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E-voting hobbled by security concerns
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James Baker III. It states that a voter-verifiable paper audit trail will "increase citizens' confidence that their vote will be counted accurately," permit a recount, should one prove necessary, and allow a random selection of electronic voting machines to be tested for accuracy.
E-voting reformers divided
Complicating the move toward voter-verified receipts is a fierce internal debate between activists and computer scientists about how useful the receipts will prove in detecting election fraud.
Michael Shamos,
computer science
professor, Carnegie
Mellon University
"What I'm very much against is a requirement that all voting machines should have to have a paper trail," said Michael Shamos, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University who has been the official examiner of electronic voting systems for Pennsylvania. He says the products with the necessary features aren't on the market yet.
"On a superficial, intuitive level, it sounds like a really appealing idea, and the proponents use some very persuasive arguments, usually along the nature of, 'You get a receipt when you go to the ATM, you get a receipt when you go to the grocery store, why can't we give you a receipt when you vote?'" Shamos said.
Shamos' counterarguments go something like this: Mandating paper trails will halt experimentation with better techniques, paper records have a long history of tampering by both major parties, and paper trails that record voters' choices on one long strip of paper will invade privacy because they show who voted first and last.
His last point--that long strip of paper--will be discussed at the NIST workshop Friday. A paper (Click for PDF) by John Wack of NIST notes that "this attack could be used to enforce vote selling,or simply to invade the privacy of voters and determine how particular individuals voted."
Michael Alvarez, co-director of the Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project, says he's not opposed to the use of paper for purposes of voter verification. However, he adds, "we also have strongly argued that the legislation that moves in this direction ought to be open for the new technologies and shouldn't preclude the use of these other types of approaches."
Michael Alvarez,
Caltech/MIT Voting
Technology Project
That sort of nuanced argument tends to fall on deaf ears in state government. Ohio's law, for instance, calls for "a physical paper printout on which the voter's ballot choices, as registered by a direct recording electronic voting machine, are recorded."
Such a law, depending on how it's interpreted, could preclude innovative, cryptographically secure products such as two that are being developed by legendary inventor David Chaum and mathematician Andrew Neff that generate encrypted receipts for vote verification.
Next steps in the states
Manufacturers of electronic voting machines are racing to meet the different verified-voting deadlines and requirements set by state governments.
"What we have complies with proposed federal guidelines for 2005 and has already been approved by different states. Probably the most stringent is California, and we've already been certified by California," said Alfie Charles, a spokesperson for Sequoia Voting Systems. Sequoia's VeriVote printer was used in Nevada in the 2004 election.
All but one of Maryland's 24 counties use Diebold machines, first tested in the 2002 gubernatorial election, without voter-verifiable audit trails. After some Diebold source code leaked to the Internet, a group of computer scientists, including Maryland resident Avi Rubin, analyzed the software and concluded in a 2003 report that it falls "far below even the most minimal security standards applicable in other contexts."
Ross Goldstein, deputy administrator for the Maryland Board of Elections, says the state has commissioned a study by the University of Maryland at Baltimore County into voter verification. They're "going to get back to us with some recommendations in time to coincide with our next legislative session (starting in January) so it can be a guide for policymakers," Goldstein said.
But for now, he added, Maryland is confident in its current operation. "There's a lot of security and testing and different things that we do that obviously we feel very confident that we provide a very secure, very reliable voting system," Goldstein said.
Even if the dispute over voter-verified audit trails is eventually resolved, another lies on the horizon: access to source code used by voting machines. Should it be posted freely on the Internet, available only to researchers with credentials or kept a tightly held secret?
Shamos of Carnegie Mellon warns that advocates of more secure voting technology should tread carefully when demanding paper trails--or risk creating additional logs that could endanger voters' privacy.
It would be a shame, he said, if "people, in their frenzy to get rid of the perceived problems with voting security, in a misplaced effort to get some security, they've thrown away privacy."
CNET News.com's Anne Broache contributed to this report.
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- If this is so good, then why is security so lacks!
Companies that have personnel infomation cannot secure your personnel info. then how can e voting secure the vote so that theirs no compermise of your vote? if the black box vote machines uses windows base most of that has back door entry, could this be so someone can change your vote? Who dose the elite want in office?
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- E voting should never use Windows
- Given the problems that exsist with Windows, which M$ is unable to get a grasp on, this POS should never, ever be used for something as important as an election. Use some type of proprietary system used only on voting machines.
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- Democracy is at stake
- Why so many states put their faith in non-auditable eVoting machines is astounding. Using such a device with known programming & security flaws is akin to opening the results to gross manipulation by the man behind the curtain in The Wizard of Oz.
How can there be a fair & democratic election when someone can connect to a county's vote tabulator via an insecure "back door" and rather quickly alter the vote results? And the sad part is without real tracking mechanisms, no one would know.
Sure, you may have the right to vote, but what if your vote is never counted? With these flawed devices, vote-thefts can run rampant (as have been shown repeatedly in recent years). The whole notion of Democracy is at stake.
Check out www.votergate.tv for an eye-opening account on what's really happening with the man behind that curtain.
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- It's not a bug, it's a feature !
- pradeep P wrote:
> Why so many states put their faith in non-auditable eVoting machines is astounding.
It's not a bug, it's a feature !
Why do you think they buy those machines ...
a bit of humor ...
http://www.boomchicago.nl/Section/Videos/BoomChicagoVotingMachine
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- The real value of e-voting for politicians...
- The real value of e-voting for politicians is when the seller can assure the buyer that with his machines, the next vote outcome will satisfy the buyer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_U.S._Election_controversies_and_irregularities
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- SUCID Licenses Single Use Credit Card Number For E-Voting
EDIS the owner of the July 22 2003 Patent to the Single Use Credit Card Number ID Patent licensed earlier this year a Canadian Company, Single Use Credit Card ID, LTD, or "SUCID".
SUCID is joint venturing with a US Company, Single Use Voter ID, or "SUVID", to license entities for legal Internet gaming and voter ID uses of the Single Use Credit Card Number ID on ID theft protection EDI platforms respectively.
Simply put, this means the use of ID theft protection technology to assist voter protection is developing quickly. These companies will be moving quickly into the marketplace as the platform completes construction within the next six months.
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- Shamos's objections to paper trail not entirely valid
- Prof. Michael Shamos is described as objecting to providing
electronic voting machines with voter-verified paper trails
because printing vote records on long strips of paper could
enable someone to discover the identities of the voters who cast
This problem is easily solved by not printing ballots on long
strips. Instead, each printed ballot would be torn off by the voter
and placed in a conventional ballot box, completely obscuring
the connection between ballots and voters.
In this variant of the voter-verified paper trail (promoted by
the Open Voting Consortium [1]), ballots would be officially cast
only when placed in the box. The electronic voting machine
would then be better described as an electronic ballot printer,
and any vote totals it produced would be no more than early,
unofficial estimates.
The paper ballots could be counted manually, of course (as
they are in many European countries), but because they are
printed by machine they would be reliably readable by
independent vote-counting scanners.
According to the article, Prof. Shamos also maintains that
"mandating paper trails will halt experimentation with better
techniques". Yes, laws can be too specific-- it's possible that
paper ballots may someday be superseded by superior
technology. Nevertheless, we have a serious problem here and
now, and it's one we can't afford to leave unsolved just because
the solution at hand is not provably optimal.
Instead of mandating paper trails specifically, voting-machine
laws should merely require that vote-verification technology be
transparent, i.e., understandable by the average voter. This
requirement is satisfied by paper ballots, whether filled in by
hand or printed by machine, but it leaves the door open to
superior technologies (it would appear to close the door,
however, to the sophisticated encryption technology proposed
by Chaum and Neff).
