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What can you buy for $1 anymore? Try a DTLA building
The Señor Fish restaurant at the corner of First and Alameda streets in Little Tokyo will be displaced once Metro sells the building for $1.
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — A Little Tokyo building will soon be up for sale at the same price as a pack of gum or a soda at a fast food joint.
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority recently put out a notice about the upcoming availability for purchase of the 416 East First St. building on the corner of First and Alameda streets in Little Tokyo.
The asking price? $1.
The building that houses Mexican restaurant Señor Fish will likely be acquired by Metro next summer in preparation for the Regional Connector project - a light rail that will connect the Metro Gold Line, Blue Line and Expo line and run from Montclair to Long Beach and from East Los Angeles to Santa Monica, according to Metro's website.
The Los Angeles Conservancy reached out to Metro once it was clear that construction on the underground rail at that location would affect the historic building, Dolores Roybal Saltarelli, a transportation planning manager at Metro, told Blogdowntown.
While the building is not on the national registry of historical buildings, the L.A. Conservancy felt it had local significance, Roybal Saltarelli said. The building, which has been in owner Richard Volk's family since the 1880s, once housed the notorious late night, punk rock hangout Atomic Cafe, Volk said.
Metro worked with the L.A. Conservancy to come up with a way that would lessen the project's impact on the building, Roybal Saltarelli said. Rather than tear down the building, Metro will sell it for $1 - with the catch that the buyer will need to foot the bill to remove the building and relocate it in its entirety.
It is a common move in national conservation efforts to offer a building for $1 in an effort to generate interest, Roybal Saltarelli said.
"Ultimately, if we could, we wouldn't be impacting the building at all," she said. "But we weren't able to deviate from physically needing to acquire the building."
For those still residing in the historic Little Tokyo location, however, the building's sale and relocation does not prove a strong enough compromise.
Enrique Ramirez, owner of Señor Fish, said he has spent time and money remodeling the restaurant and restoring its façade, and hoped to "reap the benefits" of his work.
And the investment he has put into the restaurant is ongoing. He even spent some time last week remodeling the space, he said.
"It's going to be difficult to find any [location] remotely close to [Little Tokyo]," Ramirez said. "The history, the character of the building - there's no way we are going to replicate this downtown."
He said there has been some talk about receiving relocation and compensation money from Metro once it acquires the building. Despite the trouble of finding a nearby space where the restaurant can relocate, he said he is going to try to stay in the area.
"We have a strong fan base in [Little Tokyo]," Ramirez said. "It would be a shame to lose that."
To sell the building, Metro must first acquire the location, which is contingent on the transportation authority receiving funding from the Federal Transit Administration, Roybal Saltarelli said. At the moment, Metro has no official funding to go forward with property acquistion, she said.
But it has already passed the first step in getting a financial committment. The Federal Transit Administration gave the project a Record of Decision early this month, which certifies that the $1.37 billion light rail meets federal environmental guidelines.
While waiting for funding, Metro wants to get the word out about the building to potential buyers, Roybal Saltarelli said. It has released the notice of availability on its website and in various local papers.
"Moving a building takes some coordination," Roybal Saltarelli said. "As soon as possible, we want to meet with interested parties."
Volk, who feels the building's move will be the "end of an era," said he does not know how the unreinforced brick building will be relocated.
"Anybody thinking of buying the building will find it expensive, if not impossible (to move)," he said.
Metro says it has yet to receive word from any potential buyers, but are hopeful the bids will start rolling in with time. It is asking interested buyers to send in proposals for the purchase and relocation of the building, and is hoping to have it off the Little Tokyo corner by July 5, 2013.


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NEW YORK -- Stocks fell sharply for a third-straight session Monday as bond yields rose and investors, seeking clues to the future course of interest rates, braced for another round of economic data.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 176.04, to 10,914.13. The Dow has fallen more than 100 points in each of the past three trading days.
Declining issues outnumbered advancers by a 5-to-2 margin on the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE volume totaled a quiet 731.46 million shares.
Cigarette makers raise prices
RICHMOND, Va. -- The country's leading cigarette manufacturers have raised prices 18 cents a pack, anticipating an upcoming excise tax increase and higher costs stemming from their $206 billion settlement with the states over health care costs.
After markups, the move is likely to increase retail prices by about 22 cents per pack, analysts said.
EU investigates AlliedSignal
BRUSSELS -- The European Union Commission said Monday it has opened an in-depth antitrust probe of plans by AlliedSignal Inc. to acquire Honeywell Inc.
Both companies affirmed Monday that their planned merger is on track for completion by autumn.
Computers down at Schwab
NEW YORK -- Charles Schwab & Co. customers were unable to buy or sell stock online for part of the day Monday because of computer troubles at the nation's largest discount brokerage.
Schwab said its systems were down between 11 a.m. and noon, though some customers reported having problems for longer periods of time in the afternoon.
Wilmar work lights recalled
The Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled more than 16,000 florescent work lights distributed by Wilmar Corp. of Kent, Wash. The lights have wiring that cannot carry adequate wattage.
The Wilmar light was sold for about $24 by automobile parts stores nationwide from April 1992 until last month. Buyers should return the light to the store for a refund or call (800) 426-1262 for information.
Carolina businesses expect to hire
COLUMBIA -- More than one in four South Carolina businesses surveyed by the temporary service Manpower Inc. say they plan to add workers in the final three months of the year.
Just 17 percent of Aiken-area businesses also expected more hiring; 10 percent expected cutbacks.
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When is weight loss that is unintentional and unexplained a sign of ovarian cancer?

Unexplained Weight Loss

The term unexplained weight loss is used to define weight loss that is unintentional. By definition, this refers to a weight loss of five percent or your body weight over a period of six to 12 months. For example, if a woman who ordinarily weighs 150 pounds loses seven pounds or more in less than a year without trying—without changing her diet or exercise program—this would be referred to as unexplained weight loss.

Unintentional weight loss certainly warrants a trip to the doctor. There are many causes of unexplained weight loss. It's still unlikely that you are living with an undiagnosed cancer, but a thorough work-up would be recommended.

Again, the unintentional part of this equation has to be stressed. This weight loss is often described as happening fairly suddenly and without any dieting or effort. Many women with ovarian cancer report weight loss as a symptom, and it may be the first symptom of the disease.

It usually happens suddenly without dieting or effort. A study looking at all types of cancer found that 40 percent of people had lost weight at the time of their initial diagnosis. By the time a cancer progresses to the advanced stages, that number is much higher—around 80 percent.

Nearly any cancer can cause unexplained weight loss, but the more common types include ovarian cancer, cancer of the pancreas, esophageal cancer, and lung cancer. Unintentional weight loss is more likely to be related to cancer if you have any of the common symptoms of cancer, such as a chronic cough, shortness of breath, a lump, changes in your stools, or a sore which doesn't heal.

Weight Loss: A Cancer Symptom

Researchers have wondered how often the symptom of unexplained weight loss is due to cancer. One study carefully evaluated this question. It was found that 38 percent of people without any symptoms, and who went to their doctor because of unintentional weight loss, had an underlying cancer.

