporary '60s Custom
Hunters and automotive hobbyists often have a lot in common. When the hunter steps into the field, the focus is on the quarry, and when an auto enthusiast gets an idea for a project, there is an intensive hunt for a vehicle. There is no guarantee of success when a person goes hunting, and hunters come home empty-handed day after day.
There comes a time, though, when the game hunter is successful and the gearhead finds the perfect vehicle. Don Russo of West Chester, Pennsylvania, was looking for a car on which to work. There were many days when Don's hunt ended with zero. Nada. Undaunted, he kept looking. One afternoon he was driving near his home when he spotted a '63 Riviera sitting by the side of the road. In an instant he was backing up. Actually, he said he was going about 70 backwards because he couldn't believe what he'd seen.
A quick inspection of the vehicle led to some serious negotiations with the original owner. With only 57,000 miles on the clock, he thought he would restore the Riviera to its original condition, but when he rolled it into his driveway, his son took one look and decided it was time for a talk with Dad. Don's friends, Barry Rice of Main Street Customs of Leesport, Pennsylvania, and John Torrie, were brought in for consultation, too. They decided to make some changes to reflect their version of how the car might have looked if they were the GM stylists given the task of designing the Riviera.
They mulled over some ideas and thus began a twelve-month makeover that resulted in this stunning Candy Tangerine custom. The subtle changes and smooth bodywork combine to turn the Riviera into a real crowd-pleaser.
When Don and friends began the project, the chrome was shipped off for re-plating, and work began on the body. While Don said the lines of the car flowed nicely, he also felt there was room for some improvement.
The top was chopped 3 inches in the front and 4 inches in the back. Anything more, Don said, would have been too much.
The Riv hails from the era when cars were long, which is one of the reasons Don liked the Buick so much. The door handles were shaved and replaced by solenoids. Several proposals were made for changing the lighting, both front and rear. In the end, it was decided to custom-build the taillights, but tubing was shaped around the housing for them. Additionally, the tubing was shaped around the front turn signals. The tubing, Don says, helps bring some definition to the long, straight body panels.
The hood was smoothed, but Don felt it needed something make it stand out. He found what he needed in the center section of a '68 Mustang hood and grafted it to the Riviera hood because he felt its peak and corresponding lines highlighted the tubing around the lighting. It was a perfect match.
Lowering the car was next on the agenda. The front springs were replaced with new units that brought the car down 3 inches. The rear springs were cut to get the back of the car down. Other than the lowering, no other changes were made to the chassis
Beneath the hood rests the reliable Buick 401 nailhead engine, the same one the Riv had when it rolled off the assembly line. With some fresh paint and detailing, along with an Edelbrock 750-cfm carburetor, the engine is stock. Dress-up items may be brought into the picture, but for now Don wanted his custom functional and driveable.
An aluminized exhaust system exhales into Harley-Davidson motorcycle exhaust tips, which help give the car a unique appearance. The paint was mixed by House of Kolor and sprayed at Extreme Auto Painting. Luxor wire wheels are mounted on 235x15 radial whitewalls. When it came time to do the interior, Don reached out to cousin Fred Carello in Warwick, Rhode Island, who covered the seats, door panels, and remainder of the interior in a comfortable crme Naugahyde.
The trunk, however, was upholstered in tangerine twill to match the exterior of the custom. A Sony 12-disc CD player with 200-watt amplifier provides the tunes while Don cruises the Riv. Living not far from Philadelphia, Don makes the cruise scene often
As we said, the car is a head-turner. As such, it has brought home many awards from shows. "People just can't stop talking about that paint," Don says.
Drivetrain: The Riviera's motivation is provided by a painted and detailed, near stock, 401-cube nailhead outfitted with an Edelbrock Performer manifold and 750-cfm carb. A two-speed automatic, providing a reliable combination for cruising, backs the engine. Dress-up items are destined to be added, but for now Don wanted his custom functional and drivable.
Chassis: The Riv's chassis is a freshened, stock X-design equipped with Eaton Detroit 3-inch lowering coils up front and trimmed stock units out back.
Interior: Don's cousin, Fred Carello of Warwick, Rhode Island, stitched up a subtle yet distinctive interior for the Riviera. Though similar to stock, the new, pleated, crme-colored Naugahyde with tangerine scallops complements the car's classy, yet not overstated, exterior perfectly.

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Stockard Channing has made a speedy — some might say miraculous — return to Broadway.
The 67-year-old Tony Award winner performed in "Other Desert Cities" on Friday night and plans to continue in the show despite undergoing arthroscopic surgery on her right knee less than a week ago.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Broadway's Biggest Night! The 2010 Tony Awards
U.S. & World
Channing felt her knee collapse backstage after the Nov. 18 show and missed seven performances. She plans to perform in Saturday night's show and Sunday's matinee. An understudy performed Saturday's matinee and will do Wednesday's matinee.
The Jon Robin Baitz play, about a dysfunctional family wrestling with a deep secret, opened Nov. 3.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: The Latest Star Sightings
In an interview Friday before her return, Channing said: "This is maybe stupid. I don't know. But if it doesn't blow up or get painful, I'm doing the right thing."
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On April 23, 2012, I started a new post called the New/Updated CANADIAN Websites, Blogs, Facebook, and Newspaper Articles.
But the title of the post was too long and cumbersome. So for the first anniversary of the post, I have decided to change the title to a more easily remembered one. The new title will be The Canadian Week in Review.
It will still cover great Canadian genealogy, heritage, and history news from across the country, and it will still appear each Monday morning.


