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Homebrewing 1A
I have received several requests for a column about Homebrewing, but at a beginner's level. My previous column was for experienced brewers and not for the novice. If you have ever thought about brewing, you might be inspired to give it a shot. After all, it is inexpensive and you likely have most of the needed equipment around the house.
This is meant to be a quick introduction and not a complete guide to every facet of the hobby. For a in depth explanation, discussion and guide, please refer to John Palmers excellent on line book available at http://www.howtobrew.com/intro.html
This guide is meant for the novice looking for an easy to follow, low dollar investment that will still produce a decent brew. Long time brewers will no doubt feel I should have improved the brew with additional steps or equipment, I disagree. Much of a novices concern is in the initial cost to get involved, I believe a low buck, low tech solution is perfect for the aspiring homebrewer.
What you are making
Beer has been brewed nearly as long as there has been civilization. The earliest recipe dates from
Typically, homebrewed beer contains only a few ingredients.
- Malt - is Barley that has been dried and the outer hull removed. It is milled, much like Coffee, and is to beer what grapes are to wine.
- Hops - are a bittering agent. It gives Beer the bite that makes you come back for more. A member of the Cannabis family, the flower is the seasonings of beer.
- Yeast - is a single celled organism that consumes sugars and leaves in its wake, Carbon Dioxide and, thankfully, Alcohol.
- Water - the higher quality the better. 95% of Beer is water; its quality is key.
Malted barley
Brewing beer starts with steeping or "mashing" barley that has been "malted" or encouraged to start to sprout, then dried and milled roughly. The resulting "tea" of steeped grain is then boiled to release sugars and flavors. A popular shortcut is to purchase malt extract. This extract is essentially the same tea or liquor made in normal mashing, but boiled down and concentrated into a honey like liquid that can be the basis for some fine beer. It cuts down on time and trouble, both of which are key to an enjoyable homebrewing experience.
Getting startet
A trip to your local Home Brew Store should be your first stop. If you don't have a local store, I highly recommend Northern Brewer and More Beer as good places to mail order from. Either way, feel free to ask questions. You will generally find most Homebrewers eager to help and can be a wealth of information.
Once there, you need to decide what you want to brew. The choices can be daunting. Shall I make a crisp Pilsner or a smooth Lager? Perhaps a hearty stout, or an ale perhaps? How about a fruit beer? Or a seasonal like Hefeweizen?
The choices are endless but I will make a few suggestions;
- Pilsners (Pilsner Urquell, Becks, St. Pauli Girl and *allegedly* Bud, Miller and Coors) are tough to make for beginners. They can be difficult to brew and are not very tasty without a lengthy cold rest. Save this one for your 6 month brew.
- Lagers (Sam Adams, Heinekin) have many of the same issues as Pilsners. Some varieties can be made at somewhat higher temperatures, but again, get some experience under your belt before trying these more unforgiving styles. Like Pilsners, they also require storage at low temperatures to be their best.
- Ales, Stouts, and flavored beers (Guiness,
Sierra Nevada, Newcastle Brown) are always a good choice for the beginning brewer. Their more hearty styles help to make the most of the flavors available and tend to mask any minor problems in the brew. With their ability to ferment at normal room temperatures, they are much less fuss for the beginner.
I selected a Brown Ale kit, well, two actually since I am making a 10 gallon batch.
Mike rang up my purchase along with 12 pounds of Light Malt Extract. My bill for the 10 gallon batch was $42 bucks. Even the cheapest swill produced by the national mega-breweries is far more expensive.
Once home, I opened up the kit and beheld my booty. Your kit may of may not contain all of these ingredients.
Steeping Grains and Liquid Malt Extract
Plus a whole bag of goodies
The ingredients in the bag were
- Hops, both boiling and aroma varieties.
- Yeast. I personally prefer liquid but oh well.
- Priming Sugar for bottling.
- Cheesecloth bag for steeping grains.
- Clarifiers for giving your brew that clean look.
- "Kettle sugars" to increase Alcohol and body
- Dextrin for mouth feel and body
That's it for the software, now lets talk about hardware.
In all my hobbies, few rival Homebrewing for the number of gadgets, goodies and oddball hardware that allege to make the brewing process easier and or quicker. Sometimes, that's even true. That being said, brewing is as complicated as you wish to make it. I will endeavor to make this batch much the same way you will, avoiding the pitfalls of complication.
For hundreds of years, Brewers made do with little more than a big pot and a spoon. We will go a bit beyond that but will keep it simple. The first and most important piece of hardware is a B.A.G. or Big Ass Pot. For years I used this 7 gallon model my wife bought me for Christmas. This is the ideal size but any very large pot will do.
Plan on using the biggest pot you can possibly find. Stainless Steel or Enamel are preferred over Aluminum. Use what you feel is the best and biggest you can get. If you don't have a big pot lying around, ask friends and family. Everyone has an Aunt who used to can vegetables. Let's put her pot back to work!
Buy a fermenter.
- This is the single most expensive piece you need. Any supplier will have them for as little as $20 bucks. Spend the extra 3 dollars for the spigot in the bottom. You will never have to siphon your beer if you do. Along with a few other incidentals, you should be able to get started for well under 50 bucks. All of the hardware can be re-used for years to come.
- One indispensable piece is a bubbler or airlock, they come in many styles. Here are two common types.
Both are inexpensive and a must have item for a successful brew. Be sure you get the appropriately sized bung or stopper for your bubbler that matches your fermenter
- 6 Feet of 3/8" food grade plastic hose, available from most hardware stores.
Additionally some small items found around the house or from your supplier will be needed;
- Large Spoon, the longer the better
- Kitchen Thermometer, digital is quicker and more accurate
- Large Tea Kettle or 2 gallon pot for water
- Measuring Spoons
- Bottles, recycled from your normal beer consumption
- Packet of Sanitizer, available from your supplier.
Getting started
The liquid extract that came with our kit is great for body and a basic brew, but we are opting for some extra flavor by steeping the specialty grains that came in our kit.
Many brewers and kits will tell you to steep them on your stove top in a pot of water at 152 degrees for an hour. Personally, I am way too lazy to be bothered to keep an eye on a pot of water to such a precise degree. We are going to cheat and use a small drink cooler to do the work for us.
Start by cleaning the cooler out and rinsing very carefully to remove any soap residue. Once that's done, fill it with the hottest tap water you have on hand. Fill it to the very brim, drop the lid and let it sit for 10 minutes
Meanwhile, have a pot of water on the stove set to boil.
Turn off the heat and empty your cooler, open your bag or bags of grain and place them into the cheesecloth bag. Pick up any stray grains and put them into the bag.
You should have something like this.
Add a half inch of cool tap water to your cooler and drop in your bag of grain. Ladle in the boiling water until it covers the grain bag completely by several inches. Using a common household thermometer, take the temperature of the grain bags center. Add boiling or cool water until the temperature of your grain ball and water is 156 degrees (or whatever temperature is called for in your instructions). Mix well between measurements
Ahhh, just right.
Close the lid on the cooler and crack a cold one. You are making beer.
Once you have rested from your exertions, you should start getting your kettle ready. Using the biggest pot you have, fill it with 5 gallons of the freshest, best quality water you can get. I am blessed with excellent tap water. Not everyone is. If you do have nasty tap water, I highly recommend spring water purchased on sale at any grocery store for a few dollars. The quality of your beer is directly tied to the quality of your water. Don't be cheap.
I am making a double batch and am using huge 15 ½ gallon converted kegs. Boiling 11 gallons is a snap. If however, you are using a smaller pot and are unable to do a full 5 gallon boil, don't worry, you will still make a fine brew. All the instructions will remain the same but for an additional step I will remind you of later on. If you are using a 3 ½ or 4 gallon pot just do the same thing as I am now. The Turkey Fryer setup I am using for heat can often be borrowed from a friend or relative if you don't have one, otherwise a stovetop and a 3 ½ gallon pot may be better suited for your first brew.
A helpful hint; Put your liquid extract in a pot of very hot water and keep it next to the stove or burner you are using to heat your boil water. It will soften it up nicely and will make adding it to your boil later much easier later on.
Keep an eye on your pot of water and stop it before it starts to boil. Ideally, it will be 170 degrees or so. Determining how long your stove will heat your water may be helpful to know ahead of time.