Certainly having some symptoms may increase these chances. For example, if someone also has symptoms of ovarian cancer, such as abdominal bloating, changes in bowel habits, and pain during intercourse, the chance that ovarian cancer is the underlying cause of the weight loss is considerably higher. Of the 38 percent, cancers of the abdominal and pelvic regions, such as ovarian cancer, were responsible for 50 percent of these cancers.

Lab Abnormalities

Researchers have looked carefully at how tests done in the lab may give a clue to an underlying cancer. Several lab tests were studied in a few different clinical trials. It's been found that looking at labs to determine if weight loss is due to cancer has some inconsistencies.

Yet overall it's been found that having at least one abnormal level raises the risk that weight loss is due to cancer. Labs that were evaluated in this setting included alkaline phosphatase (ALK,) lactate dehydrogenase (LDH,) blood counts (looking in particular for a high white blood cell count,) sed rate, c-reactive protein.

Causes

There are many mechanisms by which people may lose weight with cancer. Some of these include:

A general lack of appetite with cancer

Mouth sores or taste changes from chemotherapy

Metabolic activity requiring increased nutrients

Fatigue, which makes the thought of preparing a meal overwhelming

Depression and grief reactions—some people stop eating when they are depressed, and cancer results in an increased risk of depression.

A Word From Verywell

If you've experienced unintentional weight loss, talk to your doctor. There is a chance it could be cancer and specifically ovarian cancer. Yet it could also be due to other serious medical conditions.

Sources:

American Cancer Society. Signs and Symptoms of Cancer. 08/11/14.

American Society of Clinical Oncology. Cancer.Net Weight Loss. 11/2014.

Baicus, C., Rimbas, M., Baicus, A. et al. Cancer and involuntary weight loss: failure to validate a prediction score. PLos One. 2014. 9(4):e95286.

Hernandez, J., Riancho, J., Matorras, P., and J. Gonzalez-Macias. Clinical evaluation for cancer in patients with involuntary weight loss without specific symptoms. American Journal of Medicine. 114(8):631-7.