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BMT Extravaganza Nacre case for iPhone 11 PRO Max - Neon Pink « Nazaj
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With this fabulous Extravaganza case for iPhone let your inner diva be unleashed, be a true "bling victim", and you will make the world a more sparkly place! Now for new iPhone, we have upgraded the sparkles using the biggest flatback crystals available from Swarovski! You will be amazed how much sparkles can be created by massive Swarovski crystals on our Extravaganza case. This is one of our most daring and sexiest collection ever!
More importantly, on this particular black case with beautiful nacre shell pattern brings out the best contrast to your crystals. Attention to details extends to inside the shell as well: a stunning anti-slip, honeycomb micro-cushion between your device & case.
- Increasing number of iPhone users prefer to use highly protective cases.
- Our improved hybrid case is made of shock-proof TPU and scratch-proof polycarbonate sheet with 4H hardness.
- All cases passed a drop-test from one meter above the ground.
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Despite piracy, seacoasts of Somalia are mired in poverty. The money paid to pirates in ransom benefits only a few….Any thought you had of "Robin Hood" style pirates helping their fellow countrymen is not supported by the facts….Meanwhile, President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed of Somalia has resigned….
From the Maritime Global Net
A Voice of America journalist has filed reports from Hobyo in the Galmudug region of central Somalia which indicate that ransom money [paid to pirates] is not being diverted directly to Islamic terrorist or rebel groups, despite some media reports to that effect and that the main Islamic militia, Shabab, is clamping down on pirates. Hobyo, which has been a pirate stronghold is now under Shabab's control. Also, contrary to some reports, Alisha Ryu found that local people did not support the pirates at Hobyo and that virtually none of the ransom money was being used to their improve living conditions or benefit the local community. The growing strength of Islamic groups in the coastal area may, she says, be tied to local anger over piracy and deepening poverty.
Pirates shoot on the deck of the Chinese ship "Zhenhua 4" in the Gulf of Aden December 17, 2008 in this photo released by China's official Xinhua News Agency.
Ms Ryu also reports that the Shabab Islamic militia which is doing much of the fighting against the central government and is is control of large areas of southern and central Somalia is strongly opposed to piracy. It fought a pitched battle with the pirates who have been operating out of Hobyo on 22 December and took control of the town.
The VOA reporter quotes a pirate as saying that all pirates in central Somalia are under severe pressure from Islamists to disband. He says that, in recent months, pirates trying to go ashore in any area controlled by the Islamists have been threatened and chased away. She says that Somali sources tell VOA that the Islamists' tough stance against piracy has prompted many poor people in coastal communities to quietly begin supporting the return of Islamist rule.
Ms Ryu notes in one of her reports: "While the loss of Hobyo to the Shabab has dealt a clear blow to piracy, it raises another troubling question, especially for the United States and its western allies. They must now decide which, pirates or militant Islamists, pose a greater threat to global security and economy."
Somalia's transitional president has resigned amid a power struggle with the African nation's prime minister and parliament, sources told CNN on Monday.
From CNN
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed tried to fire his PM this month but later lost a confidence vote.
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed announced his resignation Monday before parliament in Baidoa.
Ahmed's resignation is the latest turn in the political crisis in Somalia, which is already struggling with an Islamist revolt, a refugee crisis and rampant lawlessness that has fueled a wave of piracy off the Horn of Africa.
Somalia has been without an effective central government since 1991. The U.N.-backed transitional government has the support of Ethiopian troops that ousted an Islamist government at the end of 2006, but it controls little of the country outside the southwestern city of Baidoa.
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I've written about this before, but I just want to point it out again. While most of the penalties called against the Pack this year have been have absolutely legit penalties – some of them haven't been legit. There have been some questionable calls. And instead of pointing that out live during the game, MM always just says it has to get cleaned up and that he'll watch the film.Lots of times it does just need to be cleaned up and lots of times it's just sloppiness on our part. But at least sometimes, it's crappy officiating that MM needs to address head on.
MM needs to be both more proactive and more reactive. In fact, he should borrow a page from Mike Shanahan. Yesterday, after a couple possible pass interference plays by our secondary weren't called earlier in the game, Shanahan got after the officials big-time. He planted a seed for later in the game – and I'd argue it worked when Wash got a couple key pass interference calls at the end of the game…that were close. I actually think that's good coaching. No, you don't want to just scream at the officials all game – that's lame. But if there is a particularly questionable call against your team, I think not questioning it can leave your team feeling a bit like you don't have their back. It seems to me that officials never feel badly at all about calling penalties against the Pack because we never let them hear it if it's a weak call. Psychologically, there is no negative consequence, so the behavior continues. Sherman was passive like this too. Holmgren wasn't. Mike Shanahan isn't. A coach needs to stick up for his players when there is a perceived injustice and MM doesn't do it. I really think he needs to work on this.