Finally, the article attributes to Prof. Shamos the indisputable
observation that paper records have a long history of tampering
by both major parties. Such tampering is possible only at the
retail level --attackers must interfere physically with each of the
ballot boxes they wish to corrupt-- and defenses against such
attacks, while not perfect, are well developed.
Voting-machine software, however, provides opportunities for
tampering at the wholesale level. A single malefactor can hide
vote-corrupting features in software that is installed in
thousands of voting machines, resulting in vote corruption far
removed in time and place from the original tampering, and on a
scale that retail vote tamperers could only dream of.
If paper trails or machine-printed ballots can transform the
election-tampering threat from wholesale to retail, it's one of
the best deals on offer.
1. http://www.openvotingconsortium.org/
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If you want a sense of what motivates the politicans and activists who push for voter identification laws, look no further than this quote from Pennsylvania State Representative Darryl Metcalfe:
I don't believe any legitimate voter that actually wants to exercise that right and takes on the according responsiblity that goes with that right to secure their photo ID will be disenfranchised. As Mitt Romney said, 47% of the people that are living off the public dole, living off their neighbors' hard work, and we have a lot of people out there that are too lazy to get up and get out there and get the ID they need. If individuals are too lazy, the state can't fix that. [Emphasis mine]
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It's not hard to find a version of this view in conservative rhetoric around voter identification and the welfare state. Taking benefits makes you dependent, and dependency creates a state of mind that blinds you to enlightened self-interest. Reasonable people can differ about whether there is a distinction between "reason" and "passion"—or whether there's such a thing as "enlightened self-interest"—but there's something outmoded about the idea that material motivations taint democratic action.
But this is part of what drives the thinking behind voter identification laws, and more broadly, opposition to the welfare state. It has a long history in American political thought, and while liberals may score a win over mandatory ID at the polls, the idea that some deserve to participate—and some don't—will be with us for the duration.
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Apparently neither Romney nor Bloomberg anchors know very much about the country they live in. The 47 percent include few welfare queens and a lot of poor white folk. The former are more likely to vote for the President, while the latter will vote for anyone but the black man. As has been pointed out many times, the poor who vote for Republicans vote aspirationally, but against their self-interest; one could only call them unenlightened, yet they are voting against their financial self-interest. At the same time, the non-Federal-tax-paying contingent also includes the very wealthy who shelter their money in various ways; they join the "welfare queens" in voting their self interest. Strangely, Romney has given up on a significant part of his base (even if they haven't given up on him).
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DPRK's Victory in Korean War Prevents New World War
| Pyongyang, July 30 (KCNA) -- The DPRK's victory in the 1950-1953 Korean War prevented possible outbreak of another world war.
World experts on politics and history still affirm that the U.S. provoked the Korean War as a prelude to another world war in consideration of geopolitical significance of the Korean peninsula.
The then U.S. President Truman said in his reminiscences that the U.S. was planning to use A-bomb in early period of the war when its forces could not but retreat and, at the same time, start a third world war.
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Mariah Carey may be the one carrying twins, but it seems she's not the only one putting on a few extra pounds. Nick Cannon says that his wife's pregnancy cravings are having an effect on his waistline.
"I think she's figured out brilliantly that when she craves stuff she doesn't necessarily have to eat it," he says. "When she cooks, she cooks everything from scratch and then the cravings go away. So I get stuck with eating all the food. I'll be gaining weight during this pregnancy."
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Mariah Carey may be the one carrying twins, but it seems she's not the only one putting on a few extra pounds. Nick Cannon says that his wife's pregnancy cravings are having an effect on his waistline.
8 Responses to Nick Cannon's pregnancy weight gain
My husband put on a few pounds when I was pregnant with our daughter. Not a whopping 45 lbs like me, maybe like 10. This go round he is LOSING weight, due to his job mostly. But here I am at 31 weeks & already packed on 25 lbs. NOT FAIR! I keep making food for him, delicious bakery goods anyone? And I end up eating all of them. Here's to hoping that chasing a toddler around & breastfeeding will help those extra cupcakes & brownies melt away
My husband put on about ten pounds from all the ice cream and frozen yogurt I was craving. 3 months postpartum and he's lost it all and I've lost just about 2/3rds of the weight I put on (45 lbs. Almost there! I can't wait to fit into my old bottoms.
Haha! Yes! My husband gained about 20 pounds or so. Didn't help that all I wanted was fried cheesy food and sweet stuff! I gained 50, so I guess I can't talk.
I think its totally awsome that Nick seems so excited and hes talking about it but when are we gonna hear from Mariah!?
My husband actually lost weight while I was pregnant. I think I gained both my weight and his weight while pregnant. Why else would I gain 70+lbs!?!
Love it! With my DS, my hubby gained a good 30 lbs when I gained 35! And it was even better when I only gained 25 lbs with our DD and he again gained 30 lbs during that pregnancy. Sure he lost the weight after each time by going on a diet, but boy did it make me feel good that I wasn't the only one giving it to "temptation"
My husband gained 30 pounds when I was pregnant with our 1st and 2nd (they're 13 months apart). I only gained 20. The best part is that I have since had our 3rd daughter and I'm officially 2 pounds lighter than before our 1st (thank you breastfeeding!)! My poor DH is still trying to lose that 30 lbs, 5 years after our 1st.
The weight you gain, you will retain. This means the weight that you gain in your early months of pregnancy is your weight, not the baby's. The baby doesn't really start gaining weight until around the seventh month. I had five children. I never went past 132lbs in any of my pregnancies and I was 115 lbs or less, right after giving birth. The children's average weight was 7 lbs 8 and 1/2 oz, which is not bad. Although, my first pregnancy, I could not hold food and went down to 101 lbs before I finally got back up to 132 lbs, when I delivered him. He is now 6'5″ and quite a big boy. I was Miss No-Cal,(a Canada Dry beverage some year ago) after having five children and my stomach was flat as a pancake and I ended up doing fashion modeling professionally for awhile and danced in Michael Jackson's first video.


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EDIT: Well, most of my preview was heavily influenced by the upcoming national team call-ups, but not every player has departed yet. Blame to cold medicine. Here comes a hastily updated weekend preview.
This weekend will see a hard fought Texas derby between Dallas and Houston, two top teams on the road as New York faces Vancouver and Los Angeles faces New England, and another contender step up to break Portland's perfect home record.
Toronto FC (2W-4L-6T) vs Philadelphia (5W-3L-2T)
Another early home game for Toronto will see the Reds attempting to continue their recent defensive form against a Philadelphia team that has struggled as of late despite being near the top of the table in the east. While Philadelphia has had difficulty getting results in away games to Portland and Dallas as well as in hosting league-leaders LA, their offense showed signs of coming to life at home against Chicago. Despite scoring a stunning goal last week, Carlos Ruiz will need to mesh more with his teammates if the Union want to truly become an offensive threat. Toronto, meanwhile, have shown that they can be potent either on attack or defense while struggling to put forth a complete game.
Vancouver Whitecaps (1-5-5) vs New York Red Bulls (4-2-5)
The Whitecaps will fancy their chances against a New York side who are already depleted by call-ups and under pressure to win. While Vancouver sit low on the standings the fact remains that they have only lost once at home so far this year and if they are going to turn their inaugural season in MLS around, they will need to start here. New York is sitting atop the table in the east, but have only taken three points in the last four games and a cross country road trip while lacking central defender and leader of the defense Rafa Marquez will not help. Vancouver has shown that its offense can produce this year and they will need to do so this weekend if they want to come away with the upset.