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In today's installment of "the great master bathroom makeover," we're talking tile. Wall tile, that is. I've always been a fan of tile on bathroom walls. It looks so luxurious. And in my house, where all of the walls are painted white, I thought wall tile would go a long way towards making the master bath really look like a bathroom, rather than just another room with white walls. Plus, tiled bathroom walls generally add value to a home, which is a factor I fleetingly considered, since this likely won't be the last house we live in.
So yes, I wanted to tile the bathroom walls. The question was: what kind of tile should I use? I knew I wanted something modern looking, but that wouldn't break the bank. So I turned to my trusty store of bathroom inspiration images (you can see many of them on my bathrooms Pinterest board), and alighted on these rectangular white tiles laid out in a stacked, straight-set pattern:
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I love these! I thought that a 2×8 tile, the size used in that last bathroom, would be just perfect. But unfortunately that size tile ain't cheap. No problem, I liked these white 6×6 square tiles too:
Okay, maybe I wasn't quite as wild about the square tiles as I was about the wide rectangular tiles, but 6×6 tiles are much less expensive.
I considered using plain ol' 3×6 white subway tile too, which is the cheapest option of all. Yes, it's a very traditional tile, but I thought that maybe if I straight-set the tiles they might read more modern? Though I worried that the overall effect of so many smaller-sized tiles would be too busy, especially with the busy-ish pattern of small raised dots on the rubber flooring.
And my mind kept returning to those wide rectangular tiles–my original impulse, which is often so telling. So I spent hours and hours searching through what felt like every single online tile retailer's inventory until I found a white 4×10 tile that wasn't terribly expensive. It didn't have quite the same pleasing height-to-width ratio as my 2×8 dream tile, but it seemed to be the closest I was going to get anywhere near my price point.
By this time I had tied myself thoroughly in knots, and I was having a tough time visualizing how the different tile options would look on the walls in our bathroom. Why isn't there some website where you can enter the dimensions of your wall and the tile you're thinking about, and it shows you a rendering of how it would look? And lets you try out different grout colors while you're at at?? If there is such a website, I couldn't find it. Computer people, get on this! Because I had to do things the old-fashioned way: I cut out paper tiles and hung them on the walls.
That's a sample of the 4×10 tile on the left, the standard 3×6 subway tile on the right, and some actual 6×6 square tiles laid out on the floor. I stood in my bathroom doorway staring at those tile samples for a long, long time. It wasn't until I took that photo of them that I finally got some clarity. It's amazing how much more clearly we can perceive things in photographs sometimes, because it pretty quickly became apparent to me that the 4×10 tiles were the right choice for this bathroom. So that's what I finally decided on. Hooray for decisions!
When we picked up the tile from the store, I was so happy with it. It's a really beautiful tile. White, but a slightly cool white, and with a matte finish that's lovely–little things that set it apart from off-the-shelf tile. The downside though, which I didn't realize until much later, was that there's no bullnose tile in that same color and finish–which means that we have a couple less-than-perfect-looking exposed tile edges in our bathroom. But that's a small price to pay for tile that I otherwise love so much.
When it finally came time to start putting tile up on the walls, I got a little nervous. I'd never tiled anything in my life; Ben had tiled floors, but never walls. Luckily for us, Ben's dad has tons of experience, so he came over and showed us how it's done. There are a million tutorials and forums out there that explain how to tile, so I'll just explain briefly how we did things. First, our tools:
Mastic, trowel, spacers, a small flat-head screwdriver, and large and small levels. We decided to use mastic to adhere the tile to the wall instead of thinset, which may have been a bit of a risk. Thinset is generally preferred for wet areas, but mastic has better holding strength, is easier to apply, and dries quickly, which generally makes it a better choice for tiling walls. Since we don't anticipate a great deal of moisture coming into contact with our walls (we aren't tiling the shower), we decided to go with mastic for its ease of use. It comes pre-mixed in a plastic bucket, so all I had to do was pop the lid off, load up my trowel, and get tiling.
To begin with, I used the trowel to apply the mastic to directly to the wall, covering just a small area at a time, and then I set the tile in that area. But after having to scrape half-dried mastic off of the hardiebacker two or three times when I didn't manage to get the entire area tiled before it dried, I decided that I preferred buttering the backs of the tiles directly.
Tiling really isn't rocket science: you just scrape a layer of mastic onto the back of the tile with the trowel, press the tile onto the wall and slide it into position, insert spacers where necessary, and repeat. I liked to check my levels from time to time and scrape out any mastic that bubbled up between my tiles with the small flat-head screwdriver. I also wiped down the tiles with a wet cloth every few minutes just to try to keep things clean. The hardest part of the whole job was actually figuring out where to start tiling: calculating where we were going to have just partial tiles, adjusting to make sure we wouldn't wind up with awkward slivers of tile in prominent places…
There was a lot of tile cutting involved on this job, and Ben handled all of that on this wet saw that we were lucky enough to be able to borrow from his dad:
I never touched the thing because we had a system: Ben would make all of the necessary cuts and bring me stacks of tile, and I'd put them on the wall. We eventually got into a pretty good groove, through we took things slowly at first. Here's how the bathroom looked after we finished our first afternoon of tiling:
Those neon green circles are the 1/16-inch spacers we used, but I really, really wish we'd foregone spacers altogether.
Although the spacing between the tiles looks okay here, the grout lines turned out to be waaaay too wide. See, a 1/16-inch grout line would have been perfect, but these tiles are designed to be self-spacing–so if you place them edge to edge along the wall, there will naturally be about a 1/16-inch space between the front edges of the tile for your grout. But because we added an extra 1/16-inch space between the tiles, our grout lines wound up being 1/8-inch wide–much wider than I wanted. It's my biggest regret on this project. Oh well, live and learn.
You can see in the photo that some of my lines look a little wobbly. That's because on the first day of tiling, when I didn't yet know any better, I was overly reliant on the spacers, trusting completely to them and not using my own eyes. After seeing the less-than-stellar results, I figured out that I needed to insert the spacer like I'd been doing, but then remove it and line things up with my eyes. My lines looked a lot better after I began making those manual adjustments. Then I'd just re-insert the spacer to hold things in place while the mastic set. When I said earlier that tiling isn't rocket science, I should also have mentioned that it's not for perfectionists!
After another full day of tiling, we were able to finish the big wall:
As you can see, we opted to hang the sink cabinet and medicine cabinets before tiling. That's because our budget was so tight that we didn't want to spend money on tile that would be hidden, and because we have no intention of changing out the vanity or medicine cabinets in the future. If we'd had more money to play with, or cared more about what future owners of this house might want to do with the bathroom, we'd have tiled the entire wall.
After we hung the medicine cabinets, but before we started tiling, we used a hole saw to cut holes in the hardiebacker for our vanity light fixtures. We waited until the cabinets were mounted just to make sure that we got the holes centered over them, and to our relief they matched up perfectly with the electrical boxes we'd installed. Then we just tiled around the holes.
You can see that we screwed paint stirrer sticks to the wall to support the backsplash tile. We removed them later.
I spent one evening during the next week tiling halfway up the wall to the right of the vanity, just to cover up the damage to the drywall from where we tore out the old vanity. Then, with another day and a half of hard work the following weekend, we finished tiling the other two walls around the bathtub. Perhaps we were getting a little overconfident by that point, but we even tiled around the inside of the window sill:
After all that practice, my tiling skills were much improved. My lines on these two walls are a whole lot straighter thanks to my little trick of double-checking the tile spacing with my own eyes:
This, by the way, was all of the tile we had left over when we were finished:
Not a single full tile left among the scraps. In fact, we were actually short one full tile around the inside of the window sill, so I had to reconstruct a full tile out of two pieces. We didn't want to order a whole additional case for just one tile, so we made it work.
I loved how the tile was looking at this point–especially the graphic grid pattern created by the layout of the tiles. It was exactly the sort of modern look I was going for:
So naturally I should have used black grout to emphasize those grid lines, right? Listen, if you thought I had a hard time choosing a tile, that was nothing compared to my angst when faced with choosing a grout color. Mostly because it's not something you can change your mind about, like paint. Once you grout, that's it, you're locked in. And I really wanted to get it right.
I was having a hard time making a decision because while I much preferred the more graphic look of dark grout between the straight-set tiles, I was worried about how wide the grout lines would be as a result of the spacers we'd used. I wanted the grout to subtly highlight the pattern of the tiles, not become the focal point itself, so I did not want dark grout lines if they were going to be too wide. But how could I predict what they'd look like? In the absence of that tile-sampler website that would have been so very useful, I decided to whip up some samples. We were fresh out of tile, so I bought twelve of the closest off-the-shelf tiles I could find–some glossy 4x8s from Lowe's–and, using the 1/16-inch spacers, mounted them on an extra scrap of hardiebacker we had lying around. Once the mastic set, I grouted half of the tiles with white grout and the other half with black:
My little experiment almost convinced me to go with the black grout, because in these photos it looked okay. But in the end I couldn't pull the trigger–the lines were just too wide, wider than they appear in the photos. The first thing you'd have noticed when you walked into the bathroom would have been "black grout!" rather than the tile itself, so I reluctantly decided to go with white grout instead. My consolation was that white would do a much better job of hiding my wonky lines!
Have I mentioned lately that my husband is amazing?? He actually did all of the grouting himself one night while Quinn and I were in Iowa visiting my family:
He did a really great job. His tips: apply the grout with your float and then run the underside of a plastic spoon over the lines to press the grout down into the spaces. Then wait just a few minutes before wiping off the excess grout with a wet sponge–don't wait for the grout to dry completely. But even with this proactive approach, you can still see the grout residue that was left on the tiles:
That's where I come back in. When I got home from my trip, I sealed the grout with an aerosol sealer and then cleaned the tiles. I sprayed a small area at a time with a solution made up of one part white vinegar and one part water, wiped the tiles with a wet sponge, and dried them with a towel. This did a great job of cutting through the haze, so I'm glad I didn't spend any money on "haze remover." When I was finished, I just went back and buffed any streaky tiles with cheesecloth.
The very last step of this lengthy tiling job was caulking. We put the sink on top of the vanity first, and then I caulked around the countertop, the sink cabinet, the medicine cabinets, the bathtub, and the window, as well as in the corners and along the baseboards and ceiling.
I was once again amazed at the way caulk, like magic, makes everything look finished:
And with that, we were mercifully done tiling the bathroom walls. Here's the finished product:
Definitely worth all of the work, but I wouldn't want to do it again anytime soon.
Next up: the big bathroom reveal!
For the full story of our master bathroom makeover, check out:
Part 1: Tackling the master bathroom
Part 2: Bathroom inspiration
Part 3: Prep work
Part 4: Rubber flooring
Part 5: Wall tile
Part 6: The bathroom is finished!


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No matter how bad Turkey has gotten, many U.S. and European policymakers have been sanguine; after all, the Turkish army still remained a bulwark against an AKP takeover. No more. In the most important news not to make the headlines, yesterday Prime Minister Erdogan managed effectively to veto the future chief of the Turkish General Staff (sorry–Turkish only) and substitute his own candidate.
It would be naïve to cheer the move as confirming the supremacy of civilians over the military. What Erdogan has perfected is not democracy but rather its evisceration. In Turkey, the military has always been an independent body, willing as a last resort to defend the constitution against leaders who sought to subvert it to their own political agendas. It is unfortunate that the military seized power in 1960 and 1980, but neither time did it keep power; rather, it worked to restore constitutional rule. I certainly believe it is important to remove the military from any involvement in politics, but it is dangerous to do so without first constructing other checks and balances to prevent a Putin-like dictatorship.
With yesterday's news, not only does Erdogan dominate the parliament, the judiciary, the police, the intelligence apparatus, and the media, but it looks like he will also soon control the military. His nominee will assume power around the time President Obama plans to send Turkey the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, our latest, most high-technology fighter plane, the basis of U.S. air power for decades to come. Still, the White House and the Pentagon have failed to do basic due diligence to ensure there are no vulnerabilities to technology transfer to Iran when Obama sells a plane to a leadership sympathetic to the Islamic Republic and hostile to U.S. policy. And, unfortunately, Congress is asleep at its oversight, and has yet to demand the Pentagon conduct such a review before it is too late.