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Coconut Cake
- Unsalted butter (for pan)
- 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 large eggs, separated
- 3/4 cup sugar, divided
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
Pineapple-Brown Sugar Sorbet
- 6 3/4 cups 1/2' cubes fresh pineapple (cut from two 4-lb. pineapples)
- 3/4 cup (packed) dark brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons dark rum (such as Gosling's)
- 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
Salt-and-Sugar-Roasted Macadamia Nuts (optional)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/4 cup whole macadamia nuts
- 1 cup egg whites (from about 7 large eggs), room temperature
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon coconut rum (such as Malibu)
- 1/8 teaspoon xanthan gum (optional)
- 4 ripe (wrinkled) passion fruits, halved, pulp scooped out
- 2 teaspoons finely grated lime zest
Recipe Preparation
Preheat oven to 350°. Line a 13x9x2" metal baking pan with parchment paper and grease with butter. Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl to blend. Whisk egg yolks, 1/2 cup sugar, oil, and 1/2 cup water in a large bowl. Beat in flour mixture. Stir in coconut. Using an electric mixer fitted with clean, dry beaters, beat egg whites in another medium bowl until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in remaining 1/4 cup sugar. Fold into batter just to blend. Pour into prepared pan and bake until puffed, lightly golden, and a tester inserted into center of cake comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Let cool in pan on rack (cake may fall slightly).
Set a strainer over a large bowl; set aside. Combine pineapple, sugar, and 3 cups water in a saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Pur ée in a blender until smooth. Pour through strainer; press on solids to extract as much liquid as possible; discard solids. Stir in rum and lime juice. Process in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions.
Macadamia Nuts (if using)
Preheat oven to 325°. Combine sugar, salt, and ¾ cup water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and stir in nuts. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Strain, then transfer nuts to a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Cook until golden and roasted, 10–12 minutes. Let cool.
In a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, beat egg whites with cream of tartar until foamy. With machine running on medium speed, gradually add sugar, 1 Tbsp. at a time. Add rum and xanthan gum gum (if using); continue beating until firm peaks form.
Invert cake onto a work surface; peel off parchment. Using a ramekin as a guide, cut cake into 6 rounds, so that each will fit into an 8-oz. ramekin.
Working with 1 ramekin at a time, spoon 3/4 cup sorbet into ramekin; smooth top and place 1 cake round over, pressing to adhere; immediately transfer to freezer. Repeat with remaining ramekins. Freeze for 4 hours.
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BRRRR!!! I am freezing! I can't tell you how much I hate being cold. I currently have on 2 shirts & a fleece, jeans and wool socks. My toes get numb, specifically my freakishly long 2nd toe on each foot. Then, once those are numb, the rest of my toes must feel bad for the others because they join right in. My nose runs. My skin is dry. Ick! It is 14 today and we are going to be in a heat wave close to the end of the week with temps in the high 20s! Yay!
Manda from Asparagus Thin is hosting this week's gluten-free menu swap with "movie themed food" as the theme of the week. I can't think of any movie themed foods that I make off the top of my head. Well, unless you count tossing microwave popcorn into the microwave or opening up a bag of Skittles. My BIL makes some amazing kettle corn in a pot on the stove that is just oil, popcorn & sugar. It is seriously like crack. You can't stop eating it once you start. It is never a good idea to start eating Alex's kettle corn if you have had even a drop of alcohol. Last time I did, I think I ate a whole bowl myself. I really need to learn how to make this stuff, or wait, maybe I don't. Hmm.
Here is our menu for the week:
Sunday- Pei Wei Asian Diner with some friends
Monday- Blackened Salmon, baked sweet potatoes, asparagus & salad
Tuesday-Taco Tuesday – soft tacos, corn, refried beans & salad
Wednesday-Spaghetti with roasted veggies & salad
Thursday-Breakfast for dinner – we haven't done this in a long time & I have missed it!
Friday-Homemade personal pizzas – kids get to make & choose their toppings, broccoli & salad
Saturday – Aaron & I are going out with friends for my birthday (I am turning 29 again on the 9th 😉 )
Baked Goods
Sweet Potato Brownies (a mix I was sent to sample)
Hope you all have a wonderful week! Do you do anything special to celebrate birthdays? Aaron & I try to drag our birthdays out for the weekend or week. LOL! We try to pawn on things like chores on others because it is our "birthday week/weekend". It seems to work better for Aaron than it does for me. 🙂
Check out this post from Dr. Mark Hyman MD "Gluten: What You Don't Know Might Kill You". It is very eye opening. I have always believed that gluten intolerance is way bigger than just Celiac Disease. This is no surprise since wheat has become so prevalent in processed foods. Barley malt flavoring is also used in many processed foods to add flavor. There are other, non-gluten substitutes that can be used in place of barley malt. General Mills is a good example of a company that has removed barely malt in some of their cereals to make them gluten-free. Molasses was used in place of the barley malt. Anyway, please read the article.
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Django 1.2 Features
This page lists features which have been proposed for development/inclusion in Django 1.2. So far no decisions have been made regarding any of these features. See Version1.2Roadmap for information on the process and definition of terms.
Major features
These are the feature proposals that represent major architectural changes for Django.
- Admin UI Enhancements (Zain Memon's GSoC project)
- Improved/reworked CsrfProtection (see #9977, #10816)
- i18n improvements (Marc Garcia's GSoC project)
- #6845 Model validation (Honza Kral's GSoC project)
- Multi-database support (Alex Gaynor's GSoC project)
- Add {% doctype %} and {% field %} template tags from http://github.com/simonw/django-html/
- Add support for Signing and Signed Cookies
- Integrate the Python standard library logging module with Django
- Support for non-relational databases: Tokyo Cabinet/Tyrant, MongoDB, Cassandra, Google Bigtable (AppEngine, #10192), Amazon SimpleDB, CouchDB, etc
- #17 Identity mapping in the ORM
- #373 Multi-part primary keys
- #6735 Class-based generic views
3rd party packages for integration
These are the external projects that have been proposed for addition to Django's core.
- Add South (http://south.aeracode.org/) to contrib
- Add IBM DB2 django adapter (http://code.google.com/p/ibm-db/wiki/ibm_db_django_README) to django.db.backends
- Add Sybase SQL Anywhere backend (http://code.google.com/p/sqlany-django/) to django.db.backends
- Search support in the ORM: http://github.com/bfirsh/django/tree/search
- #4604 Message Passing For Anonymous Users (See also: SessionMessages)
- #11698 Add Django Debug Toolbar to contrib
- #11982 Integrate Reversion as a django contrib app
Features under consideration
- #494 Option for classes on admin inlines
- #5833 Custom
- #10871 Support for input arguments on admin actions.
Cache system
- #11269 Improve
- Syndication feed views: http://github.com/bfirsh/syndication-view/
- #3011 Allow for extendable auth_user module
- #9200 Session-based
- #11010 Support row-level permissions by updating the User-Object and Authbackends, to take an optional
objectparameter, so 3rd party Apps can implement the functionality easily.
- #2507, #11526 LDAP authentication backend
- #11625 Add admin actions to the
- #10355 Add support for pluggable email backends.
- #342 Read-only form fields
- #3512 Add "required" & "error" CSS classes to form rows in as_* methods
- #6630 Fieldsets for newforms
- #399 Support 8-byte integer DB-fields (
- #1480, #2626 Store datetime values as UTC, handle them consistently regardless of RDBMS, platform and make things easier for multi-timezone applications.
- #2443 Implement
- #6148 Add support for database schemas
- #7539 Add ON DELETE and ON UPDATE support
- #11402 exists() method on
- #11156 Remove unnecessary savepoints with Oracle
- #11863 Add a method to the ORM to create Model instances from raw sql queries (useful when the orm is limiting you)
- #7052 dumpdata/loaddata: Support using lookup dictionaries as foreign keys in JSON/XML/YAML data dumps
- Smarter {% if %} tag from http://www.djangosnippets.org/snippets/1350/
- Easier conditional template tags (http://www.djangosnippets.org/snippets/1538/)
- #3349, #6587 Better template tag loading
- #3569 Implement Atom Publishing Protocol
- #6262 Support caching compiled templates
- #6378 Capture arbitrary output as a template variable (or add a capture ttag)
- #7806 django.template refactoring
- Replace get_absolute_url() with methods that are more useful and have more realistic names (See also: ReplacingGetAbsoluteUrl)
- #8896 Support for subdomains in the url patterns, to allow easy reversing (or better: to allow reversing at all ;))
Not in consideration
Small, or Just Bugs
Features proposed on this list that area just bugs to be fixed or really tiny feature additions that are not controversial in any way. They're still here for posterity, but have no real role in the feature proposal process.
- #6903 Go back to old change_list view after saving model instance
- #7028, #7923 Improve the usability of
- #8274 Auth views allow form override (as an example, this would allow usernames longer than 30 chars to be handled)
- #9289 Swedish (se) localflavor
- #9819 Complete comment moderation by documenting existing approval process
- #10284
ModelFormSet- objects are deleted even if commit=False
- #10476 Support database-level autocommit mode in Postgresql <= 8.1
- #11463 Vietnamese translation
- #11716 Fix unwrapped ValueErrors on AutoField and IntegerField (patch & tests already done!)
Rejected procedurally
These are proposed features that, as of the close date for proposals, lacked concrete proposals, proof-of-concept implementations, or details needed to start implementing.
- Add a generic "official" way to create a REST API; so far there are quite a bunch of pluggables, with varying levels of "completeness", documentation and efficiency, and they're quite hard to choose from.
- Make easier to mantain / deploy default settings.py by either:
- include localsettings at the end, with the recommended approach of putting DATABASE_* settings in localsettings.py
- or: if DEBUG: { some database settings } else: { other database settings }
- Integrate some DVCS in django-admin.py, perhaps Mercurial or Git. This would make it easier to adopt and collaborate on Django projects. (This is stolen from Rails)
- Show all SQL commands issued in the development server, for debugging purposes, perhaps only if DEBUG=true (another one stolen from Rails / Mongrel)
- Extra template tags and filters (http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/browse_thread/thread/2045a50970d6a883)
- Make working with inline formsets easier (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/442040/pre-populate-an-inline-formset, as per James: ...the way the model formsets work just make this more trouble than it's usually worth, but with a bit of API cleanup I think it could be made extremely easy., also http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/browse_thread/thread/f9aae709a7fda689)
- Allow inclusion of inlines in fieldsets (admin)
- Make profiling easy, possibly by integrating profiling into Debug Toolbar (see dcramer's fork)
- #4656 Full serialization
- #6460 Multilingual Content in the db
Lieutenants and Committers
The lieutenants and committers for each feature will be decided when the feature list is formalized.