After an hour has gone by, your steeped grains have given their all. By steeping in the hot water, starches have been converted to sugars and flavors have been released that we are going to use to make a tasty brew.
The color change in this case was quite dramatic.
The temperature in our pre-heated cooler has fallen by less than 3 degrees. Since we have spent our time drinking beer and not watching a pot of water, we are rested and ready to start adding our ingredients together.
Grab the end of the grain filled bag, carefully dip it in and out of your hot pot of water. Rinse it like a giant tea bag until it runs clear. .
These grains have given their all, they can be composted, fed to animals or birds or simply discarded
The bag or bags of malt extract you had warming in the pot are completely liquid by now, be sure the heat to your pot is off and slice a generous corner off of the bag of extract and let it flow into the pot, let it run out and as it gets to the end, gently twist and squeeze it as needed to get all of the malty goodness into your pot.
Pour the mash water from the cooler into the pot and using your longest spoon, stir for several minutes to completely incorporate the honey like extract. Failure to do so will almost always lead to scorched spots in the pot and accompanying scorched flavors. Once you are sure you have completely incorporated all the liquids, put the lid on the pot and fire up the heat to nuclear. Stir occasionally in a clockwise direction, unless you are one of my readers from Down Under, to avoid hot spots and to speed up boiling.
As the liquor gets close to boiling; it will create a fine layer of bubbles, from this point on, watch the pot like a hawk. Failure to reduce the heat immediately after the start of boiling will result in the horror that is a boil over. Due to the huge amount of sugars we have in our pot, the resulting syrupy mess is enough to ruin a stove. Be prepared, come with weapons.
In the fight against boil over, the lowly spray bottle is your friend
Fill it with water and have it in hand while watching the pot. Reduce heat and spray at the first sign of a boil over and it will knock it down as easy as a Don King fighter.
Hopping in.
As we discussed earlier, hops are the spice of beer. The boiling liquid you have just created (called wort) is very sweet. Go ahead and ladle out a coffee cup full and taste it. Simply adding yeast will, at this point, create beer as most of the world knew it until the practice of adding hops to counter balance the sweetness was widespread. I believe however, you would be very disappointed in such a brew so we will add hops to make the beer we all know and love.
Your kit probably came with 2 separate kinds of hops. They are called boiling hops and aroma hops. The boiling hops are meant to counteract the cloying sweetness of the wort while the aroma hops give beer the familiar "beer smell" we most often associate with beer.
Turn down the heat and toss in your boiling hops. Once you are sure you are not going to boil over, crank the heat back up to maintain a roiling boil.
Helpful hints
One problem new brewers have is remembering when to do certain steps. A big help in aiding a quality and stress free brew session is making a timeline. A typical recipe will call for the addition of hops, kettle sugars, clarifiers, adjuncts or other items. Do yourself a favor and starting from the beginning of the boil, write down the timeline for when you need to add the various pieces of your recipe.
In this example, the timeline for my 80 minute boil went like this.
- 10:30-Boil started
- 10:40-Boiling hops and kettle sugars added
- 11:40-Clarifiers and aroma hops added
- 11:50-End boil
Most recipes have their own hopping schedule. Yours will undoubtedly be different than mine. Some have several types of hops which need to be added at different steps. Such as right after the boil, 15 minutes before end of boil, at the end of boil and even adding additional hops in the fermented beer. Writing them all down ahead of time greatly reduces the chances of forgetting a step. I firmly believe this simple step has saved me a great deal of trouble over the years.
Crossing the Sanitary Line
Cleanliness is next to Drunkenness.
Up till now, you have been working with boiling liquids so sanitation has not been a big concern. Heck, I have had leaves, bugs and other things fall into my boiling wort with no ill effects whatsoever. From this point on however, everything that touches your brew needs to be sanitized. You have several options including Bleach, Acid, Oxygen or Iodine based. I prefer Iodine so that's what we shall use here.
It can be purchased in several sizes and is relatively inexpensive. Us it liberally and if there is any question of contamination.
Follow the label directions for use.
I like to make a tub of sanitizer and keep all of my working tools in it when brewing.
Cooling down your brew
Now that we have boiled our beer and added our hops, we need to cool it down as quickly as possible. If you have more money than time, you can buy a immersion chiller. Basically a coil of copper tubing that cold water runs through that will chill a 5 gallon pot of boiling liquid down to a comfortable 75 degrees in as little as 20 minutes.
If however, you don't have access to a chiller, you can always do it the old fashioned way and use ice and water.
Using an able assistant and being very VERY VERY careful, you can move the pot into a bathtub, sink or other large vessel that will contain your pot and circulate cold water and ice to cool down your wort. Be sure to have some water already in the vessel before placing the pot inside. It make take hours to get it down to 75 degrees so don't rush it. Keep the lid on the pot at all times to prevent contamination. Using a sanitized spoon, you can help the process along by giving it a non-vigorous stir occasionally. Overly agitating the cooling wort should be avoided at all costs. Once the temperature has dropped to 76 degrees you can move on to the next step.
Place the cooled pot on a countertop and give it a vigorous stir (with a sterilized spoon) in the clockwise direction, to make a whirlpool effect. It will then need to rest for 20 minutes, use the time to prepare for the next steps.
- Proof your Yeast (if using dry yeast)
- Sanitize your fermenter
- Prepare your airlock
- Clear a space for your fermenter.
Pitching the yeast
Our kit came with
I poured a cup of the cooled wort to a sanitized container and added the packet of yeast. Like making bread, we are going to proof our yeast, allowing it to bloom before adding it to the whole batch.
The one on the left was just poured while the one on the right had been sitting for 15 minutes.
You are now ready to transfer the cooled wort into your fermenter. You will be using either a carboy or fermenting pail. I have a preference for glass, and own several 6 ½ gallon carboys used only for fermenting. However, pails work very well, are easier to carry and are nearly unbreakable. The built in valve is a Godsend. Since I have only glass, we will use them in this example.
Getting the cooled wort into your fermenter is an easy choice if you have a pail. Toss in the yeast into your sanitized Fermenter and using a sanitized measuring cup, the larger the better, dribble the cooled wort into it making as many bubbles and foam as you can while still maintaining a reasonable flow. This is the only step in the process when agitating the beer is a good thing.
Avoid transferring the nasty goop in the bottom of the pot into your pail. Put the lid on and you are ready for the next step.
Those using glass will need to siphon or funnel the cooled wort from the pot into the carboy, again, try to use the stream to produce as many bubbles and foam as you can. If using a siphon, pour in the yeast, start the stream and sit back and watch. It will take at least 10 minutes.
And you thought I forgot.
When we were discussing the size of pot you need to make your batch, I mentioned that if you were unable to do a 5 gallon boil, you should do as big a boil as you possibly could and I would tell you what to do later. This is that time.
Add spring water, available at any grocery store, until your fermenter is at 5 gallons or 80% of your total fermenter volume if it is under 6 ½ gallons. Most brew pails are a full 6 ½ gallons so you should have plenty of headroom if you choose to go that route. You can go slightly over 5 gallons of you are feeling adventurous and greedy.
Plugging the hole.
You have several options for sealing up your beer from the elements while still allowing Co2 to escape. And trust me; a
Either of these airlocks will work well for your beer. Pouring in a small amount of cheap Vodka or Sanitizer will create a one-way valve allowing gas out and not allowing bacteria and other nasties in.
Personally, I just use rubber bungs, a piece of hose and a section of pipe and call it good. The bottle has sanitizer or cheap vodka in it. Be sure your bungs have a big enough hole to accommodate your hose. Use the biggest hose you can get away with.
Once your airlock is in place, place your fermenter in a cool dark place (between 68 and 72 degrees with the yeast in our kit, yours may differ). When in doubt, I find an unused tub in a spare bathroom to be ideal in case of "accidents" as well as an ideal, stable temperature. Protect your brew from light with towels or a blanket and go get some serious couch time after your hour of backbreaking labor. I strongly suggest drinking several beers in sacrifice to the Yeast Gods.
You have done all you can to produce a great beer. It is all in Mother Natures hands now. There is nothing to be done except keeping an eye on it occasionally to ensure it does not blow out your airlock and produce a nasty mess. You should get airlock activity within 24 hours and have vigorous activity for a week or so. A layer of crusty looking goop will cover the surface of your fermenter.