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Customizing core and/or contributed themes
Core and contrib themes are nice as they provide a site theme with no coding at all. However, it's rare that these themes are exactly what we want, and we often need to add our own modifications to match the specifics of our site.
Editing the files included in contrib and core themes is a big no-no, as these changes will be overwritten when the theme is updated. We can get around this by creating a sub-theme of whichever theme we are using, and make our own site specific themes.
To do this, you should do the following:
- Create a sub-theme of the theme you want to customize.
- Include at least one stylesheet in the .info file for this theme (as described in the above link). Make sure that this file does not have the same name as any of the stylesheets in the parent theme. If you use the same name, your stylesheet will be used and the parent stylesheet will not.
- Make any CSS changes specific to your site within this stylesheet.
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PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dr. Robert B. Pamplin Jr. and Marilyn Pamplin were honored for their achievements as business leaders at the 2014 Global Business Awards, presented by the Oregon Special Olympics. The Pamplins were recognized at a lunch and awards ceremony at the Portland Hilton and Executive Tower on May 14.
"We believe that it is important to inspire others and use every moment of your life to make a difference," said Dr. Pamplin. "As longtime Oregon residents, we are honored to receive this award."
Robert B. Pamplin Jr. is a businessman, philanthropist, author, historical preservationist, farmer and educator. As chairman, president and CEO of R.B. Pamplin Corporation, his business interests include media, textiles, construction and agriculture. He has authored 14 books and earned eight degrees (including two doctorates), in business administration, economics, accounting, education and theology.
Dr. Pamplin has received many honorary degrees and notable national awards, including America's Outstanding Individual Philanthropist by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Volunteers of America's National Volunteer of the Year, Beta Gamma Sigma International's Business Achievement Award, the Distinguished Leadership Medal from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, the National Caring Award from the Caring Institute, the Herman W. Lay Memorial Award for entrepreneurship and the Woodrow Wilson Center Award for corporate citizenship. In Oregon, he has received the Governor's Arts Award and the Governor's Gold Award and has been named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Oregon Entrepreneurs Forum and Portland First Citizen by the Portland Metropolitan Association of Realtors.
Marilyn Pamplin, who graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in elementary education, has dedicated her life to improving the community around her. She has been president of the Junior League, the Parry Center for Children, the Children's Charity Ball, the Parent Teacher Association and PEO (Philanthropic Educational Organization). Additionally, she has served as an officer for the Christie School, Young Audiences, Infant Hearing Resources, the March of Dimes and Colonial Dames.
She has received many honors, including a White Rose award from the March of Dimes as a woman of achievement in Oregon, a Sustainer of the Year award from the Junior League, a Meritorious Service to Children award from the Parry Center for Children, and a leadership and philanthropy award from the Christie School Center for Children. Together with her husband, she received the Parent of the Year award from the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and was named Philanthropist of the Year in Oregon by the National Society of Fundraising Executives.
In addition to their extensive philanthropic work, the Pamplins are committed to preserving sites, art and artifacts from the past. The Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Pamplin Jr. International Collection of Art and History, which is among the most extensive private collections of fine art, collectibles and furniture in the U.S., encompasses more than 100,000 items of historical significance. The Pamplin Foundation, which Robert B. Pamplin Jr. chairs, also owns and operates Pamplin Historical Park and The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier, an award-winning Civil War site in Virginia.
The Pamplins live in Lake Oswego, Oregon. They have two daughters, Amy Pamplin North and Anne Pamplin-Evenson.
About Robert B. Pamplin Jr.
Robert B. Pamplin Jr. is a historical preservationist, philanthropist, author, businessman, farmer and educator. As chairman of the Pamplin Foundation, he is dedicated to conserving sites, art and artifacts that speak to a rich past. Through the foundation, which owns and operates Pamplin Historical Park in Virginia, Pamplin has developed an important Civil War battlefield into one of the nation's best historical parks; the award-winning park includes the Tudor Hall plantation home, an interpretive center, the preserved battlefield, a theater, an adventure camp and the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier. In addition, the Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Pamplin Jr. International Collection of Art and History is among the most extensive private collections of fine art, collectibles and furniture in the U.S., encompassing more than 100,000 items of historical significance. For more information about Pamplin's preservation efforts, please visit www.pamplin.org.