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Pop-up Restaurant Installs In-House Lighting Studio for Food Bloggers
While some restaurants ban photography outright, L.A. chef Ludo Lefebvre has cleverly turned food bloggers' need to document every bite to his advantage. Lefebvre has set up a mini photo studio at Ludo Bites, his pop-up
cosplay-themed restaurant in Culver City, California. The lighting rig and light-box diffuser help create professional-looking shots, ensuring that Lefebvre's dishes at least appear tasty. And the unusual move also doesn't hurt when it comes to getting people (like us) to take notice. Pretty sneaky, Chef.
Cathy Danh of Gastronomy has a set of photos from the mini studio.
Oh, and if you're wondering about the cosplay part, it looks like the waitresses are dressing as French maids. If that does anything for you.
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Double digit unemployment will be with us for awhile, if a new economic forecast from UCLA is close to the mark.
The predictions, from the respected Anderson School of Management, suggest that California's 12% unemployment rate, which is second largest in the nation, will last through the year and beyond. In fact, the forecast doesn't predict a return to single digit joblessness until 2014.
"The normal recovery has significant job growth in manufacturing and construction," said UCLA's Ed Leamer, one of the report's authors. "Both of those sectors are troubled and will remain troubled."
Local news from across Southern California
The Anderson forecast shows a widening gap between two parts of the state. There's a slightly optimistic suggestion that steady recovery will eventually come along the coast, which is home to high tech, entertainment and trade.
But the forecast for inland counties is bleak, due to the region's reliance on housing and construction.
"All of those construction workers who were building houses in the inland part of the state don't have any outlet for their skills," said Jerry Nickelsburg, another author of the report. "There's no demand for new construction."
Nickelsburg sees a growing gulf between the coastal economy and the inland counties.
Ramon Corona, a Riverside resident says things now are just bad.
"I had friends working here in Riverside at the Marriott. And they had been working there over 20 years, and they just got laid off," she said.
According to Cindy Roth from the Riverside Chambers of Commerce has seen the impact on the chamber's membership.
"Our membership in the chamber over the last two years, we went from 15-hundred members and we're right now at 14-hundred members," Roth said. But there are still signs of progress. "We also see businesses coming in behind that, trying to make a start."
"Phood on Main" is one business trying to carve out a niche in the same spot where four others had failed. They opened up right as the economy began to tumble.
Owner Marla Cohen says they had to scramble from a high end caterer, to a lower cost lunch restaurant.
So far they've managed to keep serving customers, and paying their workers . But Cohen says they do struggle.
"We are on the edge now to survive. We're one of the few small companies that provide healthcare. Now we may have to rethink that. It's stay open, or give healthcare," Cohen said.
For some, any fix comes too late. The double digit jobless numbers may begin affecting the population numbers, as some people are forced to give up, and look for opportunities somewhere else.
Still, the UCLA economists are not predicting another recession. But, they caution that instability in Europe could change that.
"If credit tightens in Europe, they will pull money out of the United States, bring it back to Europe, and thereby tighten credit in the United States," said report contributor David Shulman. "We're not forecasting that, but that certainly is a risk."
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Virtual agriculture has recently become a bit more spliffy.
If conventional farming simply isn't your thing—or if you're too half-baked to feign an interest in produce and husbandry—then the Facebook game Pot Farm may be just the foray into horticulture you've been jonesing for.
Pot Farm (which is is still currently "totally Beta or whatever") operates much as you'd anticipate from a Facebook-hosted farming game: players are encouraged to develop and nurture a plot of land, and hopefully rake-in a steady influx of virtual capital...or not. "A friendly woodland growing game, chilled out camping with a bit of gardening on the side" is the decidedly chill manner in which the title is described on developer Downtown East Side Games' website.
Players can expect an assortment of absurd goings-on. Five minutes into a play-test, I found myself having to determine what best to do about "a confused dopey duck" that had "wandered onto my farm and needed a place to crash." This was after I had passed a few aimless moments having my dreadlocked avatar putter about a field that was strewn with empty bottles and trash.
But don't be mislead by Pot Farm's high-as-a-kite attitude into thinking that the game itself is slouchy. The title is a finalist at the Canadian Video Game Awards for "Best Social/Casual Game," and is apparently generating $150K a month in revenue. How many of your deadbeat, pothead pals can claim as much?