Don't worry and have a beer, the yeast is doing its job.
There is nothing to be done,
Don't screw with it, don't mess with it, don't open it. When airlock activity slows to one bubble per minute or so, it is decision time.
Secondary or not?
Most brew books will tell you that at this point, it is time to transfer your beer to another carboy or bucket to finish clearing the beer. Since you are just starting out, I believe it is a step we can do away with and still produce a quality brew.
As you gain experience and equipment, seriously consider adding another carboy or bucket to your inventory but for now, we will just let the beer rest for another week or more. There is no cut and dried time you need to leave your brew, it is ready when it is ready.
So is it Ready?
After 2 weeks, take a look at the brew. Virtually all airlock activity should have ended. Shine a flashlight through the side of your fermenter and peek into the hole your airlock is in or peer through your carboy and take a look. Has the "head" of yeast fallen away? Is the beer clear looking? Really clear looking? If it is still a little cloudy or you still see a solid layer of gunk floating on top, put the airlock back in and cover it back up. Depending on temperature, recipe, yeast and numerous other conditions, it may take up to 3 or 4 weeks for your beer to completely clear. Take your time.
If it is clean and clear, its time to bottle.
Put a cap on it.
By now, you should have on hand at least 2 ½ cases of clean 12 oz. bottles or the equivalent. I have never had good results using twist off bottles. As fate would have it, most good beer comes in non-twist off tops so it is a good excuse to spoil yourself. Rinse your bottles in hot water as you empty them until they are clean. Try to get brown bottles whenever possible. Be aware that if you have a full 5 gallons in the fermenter, it may go as many as 3 cases.
As an alternative, many brewers like to use flip top bottles. The need for a capper is eliminated and the cool factor is way up there.
The "pop" sound the bottle makes when it opens is nice too.
Start by gathering your equipment and supplies and get some sanitizer ready. You are going to need a racking cane if you using a carboy but will need only a piece of hose if you use a bucket.
But first, always remember;
Cleanliness is next to Drunkenness
Sanitize everything that will come in physical contact with the beer.
Tools of the trade
To bottle, all you need are clean empty bottles, caps and a capper. Cappers can be found at any brew store or online for about 15 bucks along with the caps you will need. Always buy more caps than you need.
Throw the caps into some sanitizer and start filling bottles with it as well. Contact time is 2 minutes minimum for Iodine based methods so be prepared. Always inspect your bottles before filling them with sanitizer. Put aside any that are not squeaky clean. If you are using a bucket, hook up your sanitized hose to the valve in the bottom, pour the sanitizer out of the bottle, insert the hose and turn the handle. Fill each bottle until it is 1 ½ inches from the top.
Sweeting the deal.
There was one last ingredient in our kit we have yet to use. The priming sugar. Rather than mess with mixing the sugar, adding it to the bottles or using an additional pot or bucket for bottling, I suggest you use Carbonation Drops.
Carbonation Drops are available from your supplier. They are inexpensive, easy to measure and darn near fool proof. Spend the 4 bucks, it is less trouble than sugar and actually brings a little additional flavor to the party. Follow the manufacturers instructions for use. In our case it was 4 drops per bottle
Cap your bottles and store in the same cool dark place you used to ferment your beer. Practice on a few empties until you get the hang of it.
Did I mention patience?
Don't even bother tying a beer before 2 weeks have passed. It just isn't worth it. Even better, wait for 3, you will be rewarded with a much better brew. Throw a few into the fridge and prepare to taste your first brew.
Pouring your brew.
Rather than go on with a long winded explanation on how to pour a brew, I have prepared this handy graphic for you that explains the process.
I often print them and attach them to the bottle when I give beer away to friends.
Letting your beer age to its potential is going to be difficult, but if you are patient, you will be flat out amazed how good your beer turns out. Unlike Wine, Beer is best served fresh. Beer will peak in flavor and quality between the ages of 6 weeks to 4 months. I sincerely doubt however, that you will ever have any of your first brew still around at 4 months, it will be long gone. Take a piece of advise from an long time brewer, start another batch as soon as your fermenter is empty and you will be rewarded with a seemingly endless stream of top quality craft brewed excellence.
I hope that you will be inspired to perfect your technique and refine your methods to produce better and better beers. This guide is meant as an introduction only and I would again refer you to Palmers excellent on line guide at http://www.howtobrew.com/intro.html for an in-depth guide and reference. I do hope however that I have shown you that far from being overly complicated and expensive, you can, with a minimal investment, produce top quality beer at a fraction of the price of the cheapest swill available from your local mega-mart. Your circle of friends will suddenly expand and your waistline may grow, but through it all, you will have a secret smile, knowing your time and effort made it all possible.
I would like to thank my editors; Tom the Engineer, Decal, Concentric Circles, Doodad, Chris the number cruncher, IronKros and the many others who took the time to send suggestions and feedback.
As always.
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Hello readers! Dan again! Here in Quito we are right below the daunting and beautiful Pichincha, visible from Old Town Colonial Quito to New Town Mariscal. Nathan and I took the trip with some guests up El Teleferico, the gondola that goes up to Pichincha, to summit the mountain. We took some pics along the way, so check em out!
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7 comments:
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A year or so later we were invited for a two day demonstration of this system that was to be given in Oslo, Norway. IBOS was there with four staff members, DBB (now Nota) staff were there as were representatives from RNIB in the UK and from SVB (now Dedicon) in the Netherlands. Many of the demonstrations did not work out too well, but nonetheless we all had the impression that this technology was pointing in the right direction.
DAISY and Collaboration
Later the same year at the IFLA Conference, the Section of Libraries for the Blind had their meeting in Istanbul, and DAISY was the subject of talks everywhere – in breaks, in the session rooms, and during dinners and beers in the evening. People began to realise the incredible potential in the concept of doing the same as the others – until then everyone had minded their own business and solved their own problems. Collaboration had not really been a part of the picture – until DAISY.
I can remember that we had an unofficial meeting/gathering sitting on the floor in one of the big rooms of that nice hotel trying to explain to each other that it would be important if we all could agree on using the same standard – even if DAISY were still in its original, proprietary format. The Japanese were also interested in this new digital format, and for the first time ever we saw an automated CD copying engine in the small exhibition area. I think we all wondered how to explain to our bosses that we would need a few hundred thousand dollars for a system like that.
Frustration & Success
At IBOS we were able to purchase a very early version of DAISY software for experimental purposes. It was an alpha version that used the original, proprietary DAISY format developed by a Swedish company called Labyrinten Data AB. We went to Labyrinten's home town, Fallköping, to fetch it and to get some training. The entire installation fit onto two diskettes – just around 2Mb! I was lucky that IBOS fully understood the importance of investing in equipment, training and travelling in order to prepare for the digital production of accessible audio and text.
IBOS was one of the very earliest Associate Members of the DAISY Consortium. Our first DAISY books were converted from analogue audio to DAISY using the "TIPS" system (Tape Input System) from Labyrinten. We could transfer 16 hours of audio per hour, but the editing afterwards in the DAISY software "LpStudioPlus" took nearly as much time as it would take to narrate the entire book again. There were problems with LpStudioPlus and the output was full of errors – it was not possible to produce valid books with it. It was an extremely frustrating time.
By that time we had developed our text tool in Word with which we could create dtbook-xml from Word, and as the first versions of LpStudio/Pro came out, we did a lot of experiments with production of full-text DAISY books. A large group of the early developers and producers of DAISY books helped to improve that software by sending bug reports in a standardised format. The reports were verified and sent to Labyrinten to be fixed. LpStudio/Pro was tested so thoroughly by so many people that the final version is practically error-free, and it is still working very well on the newest Windows platforms – and that's amazing! Through the years this software has been made available at no cost to DAISY Consortium Members.
xml-tekst Was Born
Unlike most other organisations which began their early production of DAISY books with audio and structure only, at IBOS we decided that we would start real production by creating DAISY books with full-text. This format is very useful for study purposes, and it was much faster for the narrators to learn the tricks of digital recording when the text was on the screen. By 2005 we had produced nearly 70 full-text DAISY books. At that time the Danish Government decided to privatise the entire production of educational materials for students with a print disability. I decided that since it was "my" work, I would tender for this production, and in 2005 I started the company xml-tekst – since then my company has done this work. In the early years two other companies also produced these materials for the government, but since 2009 xml-tekst alone has done this.