Columbus Crew (3-3-4) vs Chivas USA (3-4-3)
Both Chivas and Columbus have suffered from setbacks as of late after mustering some impressive runs of form. Columbus looked good against the Portland Timbers in a difficult away loss while Chivas were snuffed out by their in-town rivals, the Galaxy. Chivas are without the services of a number of players including Jimmy Conrad and Michael Lahoud due to injuries. The forwards of both teams will likely be the key to this match as both Justin Braun of Chivas and Andres Mendoza of Columbus have not found the form that made them so dangerous last season.
New England Revolution (3-4-4) vs Los Angeles Galaxy (7-2-5)
8:00 PM EST, Galavision
The New England Revolution are working on what could be one of the premier midfield duo's in the league in Benny Feilhaber and Shalrie Joseph, however, before both players leave to their respective national teams, they will be tested against the league leading Galaxy. The Galaxy will also lose two key components in Landon Donovan and Donovan Ricketts after this match. While LA have been at the top of the league since the beginning of the season they were not looking impressive in terms of points per game. However, as the season continues the Galaxy have found their form and are rapidly climbing the points per game standings. Despite their home field advantage, New England will be hard pressed to come out of this game with any points at all.
Chicago Fire (1-4-5) vs San Jose Earthquakes (3-4-3)
The Chicago Fire are a team looking to put all the pieces together, but after attempting to do so all season, are still struggling. The Earthquakes look to have found their missing piece to the puzzle, having won their last two games largely due to the contributions of forward Chris Wondolowski. While San Jose has not been as one dimensional this season as they were last year, they still rely on Wondolowski to provide a spark and a scoring touch for their offense. The Fire's streak of four games ending in a tie was only snapped by a Carlos Ruiz effort that came out of nowhere, and while they have looked outclassed from time to time, the Fire have shown that they can compete with anyone in the league. Chicago will now have an opportunity to show that they can not just compete with but can beat other teams in the league.
Houston Dynamo (3-4-5) vs FC Dallas (6-3-3)
As Major League Soccer has grown, so has its rivalries, and the Texas derby (or "El Capitan" named for the artillery piece taken home by the winners) is one of the most natural and fiercest. The Texas Derby has seen eight red cards given in its last fourteen matches. In the Dynamo's six years in MLS they have only lost at home to Dallas once, winning five of their other seven meetings in Robertson Stadium. However, this year the Dynamo will play host to a Dallas team that ranks third in the league in points per game and who are undefeated in their last five. Houston are coming off a hard fought defeat at the hands of the LA Galaxy where they had little control and, despite a stout defensive effort, never really looked like scoring themselves. Both teams were away in midweek, so some warm Texas weather may make for a grueling game that could break wide open.
Colorado Rapids (4-3-5) vs Sporting Kansas City (1-6-1)
The Rapids are win-less in their last three games at home but will be looking to change that against Kansas City who are still slogging through their season opening road trip as their new stadium is completed. Things are looking up for SKC after playing their first home game of the year in a 5-0 win over New England in a US Open Cup play-in match. Colorado, meanwhile, have been unable to find a win after tying their last four games. Injuries and call-ups continue to hamper the Rapids' chances of regaining their early season form. With Conor Casey contributing from the bench and Omar Cummings still injured it seems unlikely that any spark will come from that formerly dynamic forward pairing. Teal Bunbury of Kansas City was expected by many to be called up to the USMNT next week, but his exclusion from the US Gold Cup side will drive him forward and will add some motivation to the talented but struggling SKC attack.
Real Salt Lake (5-1-2) vs Seattle Sounders (4-4-5)
This game will be a face off between two teams expected by many to be at the very top of the league. Seattle has had to contend with injuries and a difficult schedule from the start and now find themselves squarely in the middle of the pack. Salt Lake started out with an impressive four wins in a row but have stuttered without midfielder Javier Morales to lead their attack. RSL's defense has been able to carry on with two of last year's defender of the year candidates, Jamison Olave and Nat Borchers, in the center of the defense ahead of 2010 goalie of the year candidate Nick Raimondo. They will attempt to continue RSL's impressive unbeaten streak of 29 league games without a loss when playing at Rio Tinto Stadium. It will be a tall order for Seattle's injury plagued side to come away with any points in Salt Lake this weekend.
Portland Timbers (5-3-2) vs DC United (3-4-3)
The Portland Timbers continue to be unbeatable at home in the Rose City, but DC United will be looking to bring their dangerous attack to bear and get the first league points for a visiting team in Jeld Wen Field. The Timbers' defense has had several solid outings after a shaky start to the season and have not allowed a goal at Jeld Wen in the last three games, all 1-0 victories. DC will be welcoming Josh Wolff back to the line-up but will be missing his fellow forward Charlie Davies to injury. Davies has scored six goals so far on the season and was a large part of a dangerous DC attack that will struggle to replace him.


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11 April 2009
Gygax and Arneson, in Memorium
One was a school trip, with about 40 kids and chaperons packed into 8 station wagons, setting off on an 11-day tour of Wyoming and Utah. Great fun. Memories to last a lifetime. A story for another day, perhaps. [Image Wideview]
Then there was the other journey. Five 13-year-old boys in a car on a long drive across the desert do get bored. There were two pretty girls in the car too (S and J), but we hadn't figured that stuff out yet. What we did have was a box. A game in a blue box that none of had seen before.
Well, that's not exactly right; one of us had. Matt pulled this blue box out of his knapsack and introduced us to a game that had no board and no pieces to move. It used pencil and paper, but we had that in abundant supply (school trip, you know). It also used some dice I'd never seen before, with 4, 8, 12, and 20 sides, in addition to the usual 6 sided dice. We created "characters" by rolling attributes and decided what classes they should be. [Image Acaeum]
Characters needed names, and fortunately we had all recently seen the Ralph Bakshi movie Wizards which provided a lot of inspiration.
Sean had high wisdom and became a Leric? the cleric. Manus got high intelligence and was a magic user (name?) with a unique fashion sense. Taylor got the highest dexterity and was Avatar the thief. John and I got good strength and constitution and took the fighter roles of Elric? the elf and Peace the dwarf. Matt ran the show as the game master.
[Image IMDB, and if you are an RP gamer and have never seen Wizards, shame on you!]
And so we passed the time on the long long drives between stops on our trip. Battling skeletons, stirges, and other perils, and gathering up all the loot we could carry. I have a lot of good memories of that trip, which was really extraordinary by any measure. Some of those memories happened in the back of a station wagon, rolling down the Utah highway. [Image Wideview]
In the past 13 months we have lost Gary Gygax and David Arneson, the two people who created Dungeons & Dragons, and who enabled a lot of those good memories I've been writing about. That is the way of things; people pass on leaving only memories. Though I gave up this particular game long ago, gaming remains a part of my life. I am not alone, because a lot of other people have been drawn to role playing games as a pastime and hobby. A lot of them started with the blue box or something very like it, just like my friends and I did in the back of that station wagon. Somehow I think the influence these two men had on so many people will not be forgotten any time soon.
[Update: With some help from Matt, we determined this must have been the spring of 1978, not 1977. Therefore most of us were actually 14 years old, not 13. There are some additional comments on Facebook.]
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Excellent post. I believe Manus' wizard was Ralphabeskamiliatar... but I might be confusing that with a later characer. I DO recall that his wizard, dissapointed at the circa 1977 spell system carried around massive numbers of daggers and constantly tried to throw batches of them at the same time and generally getting himself killed a lot.
Concur on the sentiments. Fond memories. One disagreement... speaking only for myself, I was certainly AWARE of the females and attracted to them... just completely CLUELESS how to operationalize that awareness and attraction.
- April 12, 2009 at 2:09 PM
- EastwoodDC said...
Hi Matt,
Manus used to have an online account of his wizard character, but I couldn't find it when I searched. No doubt 'Rocky' will fill in the details for us should he stop by.