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Monday mornings are tough! I just want to snuggle down into my covers and stay there for one more hour!
I had a great weekend of running. Saturday I awoke at 3:45 to head down to Southern Minnesota to run a 50K on the Zumbro River Bottoms. It was so awesome. We ran along the river bluffs, the cliffs, then down, down, down, to the bottoms of the River. It was beautiful. Lots of mud, lots of hills, lots of fun. I ran 50K in 6:45. I had to be home by 3:00 to bring Troy to his baseball evaluation as Steve was out of town. I finished the race, said thanks and had to drive the 3 hours back home as fast as I could!
Sunday was another spectacular MN spring day. 60 degrees F, a light breeze. I and Topaz ran 10 miles on the trail. The woods were extremely loud! Birds, ducks, mother nature was awake. I love it.
OK, so now I guess it is time to taper for the McNaughton 100 Mile Trail Race. 12 days away.
I'm down 10.5 pounds. I took pictures; just have to re-load my camera software. When my computer crashed it all went with it.
Have a good Monday!
Monday, April 04, 2005
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- Nico said...
Holy Crap, Julie, can you realize that you are now shedding that stubborn fat which was so hard to figure out coz you are such an ultra runner. WOOZIE......10.5 POUNDS - 10.5 POUNDS and this in what, 6 weeks? AWESOME, just awesome. April 16th, just around the corner, go SKY ROCK IT.
Ooooh, can't wait to see the pictures! It sounds like it is all clicking for you and that is awemsome!
~Stacey :)
((sigh)) someday I will learn how to double check my spelling of things before I click the publish button! LOL! (that was meant to read awesome! :)
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Boston: Republican Mitt Romney conceded the U.S. presidential election to President Barack Obama early on Wednesday morning after a hard-fought campaign.
"This is a time of great challenges for America and I pray that the president will be successful in guiding our nation," Romney told supporters in Boston after calling Obama to congratulate him.
Obama defeated Romney in a number of key swing states, despite the weak economic recovery and stubbornly high unemployment that dogged his campaign.
Television networks called the election late on Tuesday, but the Romney campaign waited more than an hour to agree on the results in Ohio.
"I so wish, I so wish, that I had been able to fulfil your hopes to lead the country in a different direction, but the nation chose another leader," Romney said in his concession speech.
This is the second time the former Massachusetts governor has made a run for the presidency. Romney had promised to revive the nation's economy through reforming the tax code, reducing the debt and confronting China on its trade practices.
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hello all,
hope you can help me,
i have formated my sd card to
140 mb partition 1 to vFat for flashing called /dev/mmcda1
the rest of the 1 GB sd card is partition 2 Linux called /dev/mmcda2
now i would like to install feed packages to my card ive done following without success
mount /dev/mmcda2 /mnt/card
ipkg install -d /mnt/card /mnt/card/feed/mypackages.ipk
also i have tried
ipkg-install -d /mnt/card /mnt/card/feed/mypackages.ipk
all seems not to work
when i do following with package manager
selecting the /mnt/card folder for install destination and then open local package
it installs me the package to my card.
but thats weird cause i just could install it one by one.
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One of the best blogs around is authored by the Norwegian historian Trond Norén Isaksen. He does not only cover royal news and events, but also finds the time to write about among others history in general, architecture, books and politics.
Ever since the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten decided to stop its "News in English" service in 2008, Trond Norén Isaksen has provided a place for non-Scandinavian readers to find news in English about both royal and non-royal major events in Norway.
I must admit that I have partly used Isaksen's blog as a sort of template when constructing my own blog, mainly because his choice of design is so reader friendly (then again Blogspot doesn't offer that many different ways in setting up the blog).
I promise, however, that I will not be a copycat! There is surely room for more than one royal blog covering among others the Scandinavian monarchies. There are so many different topics to write about that I don't think it will constitute a problem. It will probably be difficult some times to avoid commenting on the same events, but the emphasis and interpretations will surely be different. I will most likely write more about genealogy than Trond Norén Isaksen, and I doubt that he will ever comment on football or ice hockey!
The blog Royal Musings by author and Queen Victoria's Descendants expert Marlene A. Koenig is also worth a visit. She provides news and commentary about the reigning royal houses of the United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands, Spain and Monaco as well as the former European monarchies. Especially interesting are the historical tidbits she posts almost daily.
Other blogs:
- Marilyn's Royal Blog
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- The Monarchist
- Danish Royal Watchers
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Kearl oilsands project price tag increases by $2B
The first phase of Imperial Oil Ltd.'s Kearl oilsands mine will cost $2 billion more than previously expected as the company faced issues transporting Korean-made modules to the mine site in northern Alberta and contended with harsh weather during startup.
The first 110,000-barrel-per-day phase will now cost $12.9 billion, up from a previous estimate of $10.9 billion.
Taking into account a second $8.9-billion phase in the works, the whole development is expected to have a cost of $6.80 per barrel, up 10 per cent from a prior estimate of $6.20.
When the Calgary-based firm announced in 2009 that it would build the Kearl mine, it expected three phases of roughly the same size. Later, it decided to build the mine in two phases, with smaller projects along the way to boost output in increments.
Multiple delays
Imperial faced legal and regulatory delays in bringing enormous pieces of equipment to the mine site, which were shipped across the Pacific and then through the United States and Canada by river barge and truck.
The 200 modules had to be broken up into smaller pieces so that they could be transported along interstate highways and then put together again near Edmonton.
"This was an enormous work effort... involving hundreds of workers for more than a year," said Imperial spokesman Pius Rolheiser.
Imperial rejigged the order in which the work was conducted so that it could begin to bring Kearl on stream in late 2012, as scheduled. First production of mined diluted bitumen is expected this quarter.
But that meant commissioning and startup activity timelines were "compressed" and had to take place during harsh winter weather.
"We've been dealing with minus-40 weather at times and that necessarily has an impact from a safety perspective on how employees can work," said Rolheiser.
Despite the challenges, Kearl remains a "very, very attractive project" that will produce oil for four or five decades, Rolheiser said.
The cost estimate of the second phase remains at $8.9 billion and is not at risk of being jacked up by the same factors that affected the first.
"With the exception of that one unnecessary external factor — the module transportation delays, which couldn't have been anticipated and over which we had no control — the execution of the Kearl initial development was exemplary from a productivity standpoint, most importantly form a safety standpoint," said Rolheiser.
Profits up
Also Friday, Imperial reported a seven per cent increase in net income in the fourth quarter as lower expenses more than offset a decrease in revenue.
Imperial, a publicly traded subsidiary of Houston energy heavyweight ExxonMobil Corp. (NYSE:XOM), said net income in the last three months of 2012 was $1.07 billion or $1.26 per share, above 2011's $1.01 billion, or $1.18 per share.
It also handily beat analysts estimates of 99 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters.
Revenue fell to $7.8 billion from $8.1 billion, in line with estimates. However, expenses also dropped to $6.39 billion from $6.86 billion.
In mid-day on the Toronto Stock Exchange, Imperial shares were up 21 cents at $44.01.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The city of Santa Monica has allowed an elaborate nativity scene in its Palisades Park each Christmas for nearly 60 years, but officials are ending the tradition this year after an atheist set up his own non-religious display and caused an uproar.
Now, the churches behind the nativity are suing in federal court and claim the city violated their freedom of speech by stopping the holiday tradition.
A court hearing Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles could decide the fate of the Christian tableau for the upcoming season.
The churches want a judge to block the city's ban on private and unattended displays in the park until the case is resolved. The city is asking the court to dismiss the lawsuit entirely.
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Finally I got a invitations and was able to get into the Google+ today. Having been trying to do this for last couple of days, was quite anxious on how it is and how it fairs against Facebook and twitter.
First, heres a first look of the account:
Most noticable thing, as soon as you login is that all your contacts from google aare directly visible in your account and you can directly put them in any of the circles that you like. Picasaweb photos can be imported.
Will update more shortly, after I have experimented a little more on this.
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"In Open Heart's brief chapters of spare descriptions and quiet dialogue, Wiesel reviews with eloquent and poignant clarity the entirety of his own history."
—San Francisco Chronicle
"Wiesel is an asset to humankind. He has turned despondency into a message of approval and optimism. Wiesel packages equal parts beauty and astonishing description in an impossibly concise manner. Few authors have possessed such capacity for succinctness and brevity with magnificent dexterity."
—New York Journal of Books
"An absorbing, clear-eyed reflection on Wiesel's own mortality and a candid account of a life lived. Open Heart is Wiesel at his most vulnerable and his most determined, and his thoughts and ideas have never been so lucidly conveyed."
—The Rumpus
"The reader becomes a quiet observer of Wiesel's thoughts, which are plagued by the question: 'Am I ready to die?' His answer, clearly, is no. What seems like a quick and easy read actually delves deeply into the philosophical and makes you wonder: Will I be ready when it's my time?"
—The Free Lance-Star


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So... it's been an interesting time for extreme weather. Crazy cold on the east coast, wildfires on the west coast, tropical storms all over the place. And now... snow. IN THE DESERT.
Yeah, that may sound super odd - but it looks amazing.
This scenery is in Ain Sefra, which is an Algerian town in the Sahara Desert - and they got a few inches of snow. Granted, it didn't last long, as it all melted away in about thirty minutes. But while it lasted, it was a rare sight to see.
Check out some more photos below!