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Hi all,
We are trying to implement Authcache with Authcache ESI (using Varnish) and we have not been able to get it to work. If we just enable Authcache, it works perfectly but getting both Authcache and Authcache ESI to work together has been unsuccessful.
Here are two problems we are facing:
1) All the blocks for which I enable Authcache ESI do not appear in the output HTML. I have already applied the VCL configuration that is provided in authcache_varnish module.
2) Submitting a form gives the error: The form has been outdated. I suspect this is related to Authcache ESI as well. We have enabled Authcache Forms. BTW, this error disappears if I do unset($form['#token']) in hook_form_alter() but I don't want to do this since it makes the form less secure.
Any help or guidance on how to solve this issue will be highly appreciated.
Thank you.
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Comment #1znerol CreditAttribution: znerol commented
Do you realize that you need to customize your VCL? Please take a look at the files inside the modules/authcache_varnish/vcl directory.
Comment #3znerol CreditAttribution: znerol commented
Oh, I'm sorry, you already stated that in your original post. When looking at the HTML source (using the view-source function of your browser), do you see ESI tags (something like
<esi:include src=".../authcache_p13n/frontcontroller/index.php..."/>)?
Also do you have a chance to look what's going on between varnish and the backend using the
varnishlog command, especially whether ESI requests are sent to the backend?
On a side note, would it be possible for you to test whether ESI is working in your varnish installation. Perhaps you could use the examples given in the varnish wiki.
Comment #5znerol CreditAttribution: znerol commented
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I just added a small new utility-module: Authcache ESI Debug. Enable it, and grant necessary permission to the roles you want to test with. Then navigate to Administration » Reports » Authcache ESI status to check whether the requests passed from varnish to drupal+authcache fulfill the expectations.
When things break:
When (hopefully) everything is fine:
Comment #6znerol CreditAttribution: znerol commented
|» Fixed
Closing this. If you still have problems, please reopen.
Comment #7vinmassaro CreditAttribution: vinmassaro commented
|» 7.x-2.0-alpha4
|» Active
I'm reopening because I'm not having any luck getting ESI working with Authcache/Authcache Varnish/Authcache ESI. I'm using 7.x-2.0-alpha4. I first loaded in my VCL with the Authcache Varnish bits added and when I check the ESI status page, the statuses I get in the table are ERROR, GREEN, ERROR.
I figured I had a VCL misconfiguration, so I tried loading example.vcl directly, and get the same results on the status page. A block that has some PHP in it to display the logged in user ID does not load (I have 'Hide content' set for the block ESI config). When I load a page where the block is then look at watchdog, I see some entries like this:
Type: AuthcacheP13nDefaultRequestRouter
Message: Failed to find generator for request frag/block-u-nq-3600
Comment #8znerol CreditAttribution: znerol commented
when I check the ESI status page, the statuses I get in the table are ERROR, GREEN, ERROR.
Oops, I see the same. Seems that I broke the status page with one of my recent updates :(
Type: AuthcacheP13nDefaultRequestRouter
Message: Failed to find generator for request frag/block-u-nq-3600
I suppose this might be due to the upgrade. Please try to edit the block and submit it once, this should trigger
authcache_p13n_request_router_rebuild(); and then the message should go away.
Comment #9vinmassaro CreditAttribution: vinmassaro commented
Hmm, no luck. I also tried creating a new block but get the same behavior and watchdog entries logged.
Comment #10znerol CreditAttribution: znerol commented
Could you please post the result of tho following SQL query:
drush sqlq 'select * from cache_authcache_p13n where cid like "%frag/block%"'
Is it on a recent PHP or on an old installation?
Comment #11vinmassaro CreditAttribution: vinmassaro commented
After logging in with a user who has access to that block, the block does not load. I then run the query and this is the result:
cid data expire created serialized
DefaultRequestRouter/handler/frag/block-u-nq-3600 O:34:"AuthcacheP13nDefaultRequestHandler":6:{s:14:"\0*\0coreService";O:31:"AuthcacheP13nDefaultCoreService":0:{}s:19:"\0*\0requestValidator";O:28:"AuthcacheP13nFragmentBuilder":4:{s:11:"\0*\0fragment";O:22:"AuthcacheBlockFragment":0:{}s:12:"\0*\0validator";r:4;s:9:"\0*\0loader";N;s:9:"\0*\0access";N;}s:17:"\0*\0contentBuilder";r:3;s:17:"\0*\0contentEncoder";O:24:"AuthcacheP13nHTMLContent":0:{}s:10:"\0*\0filters";a:1:{s:7:"request";a:1:{i:0;O:40:"AuthcacheP13nAddCacheControlHeaderFilter":3:{s:14:"\0*\0coreService";r:2;s:14:"\0*\0cacheMaxage";s:4:"3600";s:19:"\0*\0cacheGranularity";O:29:"AuthcacheP13nCacheGranularity":1:{s:14:"\0*\0granularity";i:2;}}}}s:17:"\0*\0bootstrapPhase";i:7;} 0 1381513822 1
DefaultRequestRouter/url generator/frag/block-u-nq-3600 O:39:"AuthcacheP13nDefaultRequestUrlGenerator":2:{s:22:"\0*\0frontControllerPath";s:84:"sites/all/modules/contrib/authcache/modules/authcache_p13n/frontcontroller/index.php";s:19:"\0*\0cacheGranularity";O:29:"AuthcacheP13nCacheGranularity":1:{s:14:"\0*\0granularity";i:2;}} 0 1381513822 1
Comment #12znerol CreditAttribution: znerol commented
Ok, that looks good. Could you please save the following PHP code into a file (e.g. rrdebug.php) and then run it using drush like so:
drush php-script rrdebug.php
The contents of rrdebug.php:
class rrdebug extends AuthcacheP13nDefaultRequestRouter {
public function analyze($type, $route_id) {
error_log("analyzing $type: $route_id");
$cache = cache_get($this->requestCid($type, $route_id), 'cache_authcache_p13n');
error_log('cache_get successed: ' . ($cache ? 'yes' : 'no'));
$data_type = gettype($cache->data);
error_log('cache->data type: ' . $data_type);
$class = get_class($cache->data);
error_log('cache->data class: ' . $class);
$expect_class = $this->typemap[$type];
error_log('expecting class: ' . $expect_class);
$ok = is_a($cache->data, $expect_class);
error_log('cache->data is expected class: ' . ($ok ? 'yes' : 'no'));
$d = new rrdebug;
$d->analyze('url generator', 'frag/block-u-nq-3600');
Then please post the output of the command. It should look like this:
$ drush scr rrdebug.php
analyzing url generator: frag/block-u-nq-3600
cache_get successed: yes
cache->data type: object
cache->data class: AuthcacheP13nDefaultRequestUrlGenerator
expecting class: AuthcacheP13nRequestUrlGeneratorInterface
cache->data is expected class: yes
Comment #13vinmassaro CreditAttribution: vinmassaro commented
I got that exact output from the debug script. The contents of the block are:
global $user;