And no, there is no disagreement. ;-)
- April 12, 2009 at 6:24 PM


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LOS ANGELES — In a big time Pac-12 conference matchup between the No. 12 UCLA Bruins and the No. 13 Stanford Cardinal, the Cardinal took the rubber match Sunday afternoon 7-2 for the series win at Jackie Robinson Stadium.
After UCLA (28-12, 12-9) took an early 2-0 lead, Stanford (28-11, 10-8) used a six-run fifth inning for the come-from-behind victory. Once it secured the lead, the Cardinal never relinquished thanks to five strong innings of relief from Sahil Bloom, who allowed only two hits enroute to his second win of the season.
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I was just super wondering if it's super possible to overuse the word super in such a super way that it starts having any super meaning, but I'm not super sure I have the super answer yet. I may have to keep super thinking about it.
In related news, I received a press release from Nickelodeon yesterday announcing the upcoming Backyardigans hour-long TV movie, Super Secret Super Spy. Despite the gratuitous overuse of the word "super," I am powerless against any television event which promises to be "full of espionage, exotic locales and tickle torture."
Backyardigans fans won't want to miss this one. From the press release:
Nickelodeon will introduce preschoolers to the thrilling life of international super spies, covert operations, and remarkable gadgets on The Backyardigans' first hour-long, primetime TV movie "Super Secret Super Spy" premiering Monday, September 17 from 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon. Grammy award-winning recording artist Cyndi Lauper performs the movie's original theme song "The Lady in Pink," as Nick Jr.'s five backyard pals move stealthily along to a hip jazz beat in exotic locations including London, Switzerland, the Caribbean and Miami.
Cyndi Lauper? I am so there based on that alone. But here's a rundown of the super plot:
It's a recipe for disaster in "Super Secret Super Spy," as the James Bond-style spy, Agent Secret (Pablo), is on an important international mission to protect the world from evil doers. Tasha is Miss T, the head of the International Super Spy agency who directs Agent Secret to stop the villainous Lady in Pink (Uniqua) from stealing three top-secret containers. Tyrone is the Lady in Pink's hapless henchman, and Austin plays Agent Secret's undercover contact who aids Agent Secret and dons new disguises in each locale. A hip jazz soundtrack moves the action along as Agent Secret travels to various exotic locations including Miami Beach, a London pub, a café in Switzerland and a beach cabana in the Caribbean, to obtain the containers before they are stolen by the Lady in Pink. But will Agent Secret and Miss T survive the Lady in Pink's infamous tickle torture?
The DVD of Super Secret Super Spy will be released the day after the premiere (on Tuesday, September 18th, 2007) and will be available here in the Ty's Toy Box Backyardigans Store. I don't want to say too much, here, but I'm just going to go out on a limb and venture a guess that the DVD is going to be extremely super. Just so you know.
If this piques your interest, stay tuned at the Nick Jr. website, too. They'll be rolling out a new 3-D adventure spy game based upon the movie on Friday, August 31st, and movie clips and music videos will be available there starting Monday, September 3rd.
I don't know about you, but I think all of this is pretty super.


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1942- f M. w. swAN E'Y 2,306,027
HYDROCULTURAL PROPAGATION Filed March 9, 1959 INVENTOR Patented Dec. 22, 1942 HYDROCULTURAL PROPAGATION Miller W. Swaney, Verona, N. J assignor to Ellis Laboratories, Inc., a corporation of New' Jersey Application March 9, 1939, Serial No. 260,688
2 Claims. (CI. 47-38) This invention relates to improvements in the hydroculture of plants. It involves also the simultaneous hydroculture of species of plants and fish.
It is an object of this invention to propagate plants with nutrient liquids, the latter being simultaneously aerated and circulated over the roots of plants. Another object of this invention comprises propagating fish in the liquid nutrient media utilized in maintaining plant growth by hydrocultural means.
There are two main divisions of plant hydroculture, namely, water culture, and aggregate culture. In the former method, a plant is suspended above an aqueous nutrient solution, containing the chemical elements necessary for plant growth; and the plants roots are allowed to dip into the chemical solution. In the aggregate method, a plant is supported by sand, cinder, gravel, or other suitable aggregate, and an aqueous nutrient solution is allowed to flow continuously or at regular intervals, over this aggregate. In so doing, the nutrient medium thereby comes in contact with the plant's roots, I
The nutrient solution used in either case contains, in dissolved form, salts of the elements known to support plant life. These are, namely,
nitrogen, phosphoruapotassium, calcium, magnesium, sulphur, iron, boron, zinc, copper and manganese. Potassium and phosphorus may be in the form of mono-potassium phosphate, KH2PO4, magnesium and sulphur as magnesium sulphate, and so on. These salts and elements are dissolved in the proper ratios and concentrations to produce desirable plant growth. A typical nutrient composition is given in Example 1. The growing or maintenance of fish in a nutrient solution used for supporting plant growth, I have hereinafter referred to as the simultaneous hydrocultural propagation of plants and fish.
Now, I have made certain improvements in apparatus applicable for hydroculture methods of plant propagation. I have devised means of maintainingthe nutrient solution in circulatory flow, during which flow it comes in contact with the plants roots and in addition,air, by which it is efiectively aerated. I have also devised means of recirculating solution that has been used so that substantially no mechanical losses occur.
My invention can be described with the aid of accompanying Figures 1, 2, and 3. Figure 1 represents a side view of the propagating means with cut away sections to more clearly show the important features of the apparatus. Figures 2 and 3 are views of the aerator in different stages of operation, Figure 2 being during the intake cycle. By intake I mean the period during which nutrient is being removed from reservoir into the aerator. The discharge period is thathportion of the aeration and/or nutrient solution movement cycle when the nutrient solution is being removed from the aerator to the pipe or other conveying means which ultimately carries said nutrient solution to the plant and/or fish propagating portion of the apparatus. In these figures, corresponding numerals in different figures represent identical items. In Figure 1, numeral I represents a plant growing in a plant propagating compartment 2, filled with sand 3, the roots 4 being distributed throughout the sand. The compartment 2 rests on a box-like base 5, which houses a nutrient solution reservoir 6, partially filled with aqueous nutrient solution I. Electrically operated aerator 8 is so constructed as to be able to send out a quick'but moderate blast of air at intervals of every few seconds whenever plug I6 is attached to a source of electrical power. Thereafter the aerator momentarily shuts itself oil for 8 to 10 seconds, after which time the blast of air is then repeated, and so on. It is to beunderstood that the means by which this aerator is able to produce the succession of air blast is not a part of this invention. The gust of air travels into T-tube I0, thereby causing nutrient solution inside I0 (see also Figures 2 and 3) to travel upward through delivery tube I I. The solution emerging from the upper end of I I falls onto the upper surface of the sand 3, and then fiows, by gravity, over the sand and roots 4 and through screen 2', and emerges from the bottom of the container 2 by means of the drain tube I2, and returns to bowl 6. Thereafter the cycle is repeated over and over again. An additional step of my invention, as is described more fully hereinafter, consists of propagating fish I9 in the nutrient solution reservoir 6. In this case, the box-like structure 5 and reservoir 6 can be made of transparent sides.
The specific mode of action of the solution transporting and aerating device shown enlarged in Figures 2 and 3 is as follows: In Figure '2,
which shows the device immediately before operating, the T-tube I 0 contains nutrient solution up to the level A. Just at the time of operation, air a, or other aerating gas, rushes in through tube 9 into T-tube I 0 and exerts force on the nutrient solution in I 0. The solution is almost completely prohibited from leaving I0 through the lower end because of resistance to rapid fiow which is offered by capillary tube It which in turn is attached to T-tube II by connection 14.