The entire production is tendered once every 3 to 4 years, and the company that meets the requirements for experience and knowledge in this type of production, and that has the best price/quality ratio and the shortest delivery time is awarded the entire production for the following 3 to 4 years.
The company that is awarded the tender is also in control of the repository of books already in accessible formats. Copies from this catalogue can be ordered on the Internet, via mail or over the phone, and are delivered on a day-to-day basis.
New books that are requested can be ordered with different levels of proofing. Depending on the layout of the original material, the delivery requirements are between 1 and 10 working days, up to a maximum of 15 working days during the two busiest months of the year. Tactile graphics and mathematics as LaTeX can also be ordered.
I think it is safe to say that the students and the teachers are happy with this new system. Delivery times are very, very fast and the quality of the books is consistently high. We have seen a reduction in the production of narrated audio and an increase in the use of TTS-rendering of the text. This has reduced production costs, and made it possible to increase the number of pages produced.
The skill and experience of the xml-tekst team members along with increased efficiencies have allowed us to output 2.5 times more with a significantly smaller increase in costs. For example, in 2006, 945 titles totaling 260,000 pages were produced, with 7,900 copies made; in 2010, 2504 titles totaling 663,000 pages were produced, with 18,300 copies made.
There are now 15 people on the xml-tekst staff team in our offices in Roskilde, Denmark. Most of the staff have been with the company since the start in 2005, and all are highly motivated and skilled in their jobs. A part of our production workflow is done in India and China, but all books are finalised, proofed and checked by our staff team here.
We have enjoyed working and sharing with DAISY 'partners' over the years. My involvement with the work of the DAISY Consortium has brought me wonderful opportunities in terms of relationships, experience and knowledge. As one of the Consortium's early trainers I was able to share some of what I had learned with others. People such as Ingar Beckman Hirschfeldt, Stephen King, and of course Hiroshi Kawamura helped to shape the future of DAISY and of accessible information. Companies such as Plextor, Labyrinten Data AB and HumanWare also helped to make our early dreams become a reality.
Whenever possible I bring some of my staff team to DAISY Conferences so that they too experience the DAISY camaraderie and learn about all things new in the world of DAISY. The old days of everyone 'doing his own thing' are long past. The DAISY Consortium has brought cooperation and collaboration to the libraries and organisations providing highly accessible reading materials to people around the world.
Please feel free to contact us or to visit us if your travels should bring you nearby Roskilde. You can contact me by email at niels[at]xml-tekst[dot]dk. You are also welcome to try our webservice for semi-automated markup of books from scanning to dtbook-xml at www.DAISYmarkup.com. It's free for testing and for individual use; companies and organisations pay a fee to use it. You can also use it as a local webserver running on your internal network. We have quite recently introduced the ida-reader, which is a software reader that can be used on both Windows and MAC computers. The ida-reader is a user-friendly software product that has the ability to read aloud text content from a variety of file formats such as DAISY 2.0/2.02, DAISY 3.0, HTML, RTF, XML or original print pages.
Shortly after its formation, Niels registered xml-tekst as a DAISY Consortium Friend in the Developers category. In addition Niels Thogersen is a Friend in the Individual Supporter category, further demonstrating his personal, ongoing commitment to the mission, vision and work of the Consortium.


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If I had a dollar (and a dream) for the question about "where does the lottery money go for education" I believe we would have the most well funded schools in the nation. That being said, the most recent annual report was issued by the NYS Lottery on the overall operations and within that report (which you can click here to read) you can read for your self what the Lottery takes in in revenue, what the Lottery expenses and the net impact for education aid in New York State.
Here are some numbers to wet your appetite:
- Total Lottery Sales and Net Win – $9.23 Billion
- Total Aid to Education from Lottery – $3.17 Billion
- Total Aid to Education since inception in 1967 – $51.6 Billion
- 2013-14 provided not only the highest revenue in history but also the highest aid to education.
Still, we struggle with proper funding for education which remains a priority from both sides of the aisle in the Legislature. In the last two years as the economy has started to rebound we have seen a $2 billion increase in state funding for local education topping off at over $23 billion in education funding. Truly one of our top priorities in the state operations and one that we have and remain committed too.
Feel free to share this information as it is important. Yes, Lottery is on the rise and that provides additional education funding which is a proper investment for our future.


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Spotlight on DeMarcus Cousins: The irascible big baby is also an intimidating big man, one who can cause major problems when he's engaged in a game. He hurt his quad earlier in the week, but played Thursday against the Timberwolves, corralling 14 rebounds in the Kings win. The Kentucky product has averaged 14.3 points and 10.3 boards in the past 10 games.
Kings: Sacramento has lost its seven past games to Denver. … The Kings have lost the previous three matchups to the Nuggets by an average 20 points. … The Kings allowed the Nuggets to score 71 points in the first half of the Jan. 26 game, the most points scored by the Nuggets in a first half this season. Then, on March 5, Sacramento allowed Denver to pour in 70 points in the second half, which was, yep, the most points scored by the Nuggets in a second half. … Kings director of player development Fat Lever spent six big-time seasons with the Nuggets (1984-90).
Nuggets: Since returning from a thigh bruise, Denver forward Danilo Gallinari has been underwhelming. He's had terrible shooting nights in each of the past two games, and in the past seven games, he's averaged 11.9 points, while shooting 28.8 percent from the field. … Denver is 31-3 at home this season.
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Fluid balance
Fluid balance is the concept of human homeostasis that the amount of fluid lost from the body is equal to the amount of fluid taken in. Euvolemia is the state of normal body fluid volume. Water is necessary for all life on Earth. Humans can survive for 4–6 weeks without food, but for only a few days without water. The amount of water varies with the individual, as it depends on the condition of the subject, the amount of physical exercise, and on the environmental temperature and humidity. In the US, the reference daily intake for water is 3.7 litres per day for human males older than 18, and 2.7 l/day for human females older than 18 including water contained in food, beverages, and drinking water. The common misconception that everyone should drink two litres of water per day is not supported by scientific research. Various reviews of all the scientific literature on the topic performed in 2002 and 2008 could not find any solid scientific evidence that recommended drinking eight glasses of water per day. For example, people in hotter climates will require greater water intake than those in cooler climates. An individual's thirst provides a better guide for how much water they require rather than a specific, fixed number. A more flexible guideline is that a normal person should urinate 4 times per day, and the urine should be a light yellow color.
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Steve, Kevin, and Andrew cover X-Men 11-19 (MMW vol.2) and are interrupted by tornado warning! Our host discusses various books including the Avengers titles.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police say the accident that left a 68-year-old woman dead was a hit and run.
Jeanne Lennon was driving along Hickory Grove Road in East Charlotte yesterday when a brown van cut her off, according to police.
68 year old Jeanne Lennon killed in hit and run last night on Hickory Grove Rd. CMPD looking for driver #wcnc pic.twitter.com/AQjxNiPtzN— Ty Chandler (@TyChandler_News) October 28, 2016
Lennon swerved to avoid the van and hit a tree. Emergency services transported Lennon to Carolinas Medical Center where she was pronounced deceased.
The accident occurred Thursday evening around 8 p.m. on the 6300 block of Hickory Grove Road.
CMPD is looking for the driver of the brown van. Anyone with information is asked to contact CMPD at 704-432-2169.


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Jerome Preston Bates Comments on All My Children RoleMatt Richenthal at . Comments
And in what ways will this veteran actor contribute to the show?
"I'm involved in a main storyline with everybody — Erica, Greenlee, Kendell, Aiden — I'm going to have a scene with everybody within the next couple of days," Bates said to Metro Spirit, a newpaper from his hometown of Augusta, GA.
"It's the only featured black character that they have on the show. It's a good role, a role of integrity and authority. They haven't put me into any slimy stuff yet."
The busy actor, who helped direct a series of plays in Georgia last month, is excited about his first soap opera gig. But he also acknowledges how hectic it can be.
"It's good work and it's a character-driven story. But it is a rather grueling schedule," Bates said.