Welcome<?php print $user->name; ?>

Log out

Comment #14znerol CreditAttribution: znerol commented
Ok, that block is working over here.
What are the contents of the variable
authcache_p13n_default_request_router_routes in your installation?
drush vget authcache_p13n_default_request_router_routes
Comment #15vinmassaro CreditAttribution: vinmassaro commented
Here you go:
$ drush vget authcache_p13n_default_request_router_routes
authcache_p13n_default_request_router_routes: array (
'frag/block-u-nq-3600' => 'frag/block-u-nq-3600',
'frag/form-token' => 'frag/form-token',
'frag/form-build-id' => 'frag/form-build-id',
'frag/menu-local-tabs' => 'frag/menu-local-tabs',
'frag/menu-local-actions' => 'frag/menu-local-actions',
'frag/menu-item-title' => 'frag/menu-item-title',
Comment #16znerol CreditAttribution: znerol commented
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OMG, this is embarrassing. I just realized that the code generating the watchdog messages is wrong!
In modules/authcache_p13n/includes/AuthcacheP13nDefaultRequestRouter.inc you'll find the following horribly stupid lines:
50 if (!$handler == FALSE) {
51 watchdog('AuthcacheP13nDefaultRequestRouter', ': Failed to find handler for request %r', array('%r' => $route_id), WATCHDOG_ERROR);
52 }
63 if (!$generator == FALSE) {
64 watchdog('AuthcacheP13nDefaultRequestRouter', ': Failed to find generator for request %r', array('%r' => $route_id), WATCHDOG_ERROR);
65 }
The left side of the comparison expression is negated! That means when
$handler and
$generator are valid, the left side of the expression will evaluate to
FALSE. Therefore the watchdog message is only recorded when everything is okay :(
Comment #17znerol CreditAttribution: znerol commented
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Comment #18znerol CreditAttribution: znerol commented
Figured it would be better to track that error separately. It is definitely serious enough: #2110531: Twisted logic in error checking code leads to bogus watchdog messages.
Comment #19vinmassaro CreditAttribution: vinmassaro commented
Ok, I applied 7.x-2.x-dev and those watchdog entries don't appear now, but I do see entries like this and the blocks still doesn't appear:
Failed to find url generator for route frag/block/block-25
Failed to find url generator for route frag/block/user-online
Comment #20znerol CreditAttribution: znerol commented
Ok, in the dev-version there is a new settings-page. Navigate to Admin » Authcache » Personalization » Frontcontroller. There you find a list of routes and on the bottom of the page a button to rebuild the routes. In every row of the table towards the right side, there is a column indicating whether the route exists (Yes/No). Granted, all routes should exist and if they don't they should become existing after a rebuild.
Comment #21vinmassaro CreditAttribution: vinmassaro commented
Ok, I rebuilt the routes. I no longer see any errors in watchdog, butt he block still isn't loading for me. I have the example.vcl loaded from the Authcache Varnish module. The Personalization tab shows my block correctly, and the Frontcontroller page shows that the route exists for it. The Authcache ESI status page still shows the same status (Error, Green, Error).
Comment #22znerol CreditAttribution: znerol commented
Ok, I went through configuring a fresh instance with 7.x-2.x-dev and it was not a pleasant experience:
drush en authcache_block authcache_form authcache_menu authcache_esi authcache_varnish authcache_debug php
- Configure authcache for authenticated users
- Add user1
- Add your block, with your configuration (hide when client not available)
- Add ip-alias, start varnish
- Start httpd
- Navigate to 10.0.0.2:6081 and realize I'm getting the same error as you.
- Remember that I need to configure
- Restart varnish
- Navigate to 10.0.0.2:6081 and wonder why things still are not working (still same error as you are seeing).
- Digging through heaps of stuff returned by
varnishloguntil hitting suspicious entries like this one:
14 RxHeader b Cache-Control: public, max-age=0
- Finally realizing that it is necessary to set "Expiration of cached pages" to something > 0 in Administration » Configuration » Development
- Restart varnish and things began to work
I desperately hope that the problem you are fighting with is similar.
Comment #23znerol CreditAttribution: znerol commented
As of commit b726bda the debug widget now points out potential problems with Cache-Control header when Authcache Varnish is enabled.
Comment #24vinmassaro CreditAttribution: vinmassaro commented
My setup is similar to yours in #22. I was originally running Varnish and Apache on 127.0.0.1 with Varnish on port 80, Apache on 8080, and setting
$conf['authcache_varnish_validate_reverse_proxy_address'] = FALSE; in settings.php.
I just successfully got Varnish running on 10.0.0.2:80, connecting to Apache at 127.0.0.1:8080. I'm still having no luck. Here is a detailed report, so maybe you have an idea. I have these configs in settings.php:
$conf['cache'] = '0';
$conf['page_cache_maximum_age'] = '1800';
$conf['reverse_proxy'] = TRUE;
$conf['reverse_proxy_addresses'] = array('127.0.0.1');
Authcache ESI Debug is still reporting the same status for me (ERROR, GREEN, ERROR). Here is my process using example.vcl with these changes:
- Uncomment custom pass rules
- Uncomment cookie stripping rules, add
- Uncomment the authcache_debug widget snippet
- Uncomment the hit-miss header snippet
- Get latest authcache:
drush dl authcache --dev -y; drush updatedb -y;
- Configure authcache for 'staff' role
- Give 'staff' role to users dpl2 and dpl4
- Rebuild routes from frontcontroller page
- Run
drush cc all; drush varnish-purge-allto flush Drupal and Varnish cache (need to run
drush varnish-purge-allwith --uri parameter for it to work)
- Log in from Safari with dpl2.
- The debug block reports a Cache Status: "MISS".
- I then visit a few pages to warm the Varnish cache.
- The Authcache Debug block does not load on these subsequent pages.
- My test block set to load with ESI does not load on any of these pages.
- Next, I log in from Firefox with dpl4.
- Upon login, the debug block incorrectly reports a cache MISS. I can tell this is wrong because the headers show
X-Varnish-Cache: HIT, and the
X-Varnishheader has two XIDs.
- Next, I visit same pages as dpl2, receiving them from Varnish cache (
X-Varnish-Cache: HIT,
X-Varnishheader contains two XIDs).
- The Authcache Debug block does not load on these subsequent pages.
- My test block set to load with ESI does not load.
- Upon login, the debug block incorrectly reports a cache MISS. I can tell this is wrong because the headers show
Comment #25znerol CreditAttribution: znerol commented
From the screenshots, I gather that you are using a hostname to access the site (portal.dev). Is this hostname pointing to 10.0.0.2 or 127.0.0.1?
Authcache ESI Debug is still reporting the same status for me (ERROR, GREEN, ERROR).
Yes, I still have to fix that. I think I have to move that out of /admin otherwise it will be excluded from caching by default. The VCL does not turn on ESI-replacement for authcache fragments anymore when a page hits a pass rule (or is hit-for-passed from within vcl_fetch).
The debug block reports a Cache Status: "MISS".
This is due to the changes in a7db7e7. The
cache_render cookie is not necessary anymore to detect hits/misses, it is only used to report page-build times by the builtin cache backend. However there is a new cookie
aucdbg which changes its value after each page-request. The Authcache Debug module now compares the cookie value to the one stored with the information gathered during the initial page-build. If they match a "miss" is flagged, if they don't it must be a "hit". I've pushed an update to the example.vcl reflecting the new behavior: 8b259b9.
Comment #26znerol CreditAttribution: znerol commented
Comment #27vinmassaro CreditAttribution: vinmassaro commented
Thanks, I will try to test out the new version today.
The host name portal.dev points at 10.0.0.2 which is an alias that has been added locally to my wireless interface using:
ifconfig en1 alias 10.0.0.2
portal.dev returns from Varnish, and portal.dev:8080 returns from Apache.
Comment #28vinmassaro CreditAttribution: vinmassaro commented
Seeing same results after testing the latest 7.x-2.x-dev.
Comment #29znerol CreditAttribution: znerol commented
Would you please copy-paste your backend-config from the vcl. Mine looks like this;
backend default {
.host = "127.0.0.1";
.port = "3000";
Comment #30znerol CreditAttribution: znerol commented
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Just found another little thing which could cause fragments not being rendered. In
modules/authcache_p13n/includes/frontcontroller.inc the calls to
ob_start and
ob_end_X were not balanced. Attached patch fixes that.
Comment #33znerol CreditAttribution: znerol commented
|» 7.x-2.x-dev
|Needs work
|» Needs review
Comment #34znerol CreditAttribution: znerol commented
Comment #35znerol CreditAttribution: znerol commented
Recent commits related to this issue:
- da61f09: Log error to watchdog when redirect occures in front-controller
- a804758: Balance call to ob_start with ob_end_flush
With the newest version it should be possible to detect failure modes like #2124465: Find a way around Global Redirect when retrieving personalized fragments by inspecting watchdog log messages.
Comment #36znerol CreditAttribution: znerol commented
The cause of the missing block has been tracked down to an incompatibility with the Global Redirect module. This issue has been fixed in 2.0-dev now and will be part of the next release (see #2124465: Find a way around Global Redirect when retrieving personalized fragments). Many thanks to @vinmassaro who dedicated great efforts to get this resolved!