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mind of (one's) own
mind of (one's) own
The propensity or ability to think, act, or form opinions without outside influence. It is often used (humorously) to describe an inanimate object that cannot be controlled by its owner. I tried to tell him that wasn't the best decision to make under those circumstances, but you know he has a mind of his own, and he did it anyway. I swear, my vacuum has a mind of its own! It turns on in the middle of the night when we're all asleep!
a mind of its own
A tendency to be unresponsive to human will: The car had a mind of its own and seemed to start only when it felt like it.
a mind of (one's) own
A capacity or inclination to think or act independently: a reporter with a mind of her own.


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DWTS 15 All-Stars: How Will the Eliminations Work This Season?
Many of you have been speculating as to how things will work this season, given that we have more couples than we would in a regular season and we have the added complication of a Presidential election throwing a wrench into the show's schedule. So we've decided to shed some light on the mystery of how the eliminations will work, and do some speculating of our own 😉
First things first: we don't know for sure that this is exactly how things will play out, week-to-week. This is just the most likely scenario we were able to come up with, given what we've heard from various sources and press releases. And we aren't even positive that the show will be 10 weeks – we're assuming it will, given what we know historically, but there hasn't even been any official confirmation on that. So take this all with a grain of salt – and you don't get to bitch & moan to us if it doesn't end up playing out this way. 😉
Here's what we know: according to one of Derek's tweets, there are two double eliminations, and those will occur in weeks 4 & 6. We also know from other sources that there will be one week with no elimination (likely due to the Presidential debates), and that there won't be a results show on election day. Based on what went down in season 7 (when the last election occured), we also know that the show has the potential to get bumped forward or backward an hour to accomodate the debates or other election coverage. Given that information, here's what we came up with:
Week 1: Single elimination – Business as usual: performance show Monday, 1 couple eliminated on Tuesday's results show. I know some of you were complaining about having to lose a couple in week 1, as opposed to TPTB waiting until week 2 to let someone go – but I think after you read through this post, you'll see that would be almost impossible. Couples remaining: 12.
Week 2: Single elimination – Again, business as usual. Couples remaining: 11.
Week 3: Single elimination – Ditto. Couples remaining: 10.
Week 4: Double elimination – First of two double eliminations. This is also where things begin to get wonky due to the election – the 2nd presidential debate is set to be televised between 9-10:30 PM EST on Tuesday, so this will likely necessitate the results show being pushed forward or back 1 hour – at least on the east coast. There's also the possibility that the results could be moved to another day entirely – maybe Wednesday, like they were one week in season 7. Couples remaining: 8.
Week 5: No elimination, no results show: Since the third and final Presidential debate is being televised between 9-10:30 PM EST on Monday, the performance show is obviously going to get cut short for those on the east coast (like me). Consequently, they are allegedly splitting the performance show into two nights – one hour on Monday, and one hour on Tuesday. I'm guessing they'll just have 4 couples perform on each night. Since 4 couples dancing a standard-length routine doesn't seem like enough to fill 1 hour (that's a lot of filler, even with commercials), I think there might also be a 2nd dance this week – maybe a group dance or the team dance? So two performance nights, and no results show – so no elimination. Couples remaining: 8.
Week 6: Double elimination – Self-explanatory – basically a regular week, with two eliminations on results night instead of one. Couples remaining: 6.
Week 7: Single elimination, no results show – Due to the ongoing Presidential election day coverage, there is no possible way they could have a regularly-scheduled results show on Tuesday – so one of two things has to happen: either the results show gets moved to a different night altogether (likely Wednesday), or they find a way to eliminate a couple at the end of Monday night's performance show, similar to the format of last season of So You Think You Can Dance. And before you ask – no, I have absolutely no idea how the voting would work if it's the latter option…but I do have reason to believe that it's a possibility. Who knows. Couples remaining: 5.
Week 8: Single elimination – Back to business as usual. Regular elimination on a regular results show. Couples remaining: 4.
Week 9: Single elimination – Same thing. Couples remaining: 3 finalists
Fun fact: if the show is indeed 10 weeks long, this will be only the 2nd season in DWTS history (season 5 was the first) with a fall finale airing AFTER the Thanksgiving holiday. Not sure of the ratings implications that has (if any), but it does seem like the big reality shows try to end their seasons before the holidays roll around – I would guess because ratings typically fall during the holiday season, with everybody out Christmas shopping, going to holiday parties, baking, drinking Wassail, singing carols, eating fruitcake, whatever. Personally, I would rather stay home & Christmas shop online in my PJ's, while watching A Christmas Story for 24 hours straight on ABC Family. 😛 But I digress…
So this funky schedule (and just this special season in general) poses some interesting problems – and the one many of you have brought to my attention is the issue of DVR'ing the show. Some of you have actually missed the show because your DVR didn't pick it up – with some cable providers, the show is listed as "Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars" instead of just "Dancing with the Stars", so if you were counting on your series record from last season to just automatically record this season…you might be in for an unpleasant surprise. So far, it seems to only be an issue for those with Brighthouse cable, but to be safe, you might want to check your scheduled recordings to make sure you're all set up to record the show. In addition, with some of the show times potentially getting shifted to accomodate the election, you may have to manually change the settings on your DVR in order to catch shows running earlier or later than usual, or on different nights altogether. We'll do our best here at Pure to try and keep you abreast of any time changes that we hear of. 🙂
So what do you guys think of the potential elimination schedule this season? Total chaos…or an acceptable solution to the multiple unique obstacles that this season poses?


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Miko Stands with Sabeel in New Mexico
In his presentation at this weekend's conference, Miko Peled, the Israeli-born anti-Zionist and advocate of equal rights and decolonization in a single state, made the observation that every cause of social justice in history that has been worth fighting for was divisive in its time. The Civil Rights struggle in the United States was one such cause, but even more divisive than that, Peled reminded us, was slavery. So divisive, it led to Civil War in which hundreds of thousands died.
—Ali Abunimah, referring to Miko's speech at the Sabeel Conference held in Albuquerque, New Mexico September 28-29 in his Electronic Intifada article "'Seeking Balance': How Albuquerque Cathedral that slammed its doors to Sabeel helps Israeli oppression." The original host of the event, an Episcopal church, disinvited Sabeel after pressure from American Jewish organizations.
November 6, 2012 8:02 pm
It's sad and frustrated when American Christian groups think they're doing the right thing by blindly supporting Israel when in fact they are doing damage not only to Palestinians, but also to Israel's long-term prospects as a truly democratic and secure state and to the vitality of Judaism itself.