Instead, the air pressure causes the solution in tube II to rise up through delivery tube II and flow onto sand I (Fig. 1). 7 After the solution is.
elevated, the air blast ceases and the air pressure in no is decreased. Thus during the through capillary It, pushing the air in tube ll ahead of it and; out through delivery tube ll.
' The liquid level in T-tube ll is thus raised from ensuing, eight orten seconds solution 1 flows into. tube ll' -drated cupric, sulphate (CII O4.5H2O) Forexample, ittis known that rainbow trout are killed by a concentration of it part of hyumillion parts of water, or by a concentration of 2 to" 5 1mm of hydrated zinc sulphate (ZnSOi.'IH:O) in 1 million. pa
a -1:100,000 concentrationof iron salt. Yet,
I I have found that goldfish thrive in nturient great advantages over all pre-existing small-scale hydroculture methods of plant propagation for householdor ofllce use. These advantages are:
1. The apparatus is electrically operated and therefore requires no undue or time-consuming attention. 1
2. Working intermittently, the aerator utilizes very little electric power. a
3. Plants are supplied with continuous fiow of aqueous plant food of uniform strength.
4. Nutrient solution, aerated, this being essential for good root growth.
5. Except for the surface of the sand, the system can be entirely enclosed, thereby minimizing evaporation and consequently loss of water which would. result-inundesirable changes in concentration of the nutrient solution.
6. The nutrient reservoir enclosure can be made of transparent materiaL'thereby affording a clear view of the apparatus at all times.
7. The apparatus is compact and may be transported from place toplace.
8. The apparatus is self-starting and requires no priming. K
As is readily seen, my invention provides a very efiicient means for the hydrocultural propagation of plants in aqueous nutrient solutions, a means of keeping the nutrient solutions in continuous and renewed contact with root surfaces, and means of maintaining the nutrient solutions in a state of efiicient aeration.
As a furtherphase of my invention, I propose to add goldfish, tropical fish, and other small species directly to the nutrient solutions with which plants are to be propagated. I have made the very unexpected discovery that goldfish and tropical fish, which are accustomed'to existence in fresh water, live and thrive in nutrient plantfood solutions. I have observed-that these fish, which are generally maintained in fresh water of pH near 7.0, i. e. an aqueous medium whichis substantially neutral and therefore contains subso used is effectively I stantially no dissolved acidic or alkaline bodies,
solutionscontaining as much as 1% parts per .million of hydrated copper sulphate (CilSO4.5H:O)
and as great as 3' parts per million of mono-hydrated zinc sulphate (211804320), in addition to a concentration of 1 part of hydrated ferrous sulphate (FeSO4.'lH:|O) inonly 25,000 parts of nutrient solution. Furthermore, a pHvaiue of 4.4 is known to cause the death of carp within 5 days. Yet I have observed that goldfish thrive in nutrient solutions of pH'4.0 even for a period of time as long as l0 days.
There are several advantages to this phase of my invention. are, namely:
1. The addition of goldfish to nutrient solution containers creates a'decorative effect of unusual interest.
2. The goldfish and remove algae, growth from the walls of the containers..
3. The plant growth is greatly stimulated by the presence of va'rious'hormone-like substances, which serve "as plant-growth stimulants, and
Grams mm 128 NaNO: 400 KCl 224 CaSO4.2HzO MgSO4.2.7HaO 192 FeSOUIHzO 8 NaHSOr I 2 H3130: (2 parts by weight); MnSO4.H2O (2 parts by weight); ZnSO4.H=O (2 parts by weight); CuSOaSHaO (1 part by weight) a This composition was so compounded that '1 grams '(1 rounded teaspoonful) dissolved in one gallon water gave a nutrient solution of the proper strength for normal plant growth.
Example 2.--An apparatus of the type illustrated in Figure 1 was assembled, using a fiower pot (9-inch top diameter) filled with white quartz sand. I The nutrient solution reservoir was a glass bowl of l-gallon capacity containing 3- quarts of nutrient solution prepared according to Example 1. In the sand were planted three dormant tubers of the white calla lily. The leadin wires of the aerator were plugged into an electric line and the flow ofnutrient solution was begun. After 15 days the tubers had rooted and sent up shoots several inches long. After 30 days (from planting) these shoots were about 1 foot in length. The nutrient solution was replaced by fresh solution at this stage. Fortyfive days after planting, the calla stalks were about 1 ,5 feet in length and a number of large green leaves had unfurled.
of water, or by other snnan mm tend to During the growthof these callas, the solution was, at two-week intervals, replaced by fresh solution. Under this treatment, the callas continued to grow and thrive.
Example 3.Three goldfish, which were accus- I Example 7.Into a 5-gallon rectangular glass tank was placed 4 gallons of solution containing 28 grams of the composition of Example 1. Above this solution, 3 small begonia and 2 small geranium plants (free of soil) were so suspended that only their roots dipped into the solution.
In this nutrient solution were placed 2 goldfish.
The plants grew very rapidly and blossomed profusely and the goldfish thrived splendidly. After each two-week period, the nutrient solution was completely replaced by fresh solution. After six weeks, the plants had increased in size severaltimes and the goldfish were in excellent condione of the same concentration once each week (approximately) during this period.
Example 4.-The three goldfish employed in Example 3, after remaining in the solution of Example 3 for 25 days, were transferred to nutrient solution of twice-normal strength. This was prepared by dissolving 56 grams of solid composition of Example 1 in 4 gallons of tap water of pH 8.4. The pH of the twice-normal nutrient solution was 4.4.
In this solution the fish were kept for 22 days, during which entire time they presumably suffered no harmful effects from the solution, and retained their appetites and vitality.
Example 5.A nutrient solution of three-times normal strength was prepared by dissolving 84 grams of thesolid composition of Example 1 in 4 gallons of tap water of pH 8.4. The pH of the resulting solution was 4.0.
The three goldfish were transferred from the twice-normal solution of Example 4 to the threetimes normal strength solution, described in the preceding paragraph. They werekept in the latter solution for ten days, during which time they presumably suffered no ill effects of the solution and retained their appetites and vitality.
In this three-times normal strength solution copper and zinc, etc., were present in concentrations ordinarily suflicient to cause death. Yet, in the presence of the other chemical salts comprising the nutrient solution,the fish tolerated these metals with apparent impunity. In actual concentrations, this nutrient solution contained 3 parts per million of ZnSO-nHzO, 3 parts per million of MnSO4.HzO,- 1 parts per million of CuS04.5HzO, and 1 part in 25,000 of FeSOa'lHzO.
Example 6.-Three tropical fish (1 male, 2 female guppies) were placed in an aqueous nutrient solution containing 7 grams of the composition of Example 1 dissolved in a gallon of water. The fish suffered no harmful effects and were in thriving condition even after 2-weeks immersion in this solution.
. multaneously acting unitary aerator and circulation.
What I claim is:
1. An apparatus for the simultaneous propagation of plants and fish, comprising a plant propagating compartment containing means for supporting said plants; a fish propagating compartment, said fish propagating compartment being simultaneously the nutrient solution reservoir; and a simultaneously acting unitary aerator and circulator for said nutrient solution, the bottom of aid plant propagating compartment being located at an elevation higher than the nutrient solution level in the fish propagating compartment, and said simultaneously acting unitary aerator and circulator operating substantially continuously, whereby circulation of the nutrient solution from said fish propagating compartment to said plant propagating compartment is effected.
2. An apparatus for the simultaneous propagation of plants and fish, comprising a plant propagating compartment containing means for supporting said plants; a fish propagating compartment, said fish propagating compartment being simultaneously the nutrient solution reservoir; a drain from the bottom of said plant propagating compartment to the top of said fish propagating compartment; and a simultaneously acting unitary aerator and circulator for said nutrient solution; the bottom of said plantpropagating compartment being located at an elevation higher than the nutrient solution level in the fish propagating compartment, and said sitor operating substantially continuously, 'whereby circulation of the nutrient solution from said fish propagating compartment to said plant propagating compartment is effected and the volume of nutrient solution in said fish propagating compartment is maintained substantially constant.