We have no doubt it's one he's up for, however.
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A few weeks ago I discovered a new restaurant on avenue du Parc. That in itself is exciting since recently it's more likely to see a restaurant closing than opening in the construction0heavy area. But with construction stopped for the holiday season (to encourage business in the area I assume) it's high time to get out and support the local shops and restaurants.
It's hard to miss this place. Near Chilean restaurant Araucaria – known for its empanadas and corn pie, but also its vegetarian poutine with a gluten-free, dairy-free gravy and arts patronage – is Mexican sandwich shop Tachido. Hurray! Lunch! I thought.
Turns out Mexican sandwiches and I generally don't get along, despite the unusual added option of gluten-free bread! All the toppings are pork, cow, and/or dairy. Which basically guarantees the deliciousness of the meal, but also the fact that I can't and/or won't eat it. And the tortillas for the quesadillas are either corn or flour, both of which I can't digest right now. So I really can't tell you if these sandwiches and things are absolutely amazing, but Joanne Fox from the Montreal Mirror swears by them, and she's up there on my most respected anglo reviewers list in the city.
They bake the ham in-house for the Hawaiian ($7.50. Okay, so not the most traditional Mexican sandwich ever), they serve up hearty black bean soups ($3.50), they pull meat (pork, chicken) and throw in sour creams, mayos and slightly less-than-flavourless other toppings to heft up the portion size and flavour for the better. Ex: A single bite of sandwich generally includes your chosen meat along with mayo, cheese, black beans, tomatoes, avocados and fried onions.
Add some homemade hot sauces (jalapeno and chipotle), and homemade jam cake for dessert and your tongue will be singing.
The Milanesa torta ("sandwich") is a fried chicken cutlet, popular in South and Central America as a stolen Northern Italian veal cutlet (which is maybe actually Austrian. Think German schnitzel – breaded and fried), the Cubana is the traditional pork (traditional in Cuba, that is…what's so Mexican about this anyway?? Where's the "Mexicana"? Is that the pulled pork? Or is the truffled quesadilla?)
But since I can't eat much of anything here what should I do? Come for margaritas! Hurray! Well, ONE margarita. That's probably all I can handle since I can't even snack on tortilla chips. Which is exactly what I did at Hecho en Mexico in Verdun last week. And picked some very tender, but watery-sauced mole chicken out from the flour tortilla. Ridiculous food intolerances, these…
So go and eat delicious sandwiches here on my behalf. Then tell me how good they were. Vegans are probably SOL, and I don't usually promote eating a ton of meat products, but go split a huge sandwich with a friend for a special treat if you're the carnivorous type.
I'll be at home destroying amazing fish with my lack of culinary skill. But that's a story for another day.
Where: 5611 Parc
(514) 439-0935
When: Tues-Fri 11am–8pm, Sat noon–9pm, Sun noon–6pm
How Much: $10-$15 for a ton of sandwich and a drink


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One of my recent posts about trolling women on the Internet using misogynist threats/insults got quite a bit of traction. While I was happy to see the interest and discussion, I was less thrilled with having to field a lot of "but feminists hate men!" and "feminism is a bad word, use something else!" and a whopping great pile of "mansplaining" comments on what Feminism "really" means and how I should talk to people (i.e. men) about gender issues without using scary words like "patriarchy" and "privilege". It was both amusing and frustrating, as these kinds of discussions often are. It wasn't unexpected, but it did get super repetitive.
Prepare yourself, this post is long, but thorough.
Something that should be noted: when you try to steer a conversation about women and discrimination into a conversation about men in general/how men also have issues/how Feminism "really" means man-hating…intentionally or not you are attempting to derail that conversation. There are times to have that conversation, and even times when those concerns are valid. But they aren't on posts about women being threatened online, or pretty much any post that's specifically discussing Not Men. You have basically the entire rest of the internet you can turn to for spaces that will happily have that conversation with you. That right there is one of the main reasons bloggers/activists/people get tired of talking to you about this subject. Try listening first.
Now, I happily identify as a feminist. But it's not all I identify as and it was interesting to see how many people assume that being a feminist means not caring about other equality issues, like racism or homophobia or poverty. It was interesting because while Feminism is specifically addressing gender related discrimination and inequality, it's not to the exclusion of any other problem. In fact, Feminism as an academic study, for instance, usually involves looking at ALL issues of inequality as interrelated and connected to one another. You really can't study gender issues without the idea of intersectionality. That's right, I have a Masters Degree in Liberal Arts. Can you tell?
One of the reasons gender issues are so important to me personally is that they effect one half of the world's population, and it's arguably the first "othering" most of us are subjected to. The gender binary seems to be the first way we define ourselves and the rigid gender norming of each begins at birth. We base a lot of discrimination on this first "difference", and use it as an excuse for all kinds of problematic assumptions that lead to real world problems.
There's also the fact that treating gender inequality effectively treats other issues, like poverty, child welfare, and education. So it has a pretty wide reach.
Now, I am NOT suggesting that gender problems are "worse" than any other. I do not believe in the Oppression Olympics. However, my Feminism does inform my activism, and the ways in which I address inequality as a human being. We all focus our attention on some things over others, but it doesn't mean we don't care about a lot of different issues. It's just that there's only so much of yourself to go around and so many hours in the day. I personally have a day job writing comic books, so, there comes a point when I have to focus my energy elsewhere.
For the purposes of this discussion, the general definition of Feminism: the radical notion that women are people.
It's really that simple. Yes, there are lots of different waves of Feminism and many differing opinions on how to apply it and to what effect. This is because that while Feminism has a simple base concept, feminists are individuals and not a monolithic entity. So you're probably better served by treating them as individuals, not representatives of every other feminist. You know, like you do with any person.
In that vein, here are my answers to the various assumptions about Feminism and feminists. You can also check out Feminist Bingo for some more succinct (and snarkier) responses to the same things. I'll refer back to this in any threads going further where these questions/comments come up to save myself a lot of time and aggravation. It's by no means comprehensive, but it's kind of like a "Greatest Hits".
1. "Well, this girl I knew in college/someone on Facebook says they are feminist and they hate men, so I think that's what Feminism means!"
I say this with the utmost respect and kindness but: So what? People say all kinds of things in college when they're just discovering how unequal and messed up the world really is. You can easily point out that no, actually, Feminism is just the radical notion that women are people. It says absolutely nothing about men as individuals being terrible or evil. It does, however, take a look at systemic sexism and how it undermines both genders and their ability to make equal choices.
Feminism definitely criticizes the patriarchy, which is the overall structure we currently reside in, which values "men" the general over anyone else when it comes most anything. It's a system of power and all you really have to do is look around and see it working. If you're a dude then you benefit from that structure, even if you don't think you do. If you get defensive about it that's normal, but it's not the other person's responsibility to make you feel better about it. It also, by the way, doesn't mean that the patriarchy isn't doing damage to men, too. It definitely is.
As for Facebook, people post all kinds of dreck on there. Like they do on Twitter/Tumblr/The Internet, that is not indicative of how every single person thinks or feels about something. If one person named Sam posted that they hate homosexuals I wouldn't then jump to the conclusion that all people named Sam are homophobes. That would be silly. It's up to you to look at the source and consider all available information. Expecting other people to provide you with an education in feminism on their blog, when you have Google at your disposal, seems a bit…weird to me.
This a legitimate question to ask yourself before posting: Do I really know much about Feminism? Have I bothered to check out any of the feminist blogs or writers out there? Read any Gloria Steinem? Susan Bordo? Lynda Nead? Erin Gloria Ryan? Dodai Stewart? Irin Carmon? Feministing? Jezebel? Feminist Frequency? Shakespeare's Sister? Why is some idiot on your FB page the sole representative of a whole movement all of a sudden? Considering all the things Feminism has actually done for real life women (the vote, reproductive rights, pay gap, maternity leave, rape laws, etc) that seems dodgy.
Last, is it maybe possible that you might interpret the things said by someone who identifies as Feminist in less than favorable ways because you're predisposed to be defensive about gender discussions? I know that can be really difficult to consider, but I run into it all the time. What a Feminist actually says and what is heard can depend a great deal on the biases of the person "listening".
2."Feminism has too many negative connotations to it so you should use a different term. Use humanist or equalist etc." See also: "why do you label yourself? That's bad."