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Praise for Stephen Budiansky's Blackett's War
Recommended Reading, Scientific American
"A fascinating portrayal of how science contributed to winning the war in Europe."
—The Wall Street Journal
"A terrific story, exciting, illuminating, well told."
—Dallas Morning News
"Lively and enlightening. . . . Budiansky knowingly and entertainingly re-creates the almost constant struggle between hidebound military traditionalists and the clever civilians who saved them."
—The Washington Post
"Engaging. . . . A finely wrought and well-sourced social history of elite science's wartime mobilization. . . . A wonderful revisionist history of how intelligence derived from Bletchley Park's breakthroughs combined with Blackett's operational research to bypass and destroy the Nazi Wolfpacks."
"Budiansky has mastered the difficulties of the story, making it very readable and compelling . . . an important work."
—New York Journal of Books
"A fascinating and skilful blend of naval warfare, science, and British social history with a richly diverse cast of characters."
—World War II Magazine
"Little-known story of the Allied scientists whose unconventional thinking helped thwart the Nazi U-boats in World War II . . . An excellent, well-researched account . . . an engrossing work rich in insights and anecdotes."
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"The little known history of a linchpin in the Allies' victory over the Nazis: Patrick Blackett. . . . For military history and science fans alike."
—Publishers Weekly


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Free Store
Tomorrow (December 6th), Visionaire founding editors Cecilia Dean and James Kaliardos, in partnership with Net-a-Porter and Mr. Porter host Johnathan Horowitz's "Free Store" at SLS Hotel in South Beach, Miami. The event is both an interactive art installation, in which visitors are invited to "bring stuff in you can't use, take stuff away that you can," and a digital style challenge—a Windows game that asks participants to "create the perfect look" (winners will receive a prize).
Says Horowitz of "Free Store," which has previously been exhibited in New York and London galleries, "It doesn't have to be an exchange. I don't want there to be any rules. Hopefully some kind of golden rule will just naturally occur and people won't drop off socks with holes in them and take things away to sell on their own."
So far the concept has been a success in that rare and luxury items find their way in and out of the store without any surrounding ill will. The idea behind bringing this market to Art Basel's accelerated economy and all-out party mode is likely to create a stir, especially since we've heard that the store will feature personal items from art stars like Rob Pruitt, Maurizio Cattelan and Marilyn Minter, plus other big-shots like Riccardo Tisci, Michael Stipe—not to mention the hosts themselves. Invite only.


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User:Conniving/UnBooks:A series of short stories pertaining to metaphors as to the nature of IRC, admins, and idiots
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The Charging (working title)[edit]
Written by Conniving
A horrible evil roams the land.
It leaves only waste and destruction wherever it walks.
Countless have suffered under its onslaught.
They cry for a hero.
When all hope seems lost, a lone figure arises from the ashes.
The evildoer pays no attention to this otherwise inconspicuous figure, not noticing it amongst all of the chaos it has already caused.
The new figure raises its hands toward the sky, granted powers of the ancients, just as the villain continues to torture those in the vicinity.
As the challenger begins to glow with the aura of a thousand suns, its intent made perfectly clear to the evildoer and its victims.
The figure of justice reaches its hand forward, then lets loose all of its newfound power in one mighty blast.
The evildoer is struck with a life-shattering blast, the likes of which it has never felt.
The hero suddenly forfeits its shining aura. Its job is finished; the evildoer falls.
The hero returns to the ashes from whence it came. It parts silently and unnoticed to the people it just saved, just as it had arrived.
Just as it always will.
Of Robots, Rats, and Sand[edit]
Written by Zombiebaron
The sand castle juts out of the beach at a 85° angle. There are robots. And rats.
The End.
Dildos & Vibrators[edit]
Written by Electrified mocha chinchilla
All can enter, few can leave.
Actually, everyone can leave.
But rather, you can only enter so long as there's not an overflow and you haven't been banned.
Given those circumstances, you may enter and leave freely.
But inside you will find more than ye ought to have hoped. Inside, the wary adventurer is stripped of his integrity and dignity by the hostile engagements made with the others inside. The virgins have their hymens torn, and the whores are dipped into large pots of scalding water to please the overlord's most sadistic desires of sodomy and horrendous exploitation that would make Marquis de Sade and Ed Gein vomit in utter disgust.
And this is all in just the first few seconds of wandering in.
The plethora of sexual apparati makes even the most promiscuous Trixies' twats tighten with disgust and abhorrence.
The parasites, the bacteria, and the viruses scan the air and cover every letter.
Horrid beasts roam freely: zombies...zombieninjas, apecats...chinchillas, killer frogs...Mhaille thingies.
Unlicensed proctology.
The Beast And The Harlot[edit]
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July 17, 2014
LAWT Wire Services
Hints of racism began to circulate when word spread that 20-year veteran Pam Oliver will be replaced her spot to Erin Andrews, whom the network hired away expensively from ESPN two years ago.
Oliver is Black and Andrews is White and blonde.
It's unclear if Oliver's comment is a veiled swipe at Andrews' noted lack of journalistic heft or just some inside info on future plans.
FOX executives seem aware of the easy optics created by the swap and the potential difficulties in justifying the elevation of the younger white blonde over the 53-year-old black woman with an established professional track record in the position. Their explanations, however, are undermined by a glaring logical contradiction.
"In the last five years we have made a lot of changes with the NFL crews," FOX Sports president Eric Shanks told Sports Illustrated. "This is kind of the next move in that evolution."
Shanks worked out a deal with Oliver that installs her as sort of a senior reporter and interviewer for their sports platforms, about which he then said, "I can't think of a more respected person in the entire industry than Pam Oliver, and when you find out that Pam is going to be doing the interview, I don't think you would say that anyone else would do the interview better. The move is hugely positive to where FOX Sports is going and building its journalistic chops and credibility."
So that credibility-building effort is enhanced by removing the person he identifies as their best reporter from what is ostensibly their top job?
Oliver was recognized as the highest-profile African-American woman in sports broadcasting, a fact that reminds us of the massive reach and strength of the NFL. Her bad hair day last January was in fact important enough to be a major story in black media, forcing her to respond to critics and raising troubling concerns about racial double standards for appearance created from both outside the black community and from within. As silly as it all sounds, it mattered because Pam Oliver carried symbolic significance, no matter what she was actually doing.
But FOX needs to park Andrews somewhere that can possibly validate her acquisition, and this move helps promote her further out of harm's way. To say she's a lightweight would be taking it easy on her, as her level of discomfort has been obvious in any role so far, whether behind a desk or in a dugout. She just isn't very good at anything and doesn't offer much of a personality. One doesn't have to be smart, interesting, clever or funny to generate pageviews, but the camera asks for more.
Meanwhile, FOX pays Tony Siragusa to stand in the end zone and talk about local food, tell us that the fans are loud or that the field is increasingly slippery in a rainstorm, providing all the insight of a beef sandwich. He's not a woman, so he's not part of the conversation. The rules don't apply to him.
"I know that television tends to get younger and where women are concerned," Oliver said. "Just turn on your TV. It's everywhere. And I'm not saying these younger girls don't deserve a chance. I know I've had my turn."