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We tried the sweet corn tamale cakes ($10), topped with smoked salmon, crema and ancho chile sauce, and chorizo-and-potato empanadas ($8). Portions were generous — three tamale cakes and four empanada halves. The sweet, moist tamale cakes proved more flavorful than the somewhat dense empanadas.
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I enjoyed the flavor and texture combinations of my tacos, even if they were a bit messy, as evidenced by many fallen bits strewn about the table.
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For some people, Cooking will serve as an introduction to beer-infused cuisine, but it's also designed to help more experienced cooks break free of their culinary comfort zones, Sanchez-Potter says. Recipes range from the über-simple (stout floats, with Intuition's Truck Stop Stout topped with ice cream) to multi-step, restaurant-quality dishes like Black Sheep Chef Waylon Rivers' King Street BBQ pork belly with … More
Know that feeling you get when you try a new place and enjoy it so much you want to shout it from the rooftops to every food-loving soul you know? I'm going to be that girl.
Excellent sashimi and Japanese fare have been hard to nail down in Jacksonville, but I've finally unearthed a gem that's nestled off San Jose in a Carrabba's strip mall, of all places. Had two people not mentioned Kazu to me, I'd have never set foot in there, due to that location. Upon entering, however, I saw a place that's spacious and spotless, with a modern feel and comfortable vibe.
Open for two months, Kazu has a menu that offers a delightful variety of Japanese comfort food, including a variety of soups, dumplings, sushi bar appetizers, salads, bento boxes, sushi, maki handrolls and sashimi. Prices are fair and the servings are abundantly portioned and artfully plated.
We started with agedashi tofu ($4.50), pork gyoza ($4.95) and Kazu sashimi salad ($9.95). I highly recommend the tofu. These soft soybean cubes are fried in a tempura batter then served afloat a slightly sweet yet salty dashi, a soup-like stock. The pan-seared gyoza dumplings ($4.95) were good but not as memorable as the tofu. And the colorful salad had plenty of fresh pieces of sashimi, sliced avocado, mango, carrot and red onion, tossed in a light yuzu vinaigrette. It was refreshing and perfect for sharing.
On the sushi menu, I was immediately drawn to the Dancing Eel ($7.95): eel, shrimp, seaweed salad, creamy avocado and spicy mayo. So many of my favorite things all rolled (no pun intended) into one! It was solid. My next order was the Spider ($7.95), which touted tempura soft-shell crab, avocado, cucumber, a sweet eel sauce and tobiko on top.
Sushi and apps aside, I can't stop thinking about the Chirashi ($15.95) — the most remarkable dish of the evening. An absolutely gorgeous rainbow medley of amazingly fresh sashimi garnished with an edible flower, pieces of tamago omelet, colorful pickled daikon … More
While food trucks have become wildly popular in Jacksonville in recent years, on the other side of the ditch, they've not been so welcome. But last week, after a two-year campaign by food-truck advocates, the Jacksonville Beach City Council finally agreed to allow the trucks to operate within city limits, at least during a 14-month pilot program.
There are limitations: Food trucks have to get permission from property owners to set up shop (they can't use vacant or noncommercial land), and they can't do so within 100 feet of brick-and-mortar restaurants. They have to apply for a permit at City Hall and pay an annual business tax ($79.20). They have to shut down by 3 a.m., or by 10 p.m. if they're close to residential properties.
But at least it's something. "There is so much creativity coming out of these food trucks, and there is some really, really good food," says Councilwoman Chris Hoffman, who championed the food truck cause.
She's right — and I've tasted it firsthand. On The Fly Sandwiches 'n' Stuff chef Andrew Ferenc serves freshly seared ahi tuna over crunchy napa cabbage slaw that's topped with pickled ginger and a sweet chili sauce. Chew Chew has a flavor-packed Korean short rib melt with smoked provolone and diced kimchi slaw. And just last week I tried beet fries (yes, that's a thing) from Funkadelic. Verdict? Delicious. And it's just the beginning. Jax Beach residents will soon have all kinds of innovative culinary options to choose from, and that has foodies like me chomping at the bit.
(Disclosure: My fiancé Mike Field and I manage the Jax Truckies Facebook group.)
That's because food trucks offer room for experimentation. Consider this: Long-time Beaches resident John Stanford and his brother Jeff opened a food truck in the summer of 2012 in an effort to get the name of their then-under-construction brick-and-mortar restaurant, The Salty Fig (now The Blind Fig), out to the masses. The Blind Fig's wildly popular pork belly and … More
I would never, ever have driven by Health Zone but for the heads-up from a few friends. First, there's the poor signage and kinda-sorta misleading name: Is it a fitness center? A supplement shop? And then there's the fact that it's tucked away off Bowden Road and I-95 near Mr. Taco.
Nonetheless, Health Zone proved a pleasant find. I decided to check out the lunch menu. (Breakfast is served 6:30 to 10:30 a.m.; lunch until 2 p.m., Monday through Friday). As I walked in, I noticed a long line-up of freshly blended juices (12 oz.) and smoothies (16 and 32 oz.), all concocted with fresh fruit and juice — no pre-made mixes in sight. I tried the St. Augustine smoothie ($5.59) — spinach, kale, banana, mango and orange juice — and the Really Green ($5.59) juice. With its glowing green hue, the Really Green certainly lives up to its name, and with an über-healthy blend of cucumber, celery, kale, parsley, lemon and apple, each sip felt refreshing. Thumbs up.
Woman cannot live on green juice alone, so I next ordered a Zone Bowl ($5.99, with a $1 upcharge to add protein), which piqued my interest. Start with a starch like brown rice, jasmine rice or quinoa, and then pick a legume — black beans, black-eyed peas or pinto beans. Then choose from a slew of fresh vegetables and a list of both carnivore- and vegan-friendly proteins (grilled chicken breast, roast pork, roast beef, tofu, tempeh and seitan).
My Asian tempeh Zone Bowl, with quinoa, black beans, sautéed spinach, colorful carrots and zucchini, and a housemade chimichurri sauce, was easily enough for two meals. Also filling was the cleverly named H.A.M. ($7.99) — ham, apple slices and melted Monterey jack cheese with spicy mustard. Not in the mood for a sandwich? Health Zone also has salads, soups, hot dogs and an extensive dessert list.
If you're feeling adventurous, go for grilled beets ($1.99) or kale slaw ($1.99) as your side. The beets were especially juicy … More
The New York Times may have declared the camel rider as Jacksonville's primary contribution to the dining world; however, another curious culinary invention was created here, too, equally deserving of your attention. Let me regale you with a story of my recent visit to the forgotten enclave of Lubi's.
The Southside location (11633 Beach Blvd.) is a well-preserved time capsule maintained so that one can study the sort of mad gastronomic science once practiced in Jacksonville's commercial kitchens. The menu boasts six versions of a hot sub aptly called The Lubi. The base is made up of browned ground sirloin, American cheese, onions and your choice of mayo, mustard, and hot or sweet peppers. The bread is a mix between a giant hot dog bun and hoagie roll. Variants include the Mozzarella Lubi (with sour cream, mozzarella cheese and marinara), Mean Machine (with lettuce, tomato, mozzarella cheese and Italian dressing) and Stroganoff Lubi (with sour cream, mushrooms, gravy and mozzarella cheese).
I couldn't help but wonder what kind of tequila-filled night inspired someone to bake an oversized hot dog bun, stuff it full of condiments, onions and ground beef, and top it with a Hamburger Helper-inspired stroganoff. My invitation to that party must have gotten lost in the mail, sadly.
I decided to dip my toe in the water by ordering the comparatively tame Our Famous Lubi (topped with Kraft American cheese) with mayo, mustard and hot peppers. My Lubi artist began to construct this meaty delight on a sheet of aluminum foil, and suddenly things became quite interesting when she whisked my meal toward a microwave in order to "steam the bun." Is she really going to put that aluminum foil-wrapped meat dog in the microwave? Oh my God, she's going to burn this place to the ground!
Is this how it ends? Everything I thought I knew about modern science flew out the window as 30 mesmerizing seconds ticked by without that microwave (and the surrounding kitchen) … More
I don't get out to Mandarin often, but a recent find, Thai Cuisine & Noodle House, in a strip mall set off the road, gives me reason to return.
We began with a few appetizers. The dumpling-like pan-fried chicken and vegetable pot stickers ($5.95) were adequate, but the standout starter was skewered chicken satay ($6.95 for 4) served with a creamy peanut dipping sauce and a fiery-red sweet Thai chili sauce. Each bite of chicken was delightfully moist, and the marinade made it both tender and flavorful.
Despite the steadily climbing mercury outside, it felt like a soup night, so I secured a cup of Thai-style hot-and-sour tom-yum soup ($2.95), and added seafood for $1.30, a savvy move, I thought. The broth had just the right amount of spice, and the fragrant herbs — lemongrass and cilantro — really boosted the flavor (as did the scallions and lime juice).
From the noodles and rice section, I landed on the pad kee mao with shrimp ($12.95), which translates to "drunken noodles." Items from these sections are available with vegetables, tofu, chicken, pork, beef, krab meat, shrimp or calamari. There were ample shrimp tossed among the vegetable pieces and an abundance of thin, flat noodles. Easy enough for leftovers or sharing, these noodle dishes are massive. Next time, I'm trying the pad Thai with tofu.
Of the many chef's specials, we sampled jungle steak ($12.95) with rice. Unsure of what to expect, we were pleased with the marinated and grilled pieces of bite-sized steak that mingled with sautéed onions, scallions and chili peppers.
Prices are reasonable, and the menu has lots of options, from Thai curries with steamed jasmine rice to a crispy fried whole fish.
When we ate dinner, there was only one other patron seated in a booth behind us, and the owner, who was busy fielding take-out orders. It was eerily quiet — no music playing, just the occasional clink and clack of pans from neighboring Papa John's. It made for a slightly awkward … More