This gets a little tricky because my answer is probably going to seem somewhat hostile. But, the thing is, the royal "you" don't really get to dictate what other people identify as. Nor do you get to define what Feminism is. And that's particularly true if you're a dude trying to tell a feminist woman what to call herself in a conversation about how women face gender discrimination. 'Cos that's some privilege-y stuff right there.
Besides, I refuse to let someone like Rush Limbaugh (who coined that obnoxious term "feminazi") or his ilk define the movement. Civil Rights didn't put up with that and I don't see why Feminism should. Unlike, say, racism or chauvinism, feminism seeks to make life better for people of both genders by acknowledging the systemic issues of sexism. At the moment the group that's most negatively affected by this system are women (though I absolutely acknowledge that this binary limits men in a whole lot of unnecessary and crappy ways as well). Those other isms seek to limit and dehumanize people who are not part of the power structure. Those are significant differences.
I also think it's important to say when I'm looking at something from a feminist perspective because it is specifying the gendered nature of the discussion. I'm not going to shy away from that just because it can be polarizing. Sometimes we have to have uncomfortable conversations in order to move past a problem. If I'm talking about racism or homophobia or poverty I'll use a different identifier. It's not really that complicated.
Last, we all label ourselves, even if you're saying you don't like labels. That's basically saying you are labeling yourself un-labeled so you will seem carefree and different, man. I get it, but, eh. Since I know what Feminism stands for I have no issue with identifying as such. It's kind of not really my problem if you don't. Other than having to constantly field it, obviously. Worry less about what other people choose to identify as and more about whether you insisting on them labeling themselves in a way that makes you more comfortable isn't maybe a tad jerky.
4. "Some girls do stuff for attention!" or "A lot of girls aren't really geeks, they just say they are to get free stuff/wear skimpy clothing!"
Again...so what? Are you suggesting that dudes don't do anything for attention? Because, seriously, no. I go to conventions, I've seen the spandex and men and ladies alike. Maybe our cultures obsession with valuing women for how they look over who they are has something to do with this "problem".
Also, is there a geek test that I don't know about? Because, seriously, there are a LOT of ways to be a geek/nerd/whatever. We don't all fixate on the same stuff. Maybe those girls are costuming geeks. Maybe they really love Buffy or Lara Croft or what have you. The length of their outfit doesn't actually correlate to the size of their brain or their dedication to a fandom.
Regardless, there's an important discussion to be had about objectification, but that's not really the point of comments like the above. They're just out to slut-shame women and pre-judge their value as a geek. Considering all it takes is being female in a geekysphere to get accused of not being a "real" one, I find the addition of what outfit a person is wearing indicating their intelligence or dedication dubious. Hell, I don't ever cosplay, but the commitment I see in some of those costumes? The details, the skills? Yeah, by that definition, they're a lot more geeky than I am in my store bought comfy dress.
4. "My anecdotal experience with x form of unpleasantness proves that racism/sexism/homophobia doesn't exist" or: "white people can experience racism, too."
Unfortunately, this is a prime example of privilege working its magic and turning unfortunate individual circumstances into universal "truths".
In this case "privilege" is basically well, here, this is a good place to start (this one is male privilege centric): http://www.amptoons.com/blog/the-male-privilege-checklist/
Having privilege does not make you a bad person, but it usually does mean you've benefitted from it in obvious to subtle ways. And you probably aren't aware of it. It also doesn't mean you haven't suffered or worked hard or earned things in your life. It's about a system that allows for invisible privileges, not whether every single one is true for you personally. The above link addresses all that, too.
Basically, your personal experience is not necessarily relevant to the issue of systemic bias/discrimination. It's relevant to you the individual, but our personal hurt feelings are not the point of discussion. You have to learn to separate that from the larger context.
While the word "privilege" may make you balk, it's still the best term for the issue, and accurate. Plus, I mean, just how soaked in privilege are you that you think demanding that other people change their terms and conversation to make you feel better is going to lead to a better conversation? You're sort of proving our point. And why would anyone want to indulge that? It won't lead to a more productive discussion, it just serves to coddle those who don't want to deal with the world the way it is.
It's sort of like when people pull that whole "Why isn't there a white/men's history month?" Because aside from those two months that are about not that, that's mainly what the history we're taught IS. White, male, history. It's also the default perspective ON history, with all the issues of bias that go with it. It's one of those obtuse arguments that people think is really clever but is actually deeply stupid and annoying. So don't do it.
4. "Why do people have to advertise the fact that they're gay/a girl/a poc? Why can't they just "be who they are" and not rub it in my face all the time like they're special?"
Oy. The sheer fact that you think that sort of perfectly shows why we're still struggling with issues of equality. You have the luxury of the culture not othering you constantly, where what you are is the default majority, whose perspective is more likely to be listened to, showcased, and revered. You also aren't having your rights eroded or denied, and no one is silencing you regularly just for being "who you are" in any meaningful way. That time someone was mean to you online doesn't count.
The entire culture caters, for instance, to being straight/hetero. It's everywhere, in just about every ad, tv show, story, etc. The only reason it would even seem like someone being gay is "rubbing it in your face" is because you're not used to having to consider that pov regularly. It's the same reason people get all upset when people point out gender issues in male dominated spaces, or racial issues in our whitewashed culture. Whenever the other points out that they exist and are being othered, a certain part of the status quo gets offended and tries to silence it immediately. Because it's so used to getting its own way and dictating the terms of the conversation.
5. But I still think feminists hate men!
Let's try this again: Nope!
Moving on!


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Mary's Reviews > Coyote Dreams
Coyote Dreams (Walker Papers, #3)
by C.E. Murphy (Goodreads Author)
by C.E. Murphy (Goodreads Author)
Mary's review
bookshelves: pacific-northwest, urban-fantasy
Mar 25, 2011
bookshelves: pacific-northwest, urban-fantasy
I read this out of order, because the first two were not available in the library, and it may be that if I had read the previous titles I might not have become so impatient with this. The main character has a real name and an adopted name and has been fighting off her true nature as a shaman, so now in her late 20s she is smacked with her destiny and handling it poorly--Wow. The same premise as the new hit: A Discovery of Witches. (with vampires) In any case, she lives in the real world and keeps snapping--or sleeping/dreaming herself-- into several different other worlds, at least one is based in Southwestern native mythology--although I believe she is supposed to be part Cherokee. So as the story progresses and you think you are following the action she isn't there anymore, she is somewhere other, and you need to have the new world all described to you, and be told it is the garden of her soul (now) or her soul (as a child) or Coyote's soul, Gary's soul, or another world. ahh. I think I am done with this series.
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Arrested Development Season 1 Episode 11: "Public Relations" Quotes
You can always tell a Milford Man.Various Characters
Michael: Murdered, huh? Who died?
Gob: My career.
Michael: I'm going home now.
Jesse: It allows me to put Michael front and centre, he needs to be the new face of this family. He is the only likeable one in the bunch, no offense.
Michael: None taken.
Gob: I'm sorry. Isn't Michael the least likeable one in the family?
Okay sure she's cute, I suppose. I mean now that you're making me think about it, uh, she's cute. She's a cutie. Little cutie pie. But I never really noticed.Michael
Buster so excelled at being neither seen, nor heard, that he remained at the school, undetected for a full two semesters after he was supposed to graduate.Narrator
Jessie: And Tobias, you're a medical doctor and you're living an absurd fantasy as an actor. It's time to get real.
Tobias: Wow. It's a tough talk, but I like it. You're saying, "land a major film".
Jessie: There are very few intelligent, attractive, and straight men in this town.
Tobias: Well, that certainly leaves me out. She said single.
Reporter: Where's Earl Milford?
Gob: I-I don't know. I put him in a box. I didn't kill him, alright? And don't edit this for your broadcast so it looks like I'm screaming, "I killed Earl Milford!"
(Cut to Fox6 News)
John Beard: Startling confession tonight at 11:00.
If I still had money, I'd buy a Klimpy's just to burn it to the ground.Lucille
Michael: Look, George Michael, I want you to tell me how you feel, ok? I don't want you to worry so much about hurting my feelings.
George Michael: I didn't want to go to that school, and Jessie's a psycho.
Michael: It could've saved us a little bit of time.