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text: Robinson said he met with a handful of NFL teams Sunday night, including the Detroit Lions, and he said the feedback he has gotten from every team has been consistent. "They like me," he said. "They just said I got to show them I can catch. That's what they say." Robinson, who caught just three passes for 31 yards in his Michigan career, said he never considered staying away from the Senior Bowl, which some high-ranking draft prospects do for fear that they'll hurt their stock.


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Midtown Phoenix July 12, 2008
Covering: MEZZO (new to tour), Century Plaza, Evergreen 9 (new to tour) and Portland 38 (new to tour).
About thirty urban enthusiasts joined us for this tour and we had a blast. This tour was particularly good because we had great participation on the part of the tour attendees; a lot of comments were made and a lot of questions were asked. We love it when we have good interaction with everyone.
Our first stop was MEZZO which is a very very cool building just north of Osborn on 12th Street. It was designed and construction over seen by Will Bruder and it shows. The quality of detail is superb and the style is wonderful. Bruder incorporated angles and unique colors and odd sized windows in unexpected places to add a whimsical feel to the community. The landscaping is modern and eco-friendly and uses zero asphalt. Tour attendees LOVED the look and style of MEZZO.
We next stopped at Century Plaza High Rise on Central Avenue just south of Osborn. This building looks great architecturally and has some magnificent views. Tour attendees really loved the community although there were some questions as to whether the prices made sense or not. You see, the developer first began sales in 2005 but is just now completing construction. So the developer is trying to get 2005 prices in 2008. That's a very tough sell in today's market. Since the first week of July only eight contracts have closed (according to the broker and sales rep for Century Plaza). Tour attendees expressed concern that the developer may have trouble closing units and if so, the entire development could be jeopardized. Nonetheless, several people expressed interest in receiving updates on the community as they would be very interested in buying there once the dust settles.
Evergreen 9 is a JAG Development on Willetta at the very southern edge of Midtown Phoenix. In some respects these feel very similar to MEZZO but much more simple and paired down. They are not nearly as stylized BUT the prices are a heck of a lot lower and the neighborhood is much more walker friendly than MEZZO. Also, tour attendees felt that the area near Evergreen 9 is in the process of improving so buying there was more an investment in a bright future that is likely to appreciate as downtown Phoenix continues to come together.
The final stop, Portland 38, is another JAG Development. JAG was a bit hesitant to let us through as the construction was not completed but we all thought it looked great. The design is identical to Evergreen 9 (or if not identical, so close that we couldn't see any significant differences) except that the community has 38 residences instead of 9 and Portland 38 has a pool. The area is getting better, or at least has the potential to get a lot better, with ASU bringing so many students into the area. Not that students are likely to buy at Portland 38 due to the costs but with more bodies will come more amenities and with more amenities will come more bodies and the pattern continues.
If you haven't visited downtown or midtown lately you really should check it out. There are more and more little businesses opening up that are eclectic, unique and fun. And with students, and office workers, and attorneys and more walking around there really is a little buzz developing; not fast enough for our liking but developing nonetheless.
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- Tempe Nov-2008
- North Scottsdale Oct-2008
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- Downtown Scottsdale Jun-2008
- Camelback Corridor May-2008
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- Midtown Phoenix Feb-2008
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I haven't paid much attention. Instead, I have been obsessed with nits: picking up children from school, the latest deadline at work or household chores and projects. So the colors have passed without my noticing.


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Well I hope you enjoying Christmas Eve everyone! Got a quick post for you as we check in on the NCAA bubble before the Holidays. For all the people calling it a down year in the ACC, the ACC sits at 3rd in conference RPI, just behind the Mountain West and number 1 Big 10. The Mountain West? Yea they can ball out there. Three RPI top 10 teams and 9 in the top 150. Yes the ACC is terrible this year… You know just because there's only 1 elite team (Duke), doesn't mean there isn't depth there.
In my ranking system, any RPI top (100) win is a good win and any RPI top (50) obviously worth more. Any losses outside the RPI top (100) is considered a bad loss, and outside the RPI (150) are even more damaging. I'm not counting future results only if I think a team would make the NCAA's if selections were made the day of the post.
Teams get a "*" for top 50 good wins or "*" greater 150 losses.
My RPI rankings come from, CBSSportsline.com.
This is going to be a weekly article, where I seed the ACC teams where I think they'd placed if the tournament started the same day as my posting.
(1) Duke (11-0) (0-0) Projected Seed 1
Last 10 – (10-0)
Good Wins – * (12) Minnesota, * (8) Louisville, * (30) VCU, * (36) Ohio St, * (33) Temple, (75) Florida Gulf Coast, (51) Kentucky
Bad Losses -None
Notes – Did you see Temple beat Syracuse? Duke beat them by 23.
(5) North Carolina State (9-2) (0-0) Projected Seed 4
Last 10 – (8-2)
Good Wins – * (26) Connecticut, * (28) Massachusetts, (52) Stanford
Bad Losses – None
Notes – NC State seems to have found itself. The Wolfpack's computer numbers are great, and they now have 3 top 100 wins. The Wolfpack can still work themselves into a 2 or 3 seed with a good conference season.
(10) Miami (8-2) (0-0) Projected Seed 5
Good Wins – (82) UNC Charlotte, * (31) Michigan St., * (28) Massachusetts
Bas Losses – None
Notes – I watched Miami play Arizona. The Canes did not play well, but Arizona will be the number 1 seed out West. You can book that. They also were without Reggie Johnson in that one, though I doubt it would have made a difference. I'm not worried about Miami at this point.
(46) Maryland (10-1) (0-0) Projected Seed 8
Good Wins – (47) George Mason, (81) Stony Brook
Notes – Maryland has played a very weak schedule. If they struggle in conference, they'll have nothing to point to help their resume.
Bubble But In
(50) North Carolina (8-3) (0-0) Projected Seed 10
Last 10 – (7-3)
Good Wins – (69) McNeese St.
Notes – UNC is going to be tough for the committee to evaluate. There are no quality wins, and no bad losses, and this year's bubble is awful. Something I'll have to go in detail soon. UNC must beat UNLV at home on the 29th.
Bubble But Out
(99) Georgia Tech (8-2)
Good Wins – (97) St. Mary's
Notes – Right at this stage in Brian Gregory's rebuilding project the Jackets just need to keep beating opponents they are supposed to beat, and that's what they are doing.
(130) Florida State (7-4) (0-0)
Good Wins – (90) St. Josephs, * (38) BYU, (86) Charlotte
Bad Losses – * (229) South Alabama, * (184) Mercer
Notes – Only Duke has more top 100 wins in the ACC, so don't write Florida State off yet.
(156) Virginia (9-3) (0-0)
Good Wins – (59) Tennessee, (89) Farifield
Bad Losses – * (170) Delware, * (273) Old Dominion
Notes – Old Dominion beating Virginia this past week is one of the worst losses in the ACC this year.
(140) Virginia Tech (9-3) (0-0)
Good Wins – * (20) Oklahoma St, (67) Iowa
Bad Losses – (111) West Virginia, *(235) Georgia Southern
Notes – No shame in losing to a good Colorado St. team. Losing by 36 though is… The Hokies are sinking fast, and the lack of depth is going to be a problem all year.