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A second 4th generation iPhone has gone missing, apparently.
I say "apparently" because the first we're hearing of it is from a batch of photos that have cropped up on a Vietnamese web forum. How did it get to Vietnam? Little is known, though Mac Rumors reports that "the individual who submitted the link to us stated a Vietnamese businessman had bought it in the U.S. together with an iPad." Apple should just start selling its iPhones in bars. That seems to be the place to get 'em right now, anyway.
One thing that has been up in the air so far is what processor the new iPhone would have under the hood. The folks over at the Vietnamese forum tore this one down and took out what appears to be an Apple-branded processor.
The teardown (click to see it full size):
Here's the processor up close (click click click), which could be a variant of Apple's ARM-based A4 CPU, which is what the iPad uses:
The newest lost iPhone is thought to be as close to a final model as we're going to get, as it's got a screwless, smooth back and it's listed as having a capacity of 16GB rather than the "XXGB" the model Gizmodo studied had. It also has a 5.00 watt-hour battery compared to the Giz-Phone's 5.25 watt-hour battery.
U.S. & World
Check out a video of someone playing with it below:
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Ahmad Shah Jawad | Institute for War and Peace Reporting
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In one area of Uruzgan province, two doctors are supposed to look after tens of thousands of people.
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Education, journalism and other areas held back by technology gap in Uruzgan.
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Uruzgan residents complain about massive wait for basic services.
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No meeting of minds as traders grumble about market facilities put in place for them by foreign aid agency.
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People in Uruzgan say security situation definitely getting better.
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Officials at Uruzgan's purpose-built jail accept there is too little money for food, but say it is the same all over the country.
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I wonder when we are going to get pictures of the alien base on the dark side of the moon?
I had to set that as my wallpaper.
Weather delays Space Shuttle Discovery launch
Quote from: DSJ on August 25, 2009, 03:20 AMWeather delays Space Shuttle Discovery launchA friend of mine who is a huge NASA, Aeronautics, and Camera buff happened to be in Florida this week on business. He was headed to watch the launch with his Canon 50D and f/2.8 300mm lens. Hopefully it launches soon as I'd hate for him to miss his opportunity to get some of his own shots of it!
The mission to the international space station was postponed until 1:10 a.m. ET Wednesday, NASA said.
Bad weather forced mission controllers to put off a pre-dawn launch Tuesday, while a second planned launch was scrubbed after a hydrogen valve failed to show up on controllers' displays as being closed. NASA now hopes to launch the shuttle at 12:22 a.m. Friday after new tests on the valve, which controls the flow of liquid hydrogen into the shuttle's external fuel tank, launch integration manager Mike Moses told reporters Tuesday night.
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Saami Council human rights leader to speak at UH Law School
Mattias Ahren to discuss indigenous perspective on recent developments in international intellectual property lawUniversity of Hawaiʻi
HONOLULU - The William S. Richardson School of Law will hold a free public lecture on "International Developments in Intellectual Property Law: An Indigenous Perspective" with Mattias Ahren of the Saami Council - Human Rights Unit at the William S. Richardson School of Law, Thursday, April 19, 2007, from 4 to 6:30 p.m. in Classroom 2.
Mattias Ahren is the head of the Saami Council's Human Rights Unit on recent developments in international intellectual property law. He is an expert on intellectual property issues and the affect on indigenous peoples' rights to their traditional knowledge and cultural heritage. Ahren has also written numerous articles and reports on human rights and indigenous peoples.
Ahren is a Saami from the Swedish side of Sapmi (Saamiland). He holds two Master of Laws degrees from the University of Stockholm and the University of Chicago. Ahren has served as a Junior Judge at Stockholm County Court, and was an associate at the law firm of Mannheimer Swartling and Danowsky & Partners in Stockholm. In 2001, he joined the Saami Council as the head of the Human Rights Unit. Ahren represents the Saami Council at international forums, and is also a member of an expert committee responsible for drafting a Nordic convention between Finland, Norway, and Sweden on the rights of the Saami people.
This lecture is sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. For more information, call 956-8411.


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|Tier 2 Class
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|Human Berserker, Orc Berserker
|Class Challenges
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|Level 2 Guild
Class Features
- BLOODLUST: Deals an extra 20% damage on normal attacks against higher-level foes
- SPELLKILL: +50% starting magic resistance
- MAGESLAY: All glyph-activated abilities cost an extra 2 mana, but starting attack bonus is +20%
The Orc Berserker is the paragon of all things savage and furious. By combining the berserker's high situational attack bonuses with the boosted base attack of an orc, you can create a fearsome offensive powerhouse. Both the berserker and orc are well-suited for fighting enemies who are stronger than yourself. However, there is one flaw to the Orc Berserker: he needs to convert items and glyphs like mad. Because of this, the Orc Berserker is not well-suited to playing purist and will need to find a source of gold income to buy items and fuel his ravenous need for conversion.
More laid back than the Orc Berserker, a human does not need to convert quite so heavily to maximize the usefulness of his racial bonus. For low conversion values, humans will quickly overtake orcs in terms of overall damage. When playing purist, or scenarios where the number of available conversion points are low, humans make a better selection than Orcs.
The Berserker one of the more specialized classes, with massive magic resistance, attack bonuses, and a significant penalty to spellcasting. Because of his heightened spellcasting cost, repeatable glyphs such as HALPMEH, PISORF, and BURNDAYRAZ have limited usefulness, but single-use glyphs such as APHEELSIK or GETINDARE glyphs are extremely helpful. The heightened mana cost is manageable if you're only using the glyph once. As a result, the Berserker tends to favor utility glyphs. Although the CYDSTEPP glyph works well for him, he needs to acquire two mana boosters before it's usable, which can be a bit of a problem.
The berserker works best when fighting enemies with magic damage, which he can carve apart with great ease. Bosses such as Aequitas the Warlock are easy prey to the Berserker. He has considerably more difficulty fighting physical-resist enemies, and will need to leverage his advantage against those with magic damage to prevail overall. By fighting powerful dragonspawn or warlocks, a Berserker can earn large amounts of bonus experience and level up quite quickly. This enables him to leave large numbers of weaker monsters on the board for later, which he can kill to level-up mid-battle against the boss.
One curious aspect about the Berserker is that he's often stronger as a 9th level character than he is as a 10th level character. This is because he gains a damage bonus against monsters that are higher-level than him, and once he reaches level 10 he loses this bonus against the boss! In addition, his favorite spells are not affected by character level. As a result, worshipping the Glowing Guardian in order to gain the humility boon is very useful for the Berserker, and he also benefits nicely from the Absolution boon. The Berserker obviously works well with Taurog since he casts spells sparingly; however, you should be cautious as Berserkers who use the APHEELSIK glyph can do poorly with Taurog and should delay worship or else worship a different deity entirely.
Base attack is the most important attribute for a berserker, so equipping items to boost it is a very good idea. The Trisword is a highly recommended item in this regard.


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FamilySearch.org has just released it's update on one of the Canadian records it is putting online.
On December 22, 2011, it reports that there are now 1, 591, 193 records of Saskatchewan Probate Records Index (1887-1931) at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1918293
These index, and images are of estate files from Saskatchewan judicial districts. The website says that the "estate records contain loose papers relating to the settlement of estates including such matters as provision for heirs including minor children as well as distribution of funds, land and property. This project was indexed in partnership with the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society".