Lindsay: "Lindsay's a combative, entitled princess"? I should hire somebody to kick your ass for that.
Lucille: Save your money.
Lindsay: You're right. I'll do it myself.
Let me tell you something, sweetie. We may pick on each other, get into little scrapes, call each other names and occasionally steal from each other, but that's because we are family.Lucille


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Got FiOS?
Do you live in Silver Spring and have Verizon's FiOS TV service? I had tried unsuccessfully in the past to sign up, only to be told that it was not available in my neighborhood (or at least at my house). After reading news of expansion of the service to new parts of Silver Spring, I was emboldened to try again. I went back to their site to fill out their availability form, only to be told I was still SOL.
Having been once advised that the site is out-of-date and that I should call Verizon directly, I did just that. Sadly, I was rejected yet again and was informed that "the lines are there" but that service had "not been approved by the city". ("City"…) There's a form on the website that will supposedly contact you when service IS available. However, you may wait quite awhile, as some "downcounty" areas aren't expected to get the service for three years. :(
I refuse to get
Cable TV Montgomery Comcast, so I currently have RCN, which is serviceable for now. However, RCN's lineup lacks the all-important ESPN2 HD and NFL TV HD networks.
So, those of you in Silver Spring who can get FiOS, in what area do you live? If you have the service, what do you think? I'm jealous.
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Maybe people thought I was making it up when I said in a couple of recent posts – the few I've written as of late – that I was busy finishing a book and was, for now, focussing my attention on that. Maybe I did not believe it myself. After all, I began writing A Jaded Lily more than ten years ago, but as I've said before, writing has always been put aside for the benefit of making a real living, so it had been long languishing when I finally decided to resurrect it and see if any part of it could be salvaged. There were only 163 completed pages, but I had more than 40 of notes of how I wanted it to play out and end, so rather than continuing with my blog or write a new book (which I actually started), I decided I may never be able to move on or stop wondering did I not first allow Lily to live, to see out her story on the page.
People who have read my blog will be surprised and may even be shocked. It's fiction of the highest order, though underpinned by details of a few industries and locations I know exceptionally well. Though Lily is Chinese, she could be any girl or boy, anywhere in the world, as I state in the foreword. "She is a subject of her birth, a product of her environment and a victim of her desires, both material and physical." It may be the physical with which some readers take issue as there is a substantial amount of sex, though not for gratuitous reasons; this is about the things we trade, compromise and sacrifice in life in pursuit of that one singular shiny object we feel holds the secret to our lasting happiness, success.
For those of you who have been so wonderful and supportive in reading my blog and yes – helping support my dream with your words of encouragement – there are a few selected excerpts available on the book's website, AJadedLily.Com. (You can also link directly from there to the book on Amazon, both for Kindle and in paperback). The snapshots of the story provided may appear shallow or glossy, self-reflecting or even navel-gazing, but I wanted to be careful not to choose passages which gave away plot twists, were sexually explicit or – very frankly – could not benefit from some of the photographs I take during my travels.
It will most assuredly not be to everyone's taste. But it's mine, and it's done. And for now, that's all that matters to me.


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The Ozone AQI loop shows a wide area of elevated ozone in southern California, Nevada and Arizona. The orange Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups contours are larger on Saturday than they were in Friday's posting. Areas of Code Orange are being seen as well in the Great Lakes States, centered on Michigan. In the Northwest, a fire has popped up near Bend Oregon and was seen in the NOAA-15 and NOAA-18 polar orbiting environmental satellites (POES) imagery (thanks to Rene Servranckx of Environment Canada for sending along the link).
The Forest Service Air crews took a photograph of the Bend fire which was published in the Oregonian newspaper.
And in an unrelated image from MODIS, the winds around the Isla de Guadaloupe off Baja California is throwing off von Karman vortices.
Update: June 8, 2014 22:00 EST
Air quality continues to degrade across the US. The fire near Bend Oregon is throwing smoke southeast into California and Nevada. The GOES-15 loop in the visible shows the movement of the smoke. Concentrate on looking at west central Oregon. The PM Airnow loop today shows that the PM continues to be high as well in California, the Great Lakes region and in South Texas. We thank Ellen for pointing out that they are getting Saharan dust in Texas. Unfortunately, we don't have access to CALIPSO's lidar curtains as the Langley DAAC is undergoing maintenance until June 9.
Finally, ozone in LA is really cooking now. On Sunday afternoon, levels approaching 110 ppb have been seen in Glendora and San Bernadino.


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Bad moves on court earn Lamar players a 'golden toilet'
Updated 3:41 pm, Wednesday, October 30, 2013
The reason Lamar guard Donnell Minton has a golden toilet in his locker goes back to the late 90s in West Florida.
At the time, current Lamar men's basketball assistant coach Scott Wagers was heading a high school team in Tampa, Fla. His squads took pride in their defensive prowess, especially the ability to pressure players who had the ball.
When an opposing player was able to drive past one of Wagers' defenders to score, they called it a "blow bye."
"The kids I had took great offense to that term, so I used it more," Wagers said. "The more I used it, the more it bothered them and the better they guarded."
When Wagers came to Lamar this season, so did the new statistic of the blow-bye. Head coach Pat Knight liked it so much, that he created the title of "Mr. Blow Bye" that comes with its own trophy –a small, golden toilet.
The title is given weekly to the player that got beat the most on defense that week in practice.
The first Mr. Blow Bye went to freshman Marcus Owens. Earlier in the week, Minton got his turn.
In addition to the trophy, the player has his picture taken with the gold toilet and the picture is hung in the locker room for all to see.
"We try to have fun with it, but also to remind them of their performance," Knight said. "They'll ask the managers how many blow byes they have, so the players care."
The defense will need to improve following last season, in which Lamar gave up the second-most points per game of any team in the Southland Conference.
Knight said the introduction of the Mr. Blow Bye award has already shown a difference, as players are consciously making an effort to play better on-ball defense.
"Kids all have egos and they don't want to be the one who gets that award," Knight said.
It can be difficult for coaches to strike a balance between getting their point across while being respectful.
The Lamar coaches believe they have found that with the golden toilet currently sitting in Minton's locker.
"I think anytime you can put peer pressure into team sports, it affects that individual," Wagers said. "You have five guys on defense and anytime one isn't doing what he's supposed to be doing, he's hurting his teammates. It's a way to emphasize that you need to do your job without being too hard on them and nasty."


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Discussion in 'Tennessee Titans and NFL Talk' started by TitanJeff, Jan 31, 2014.
When you gotta look up something. ..
I'm quite late to the party here but wow was that awfully terrible and disappointing.
Manning was pretty damn bad but the other 52 guys may have been even worse. They were embarrassed in all 3 phases of the game. Offense, defense, heck even special teams = amateur.
How many whiffed tackles up high? No one thinks to go low? Jesus.
Just awful.
As such a big football fan, it even disappoints me to see a team reach that stage and completely fold from the opening whistle to the closing whistle.
Seahawks are damn good and very deserving, but they're not 43-8 better than the Broncos. Pathetic "performance", if you can even call it that.
Joe went straight Macklemore
The "Experts" forgot to infuse the Manning choke factor, when you actually factor in how much Peyton sucks in big games, this game makes sense..
Superb Owl
Took me a sec
Well played Internet
That's what I've always been saying! It's easier to just call it the Owl.
I also like the "Soup Herbal"
Just when he beat the patriots, I almost thought he might have his choking days behind him. Then he goes and does something like this, and TOTALLY REDEEMS HIMSELF!
Hey you guys remember when I posted that a week ago and it was funny?
Me too. Pepperidge farm also remembers.
123 passer rating in the Super Bowl.
Stop acting like he's not good. I just don't get it. He routinely made better throws than Locker has ever made throughout the game.
He is going to be a top 5 QB year in and year out from here on out. And I recognized that in the middle of his rookie season. He's the real deal. Locker isn't.
You don't have to think all of your players are better than other teams' players. Clearly Wilson is better than Locker. Clearly Kuechly is better than McCarthy... and so on.
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"People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe."- Andy Rooney
Peter gets sent to an awful lot of scientific conferences for his lab.
That's an education in itself.
But, many would agree that unless you're publishing in peer reviewed journals, you're not a mainstream scientist.