Only if they win the ACC Tournament
(124) Boston College (6-5) (0-0)
Last 10 – (5-5)
Good Wins – (82) Providence
Bad Losses – * (192) Bryant, * (151) Harvard, (107) Charleston
Notes – It speaks to the depth of the ACC, that arguably the conference's worst team has a top 100 win. That was a good win by BC over Providence.
(192) Clemson (7-4) (0-0)
Last 10 – (6-4)
Good Wins – (97) UTEP
Bad Losses – * (201) Purdue, * (277) Coastal Carolina
Notes – The Tigers were still good enough to lead Arizona late in the 2nd half.
(199) Wake Forest (6-5) (0-0)
Good Wins – None
Bad Losses – * (158) Iona
Notes –The Deacs had a 2-0 week! You have to start somewhere.
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I know that Coke supplies Disney with all their soft drinks, but do they also supply them with the mint juleps? Or does Disney make the drink in the park?
I know that Coke supplies Disney with all their soft drinks, but do they also supply them with the mint juleps? Or does Disney make the drink in the park?
I asked for, and received, the full recipe for mint juleps once (you can ask at City Hall). I'm therefore 99% sure they're made in-house.
I remember recieving my Mint Julep from a soda fountain. Do they package their own syrup?
Since May 2003
^^ I haven't a clue, but I'm guessing the answer is yes. The recipe I received wasn't just about assembling the drink; it included the full instructions for boiling sugar and lime and concocting the syrup.
Merida looks like this. Not a Barbie doll!
Wow. I'm quite impressed. I wish they would market it and mass produce it - or have Coke purchase it.
That's one way they get people to the parks because it's where you get those tasty Mint Juleps.
I'm thinking they contract out. Possibly to a company that provides syrups for bars. I'm kind of doubting that they would make the syrup, pour it into a bag within a heavy-duty cardboard box.
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I had to buy four of them yesterday so I could drink some on during the 4 hour drive home
If they contracted to another company they wouldn't have given me the recipe, though - that would be violating someone's trade secret. Plus, it looked from the recipe as though they added a few things that wouldn't necessarily be found in a syrup for a bar - since those depend on bourbon for taste and Disney's don't have alcohol.
Merida looks like this. Not a Barbie doll!
I bet their supplier is SCOPE mouthwash.
In case anyone is curious, this is the recipe (available online, but if you go to City Hall they will give you a xerox of it. I have to find mine, but this sounds about what I remember).
- 3 lb sugar
- 1 gallon water
- 1 pt Creme de Menthe syrup (non-alcoholic)
- 1/2 6 oz can of frozen limeade concentrate
- 1/2 6 oz can of frozen lemonade concentrate
- fresh mint sprigs
- maraschino cherries
- fresh lemon wedge
Combine the sugar and water in a saucepan. Stir the contents until the sugar is dissolved.
Stir in lime and lemonade concentrate next. Continue stirring and bring to boil just below the boiling point (210 degrees.) DO NOT BOIL!
Remove pan from heat and chill. Once chilled, add a ratio of 1 part syrup to 5 parts chilled water.
Transfer beverage to pitcher and enjoy!
Garnish each serving with mint leaves, lime slice and a maraschino cherry.
What if Disney owns the recipe and is just contracting out the making of it?
Plenty of companies own a recipe to something, but contract out the actual production of it.
If its Disney's recipe, and I don't see how contracting production out violates a trade secret if Disney so chooses to share it.
Coke for example produces some products for other companies under a license agreement or distribution agreement, but doesn't actually own all the brands that can be linked to them.
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Merida looks like this. Not a Barbie doll!
Some of you old timers might remember Jungle Julep which was served at the Tahitian Terrace and at Sunkist, I Presume. In any case it was a sort of a tropical punch version of a Mint Julep. One of the main ingredients was orange juice, which was fresh squeezed by Sunkist every morning around 3 or 4 am before the park opened. If I recall this was a Disney-owned recipe which used orange juice and being that Sunkist was in the park at that time that is the juice that they used.
I think they use syrup they buy from an outside vendor. A few years ago they sold the syrup in bottles at the Mint Julep bar. I bought a couple of the bottles and made some at home. I think they came from a company in Tustin,Ca. Too bad they don't sell it at the park anymore.


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There was a scientist guy debating a religion driven gal and Anderson Cooper was the host. The scientist and the gal were treated on equal footing.
The gal kept saying that students in school need to know about all possibilities.
Now that is a serious indictment of CNN/Time Warner. What a waste of "news" time.
"The gal kept saying that students in school need to know about all possibilities."
So she wanted science classes to teach all the many different creation myths (including Sgallan's dragon), each of which is equally possible of being true? And when will there be any time to teach science?
Science, schmience. CNN's advertisers are happy because of the ratings, and we can all send money to the organization represented by the woman who said with a straight face, I'm sure, that our children need to be taught "all" of the different possibilities (meaning, really, only "some" of the different possibilities, or, actually, specifically, her take on the possibilitie--which excludes any spaghetti monster theories).
The one question Anderson Cooper asked the scientist that got under my skin was: "Doesn't she have a point to teach some God theories in schools might be appropriate since more than 50% of Americans say they believe God created the Earth?". The scientist replied: "Just because people believe so doesn't mean its valid".
In response to Spider: The gal said that in case science classes cannot fit God theories in their curriculum, she would be in favor of creating some class called "Science philosophy" where such divine theories could be "scientifically explored" and gaps in such theories as evolution exposed..
The point is you teach science in science class and religion in religion class. People are free to believe whatever they want, but they aren't free to introduce a totally different discipline into a curriculum. Do parochial schools teach the big bang and evolution as possible alternatives to Biblical creation (since "students need to know about all possibilities")?
When religion tries to debate science, I feel like religious views bring us back to Dark Ages.


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5.0 Mustang & Super FordsHow To Chassis Suspension
1996 Ford Mustang Cobra Alignment - Steered Straight
Adjustable caster/camber plates give more control, so use it wisely
Horse Sense: To find an alignment shop that's comfortable working with adjustable caster/camber plates, start with your local Mustang club. The members should be able to tell you where they've had good luck in the past.
You can't just throw a pile of high-priced engine parts together and expect to safely make big power-you definitely shouldn't expect to win races. Even amateur racers know that fine-tuning the engine combo correctly with the right injectors, fuel pressure, and timing is just as important. The same is true for steering and suspension. Lowering springs, upgraded struts, and even tubular A-arms can be added, but without the right alignment, the job is only half-done. Factory alignment is great for everyday street driving, but more is needed for aggressive street driving, road racing, and drag racing.
The inside treads on our car's front tires were worn to the cords because of a terrible alignment. Before heading to the alignment shop to get it fixed and back on the road, we interviewed Chuck Schwynoch, CEO of Maximum Motorsports. He gave us his recommendations based on the racing and product development the staff at Maximum has done throughout the years.
Keep reading to find out how the conversation went.
5.0&SF: We're going to install Maximum Motorsports' caster/camber plates on one of our project Mustangs. What alignment settings do you recommend?
Chuck Schwynoch: On a stock Mustang, only camber and toe are adjustable. With Maximum Motorsports' caster/camber plates, caster becomes adjustable, and a much wider range of camber adjustment is possible. The OEM alignment specifications were determined by studying the driving habits of the average vehicle owner. They almost never meet the needs of the performance-minded Mustang owner.
5.0&SF: Do the different cars (Fox, SN-95, New Edge, S197) benefit from different settings?
CS: Yes. Fox chassis Mustangs should have as much positive caster as possible. For the '94-'04s, C/C plates make it possible to adjust in enough positive caster that bumpsteer should be altered. Unless you're going to deal with the resulting bumpsteer issues, stick with 4.5 degrees of caster, which is about the halfway point of available adjustment on the Maximum Motorsports caster/camber plates.