Regardless, we too often rely on the research and other scientific information provided by the 'scientists' in the beekeeping world.
I disagree with some of their opinions, but it's better than nothing.
Mike B., when was the last time you published in ABJ. Apparently ABJ approves of Peter's contribution to beekeeping knowledge.
On top of that, what Peter was quoted as saying himself was something he quoted himself. So, you are disparaging the folks that did the research as well as Peter. Peter is careful about what he puts out there, from what I have seen. I don't know what is accomplished by bashing Peter. Log into bee-L and make your statement there so Peter can see how you feel.
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Whatever you subsidize you get more of. Ronald Reagan
Your last name starts w/ a "B"? My comments were directed at Mike Bispham.
Being published on beesource is about as high as I aspire.
Mark Berninghausen
> Being published on beesource is about as high as I aspire.
Mark is not the author, but rather the subject of this published article:
USDA Zone 7A Elevation 1400 ft
Exposed, not published.
Mark Berninghausen
mike syracuse ny
Whatever you subsidize you get more of. Ronald Reagan
It does appear he's been promoted to lab manager at a Veterinary lab at Cornell, and it seems he hasn't got out of the habit of bigging himself up - describing himself on his own webpage as doing 'biomedical research' there. Last I heard you need a phd to do research - he's listed as a 'Technician IV'. Perhaps its different there. Or, more likely, he's working alongside phd's who are doing biomedical research. Maybe its just careless writing.
All I said was: don't mistake him for a scientist. I added a personal view that he wasn't (then) very good at scientific argumention - last time we exchanged thoughts - which it appears was probably in 2010. He seems to have stopped posting around then. I can't find the specific exchanges we had that formed that view.
I have realised I'm fighting an old battle. Back then PLB was pretty roughhanded. But it was a long time ago.
As to posting on BEE-L I've better things to do with my time than get my posts repeatedly censored because my messsage is unwelcome (as I recall: importing zillions of Australian bees isn't helping US bees adapt to varroa).
Mike (UK)
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3 lb packages installed usually on drawn comb, but sometimes foundation, when the dandelions just start blooming(at least that was the plan). We use a single seep, and make sure the queen always has open comb.
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Much of the uncertainty surrounding the impact of President Obama's health care overhaul is wrapped up in insurance exchanges, a new concept that will create online health plan marketplaces.
States must either set up their own exchanges -- organizations set up to provide health plans to individuals and small businesses -- or default to exchanges created by the federal government. People can compare insurance plans -- there will be different plans for various income levels -- and enroll through a specially created website for each state. They can also enroll over the phone or in person.
One likely effect of the exchanges
is a switch to more "community rating," or factoring more people into the equation when assessing health risk to determine insurance rates. Consumers will be judged against a more general average, meaning that younger and healthier people
will be paying higher-than-normal rates and the older and less healthy will be paying less than normal.
"Not only will choice be somewhat decreased, but they may be paying a premium that is not as relevant to their particular situation," said health care lawyer Peter Pavarini. "Of course, no coverage is no choice. For the people covered under Obamacare for the first time, it's great."
Just what the full cost will be, however, remains to be seen. While the exchanges need to be ready when open enrollment begins on Oct. 1 -- they go into effect on Jan. 1 -- governments are still scrambling to meet deadlines and build insurance plans.
Much of the work comes in setting up the marketplaces themselves, whether it's building the website that enrolls residents or setting up phone banks and in-person enrollment centers. Once that's done, governments must invest in outreach to ensure enrollees know how to use the marketplace.
Maryland and D.C. are creating their own exchanges -- both have been given conditional approval by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, meaning they're on track to be ready by October. Virginia will be defaulting to the federal exchange.
The waiting game can be frustrating for health care providers and potential consumers.
"For the exchanges, they haven't decided what the basic benefits will be," said Larry Sartoris, president of the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association. "All you can do often is guess. I'd have to have a crystal ball to do some of that." - Matt Connolly


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Mirai getting a little ambitious here: FSO retweeted this remark:
"Mirai Nagasu,16, is in first place. Said she's the future of US figure skating & that the state of US women's skating is "an embarrassment."
Caroline Zhang is up!
Wobbly combo, fell on 2nd triple
oh nooooooooo. And she was looking so good! Really digging the costume.
Couldn't hang onto the 3F enough to do 3T and fell badly on the 3Lo. God it's a disaster. She lost her composure after the 3Lo fall. Not a great 2A either... she's not on tonight. Scott's showing a lot of compassion toward her.
<screams!> Tell me! Tell me! what's Caroline doing?


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NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP Modified) – Niagara Falls is hitting the big screen as the comedy "Tammy," starring Melissa McCarthy and Susan Sarandon, opens in theatres across the country on Wednesday.
News 4 got a glimpse of the stars in action in June of last year when they spent the day filming at the observation deck and the Cave of the Winds.
McCarthy co-wrote "Tammy" with her husband Ben Falcone, who shared the screen with her in the hit comedy "Bridesmaids."
McCarthy and Falcone, who married in 2005 and have two daughters, are incredibly sweet together — riffing easily and warmly complimenting each other — but you wouldn't know their marital harmony from their movies. Their on-screen relationship is far more combustible.
"Tammy" was born when Falcone woke up one morning, groggy from a dream envisioning McCarthy and her alcoholic grandmother (played by Susan Sarandon) embarking on a journey away from their small Illinois town. After six years of working on it (and buoyed by McCarthy's now considerable box-office clout), their personal little comedy (both are from Illinois) is opening in the heart of summer blockbuster season.
Below you can read an interview with McCarthy, Falcone and the Associated Press:
AP: Melissa, you went to college in Ben's hometown, Carbondale, Illinois. Did you ever meet there?
Falcone: I knew who she was. She went through a Goth phase.
McCarthy: I didn't know it but he said we were at the same parties together — which I just find the most bizarre thing. It wasn't until 10 years later that we met.
Falcone: After a year of being friends, we started putting it together. She had blue hair and clown makeup.
McCarthy: I prefer to say kabuki white. "Clown" has sort of a negative connotation.
AP: Did you have similar upbringings?
Falcone: She was probably more popular than me.
McCarthy: I don't know about that.
Falcone: I definitely think so. I wasn't, like, unpopular. (McCarthy starts cackling. Ben shifts into character.) "Listen! Listen! I was super popular!" I storm out of the interview and jump through the glass windows.
AP: So you actually met later in Los Angeles?
McCarthy: We met at a Groundlings class. We immediately were improvising with each other and immediately gravitating toward each other, writing-wise. The first day, everybody's doing their biggest, probably most unrealistic, poorly done characters. And Ben got up there and did this very strange inmate that sat on a chair quietly. I just thought it was the funniest thing. I thought: I like that creepy guy.
AP: Ben, do you remember the first time you saw Melissa perform?
Falcone: It was in that class. … Her character kept going to the same Kinko's and talking to a guy name Todd. She said the name about forty hundred billion times, like, "Hey Todd. How you doin' Todd? Anyway, Todd, I just need a couple more copies." And it was obvious she was not there for copies at all. She was just there to talk to Todd. It was a super funny and great character — spazzy and fun.
AP: Were you crafting volatile characters from the start?
McCarthy: I love to have a character with a firm belief in their point of view, no matter what it is. It doesn't always have to be aggressive. It can be a really shy person who really wants a cul-de-sac on the end of her block.
Falcone: She steals from everybody. Bits and pieces and then she puts them inside herself. People that she grew up with or relatives.
McCarthy: The fun is, if you can justify it, then it can make sense. I always think in real life, people do so many strange things.
AP: In "Tammy," you throw ketchup packets at your real-life husband.
Falcone: Her suggestion.
McCarthy: You were screaming, "My eyes!" because of those corners, which may have kind of fueled my fire. Which is terrible because in real life, I would never do that. If anything hurt, I would be like, "Oh my god."
Falcone: I would hope that you'd never be throwing ketchup packets at me in the first place.
AP: Given your success together, these must be good times.
McCarthy: We've been doing it for 20 years for free, with cheaper wigs. We would have kept doing it. If the opportunities that we have now wouldn't have come up, I still think we'd be at the Groundlings doing the same thing: building crazy costumes and crazy sets that do or don't work.