The S197 chassis that debuted in 2005 is completely different. The camber and toe advice detailed previously for the different situations is about the same for the newest Mustang. One difference is the S197 chassis has a lot of caster already, so it's not really necessary to add more. At Maximum Motorsports, we've nearly finished the design for our caster/camber plates for the S197.
5.0&SF: What about the Mustang's suspension makes these settings necessary?
CS: The basic Fox/SN-95 Mustang chassis was designed in the '70s. It was never intended to be a high-performance sports car chassis with an emphasis on good handling. The extreme alignment settings are essentially a Band-Aid for the car having too little camber gain during body roll, not enough Ackerman steering geometry, or positive caster, and too much front weight bias. The faults are part of the package; the car has a modified MacPherson strut suspension designed for a family car. The Mustang frontend lacks grip, and so it tends to understeer. The rear suspension design is another story.


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Crash spills deicing chemical into Clarks Fork
Feb 12, 2013 - The Associated Press
BILLINGS, Mont. -- An estimated 5,000 gallons of a chemical used to deice roads spilled into the Clarks Fork River, killing dozens of fish, after a semitrailer crash Monday near the Montana-Wyoming border.
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality said two tankers being pulled by the semi and carrying magnesium chloride went into the river along Montana Highway 72, two miles north of the Wyoming border.
One of the tankers broke open, spilling its entire contents.
The other tanker did not leak and was safely removed, the DEQ said.
Public water suppliers downstream of the crash site, including in Billings and Lockwood, were notified of the spill in case the chemical plume threatens drinking water systems. The Clarks Fork, a tributary of the Yellowstone River, flows north from Wyoming into Montana.
Dozens of dead fish were found near the crash site by emergency crews, authorities said.
Wildlife workers patrolled the banks of the river looking for additional damages.


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Some notable names are Sami Callihan(Who has a try-out for WWE at the end of the month, and is reportedly on their radar), Bobby Fish, Tommasso, Lince Dorado(Who had a try out), AJ Kirsch(Who was on TE), Lionheart, Arda Ocal of the Score, and plenty of other people whose names are listed(likely real names, because hell if I know any of them).


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Neem is a fast-growing tree that can reach a height of 15-20 m (about 50-65 feet), rarely to 35-40 m (115-131 ft.). It is evergreen but under severe drought it may shed most or nearly all of its leaves. The branches are wide spread. The fairly dense crown is roundish or oval and may reach the diameter of 15-20 m in old, free-standing specimens.
The trunk is relatively short, straight and may reach a diameter of 1.2 m. The bark is hard, fissured or scaly, and whitish-grey to reddish-brown. The sapwood is greyish-white and the heartwood reddish when first exposed to the air becoming reddish-brown after exposure. The root system consists of a strong taproot and well developed lateral roots.
The alternate, pinnate leaves are 20-40 cm long, with 20-31 medium to dark green leaflets about 3-8 cm long. The terminal leaflet is often missing. The petioles are short. Very young leaves are reddish to purplish in colour. The shape of mature leaflets is more or less asymmetric and their margins are dentate with the exception of the base of their basiscopal half, which is normally very strongly reduced and cuneate.
The flowers (white and fragrant) are arranged axillary, normally more-or-less drooping panicles which are up to 25 cm long. The inflorescences, which branch up to the third degree, bear 150-250 flowers. An individual flower is 5-6 mm long and 8-11 mm wide. Protandrous, bisexual flowers and male flowers exist on the same individual (polygamous).
The fruit is a glabrous olive-like drupe which varies in shape from elongate oval to nearly roundish, and when ripe are 1.4-2.8 x 1.0-1.5 cm. The fruit skin (exocarp) is thin and the bitter-sweet pulp (mesocarp) is yellowish-white and very fibrous. The mesocarp is 0.3-0.5 cm thick. The white, hard inner shell (endocarp) of the fruit encloses one, rarely two or three, elongated seeds (kernels) having a brown seed coat.
Commercial plantations of the trees are not considered profitable. Around 50,000 neem trees have been planted near Mecca to provide shelter for the pilgrims.
The neem tree is very similar in appearance to the Chinaberry, all parts of which are extremely poisonous.
In India, the tree is variously known as "Divine Tree," "Heal All," "Nature's Drugstore," "Village Pharmacy" and "Panacea for all diseases." Products made from neem have proven medicinal properties, being anthelmintic, antifungal, antidiabetic, antibacterial, antiviral, anti-infertility, and sedative. It is considered a major component in Ayurvedic medicine and is particularly prescribed for skin disease.
Neem is a source of environment-friendly biopesticides.. The unique feature of neem products is that they do not directly kill the pests, but alter the life-processing behavior in such a manner that the insect can no longer feed, breed or undergo metamorphosis. However, this does not mean that the plant extracts are harmful to all insects. Since, to be effective, the product has to be ingested, only the insects that feed on plant tissues succumb. Those that feed on nectar or other insects such as butterflies, bees, and ladybugs hardly accumulate significant concentrations of neem products.
The oil is also used in sprays against fleas in cats and dogs.
The tender shoots and flowers of the neem tree are eaten as a vegetable in India. Neem flowers are very popular for their use in Ugadi Pachadi (soup-like pickle)which is made on Ugadi day in South India. A souplike dish called Veppampoo Rasam (translated as 'juice of neem flower') made of the flower of neem is prepared in Tamil Nadu. leaf or bark is considered an effective pitta pacifier due to its bitter taste. Hence, it is traditionally recommended during early summer in Ayurveda (i.e. month of chaitra as per Hindu Calendar which usually falls in month of March - April ). And during Gudi Padva which is the New Year in the state of Maharashtra, we find an ancient practice of drinking a small quantity of Neem juice or paste on that day before starting festivities. Like many Hindu festivals and their association with some food to avoid negative side-effects of that season or season change, neem juice is associated with Gudi Padva to remind people of using it during that particular month or season to pacify summer pitta.
Neem is also used in parts of mainland Southeast Asia, particularly in Cambodia and Thailand (where it is known as sadao or sdao), Laos (where it is called kadao) and Vietnam .Even lightly cooked, the flavour is quite bitter and thus the food is not enjoyed by all inhabitants of these nations, though it is believed to be good for one's health. Neem Gum is a rich source of protein.


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Real Housewives' Kyle Richards Crank Calls Lisa Vanderpump With Wendy Williams — And Lisa Isn't Pleased!
If you think Lisa Vanderpump is okay with being woken up by a phone call at 7-ish in the morning, then you'd be wrong — as Kyle Richards quickly found out!
Kyle appeared on The Wendy Williams Show on November 6, and she and Wendy tried to get to the bottom of why Kim Richards still resents her. "[Kim] does feel judged," Kyle says of Kim's return from rehab.
"I say to her, 'That comes with it,'" Kyle adds. "'This is the price you pay after everything that's happened. We're all worried, we're all scared.'"
Kim knows staying sober is something she has to work at each day, Kyle says, but as of right now, "She is in a very good place. I'm very proud of her." Go, Kim!
Then, Wendy's studio audience votes on a stunt that Kyle has to pull, and they choose to watch Kyle crank call a fellow Housewife. They opt for Lisa Vanderpump, even though it's not yet 8 a.m. on the West Coast. Uh-oh.
"Oh, bugger off," is the first thing that Lisa says to Kyle when she realizes who it is. And then Lisa, in her half-asleep state, has a hard time figuring out what's going on. "Kyle, are you serious?" Lisa asks. "Are we on the show?"
When Lisa figures out that it was all a prank, she jokingly vows to get her revenge. "Let me tell you, Richards — I'm going to get you back for this," Lisa tells her. "I don't care how long it takes."
If we were Kyle, we'd sleep with our phone on silent from now on.
Source: WendyShow.com
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