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January 3, 2012
1.2 B Smartphone Apps Downloaded in Week After Christmas
Mobile analytics firm Flurry reported this week that global downloads for smartphone apps saw a record-breaking surge over the holidays this year. According to statistics released this week, over 1.2 billion apps for Apple´s iOS and Google´s Android phones were made in the week between Christmas Day and New Year´s Day.
In the strongest year to date for the mobile devices, downloads for the beloved apps soared at the end of the year as millions of new smart-phone users received the devices as Christmas presents – a fact that many firms catered to as they offered hundreds of discounted apps and package deals for new users.While Flurry´s figures used data from the top 20 countries, smart phone users in the United States alone were responsible for some 509 million app downloads, almost half of the total number of downloads. China (99M), England (81M), Canada (41M ) and Germany (40M) filled out the rest of the top 5.
With so many new users, analysts at Flurry say that this level of app download activity may become standard par as both the number of smart phone users as well as the number of handy apps available continue to multiply.
"Looking forward to 2012, Flurry expects breaking the one billion download barrier per week will become more commonplace," the company reported on its blog this week.
"While iOS and Android growth continues to amaze, the market is still by all measures relatively nascent," it stated, indicated that there´s still plenty of room for growth in 2012 and beyond.
As for most all industries, the holiday season was a time of plenty this year. Flurry estimates that the total combined number of new activations for Android and iPhone units was somewhere around 7 million on Christmas day alone and roughly 20 million for the entire week.
While Apple has not yet made public its official numbers from last week, Google reported making over 3.7 million activations over the Christmas weekend, a number that likely parities or even exceeds that made by Apple.
It seems that 2012 is set to be the year of the smartphone.
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So sorry I'm late....had an important date.
51 comments:
Oh wow! This has completely blown me away Barbara - how magical would that technique be with your fairytale castle stamp!!! Glad you had a great day with your parents, and hope that Dave progresses from second hand to well loved by tomorrow, Susan xReplyDeleteReplies
Ahh, thanks Susan. Yes! The Castle really would be super, wouldn't it....Delete
OK Barbara! That's lovely! I liked it when I saw it on your German blog.....even better second time round!ReplyDelete
Glad you had a good day with your parents!!!
Hope Dave is getting lots of rest and will soon be feeling better! XxxReplies
Thanks Jane. Have a great weekend. Now I really must go indoors! xxDelete
Hello BarbaraReplyDelete
Glad you had a lovely day with your parents and I hope Dave is feeling a bit better.
I saw this earlier and loved it. Nice to have the English translation.
Wow Barbara, thank you for sharing this beautiful piece of artwork, you are so clever x x xReplyDelete
I'm glad you managed to lock Wurka and Hollick in the shed so you could spend some time with your Mum I hope you both enjoyed your lunch. I'm sure your dad enjoyed his cream cakes too.ReplyDelete
This is a lovely fresh and cheerful card and that background is awesome
Jackie x
Hello BarbaraReplyDelete
Glad you had a lovely day with your parents and I hope Dave is feeling a bit better.
I saw this earlier and loved it. Nice to have the English translation.
love it , i saw it earlier as wellReplyDelete
oh wow this is just stunning Barbara xxReplyDelete
Hi BarbaraReplyDelete
Wow this card is gorgeous and using my favourite stamp set.
Hi Barb,ReplyDelete
This is fabulous and one that I will definitely be having a go at. Love it! I bet the Germans did as well. I hope that sounds correct. Also wanted to say a big thank you for the extremely generous sale - brilliant! Hope Dave is on the road to recovery. Love Alison xxx
Ooh this is beautiful! xxxReplyDelete
I saw this on Facebook earlier and hoped you would repeat it for us. Glad you have, thanks Barbara. Hope Dave feels a little better and that you enjoyed time with your parents. What a sale on Clarity. Must do an order over the weekend. It's like Christmas in February.xReplyDelete
Wow lovely bright and the beautiful blue tits one I will be trying . What a sale weekend glad you had a great day with your mum and then dad better give Dave bit extra TLC know hope his feeling bit better xxxReplyDelete
Oooh need to try this, I have all the items but need to have a look at the sale.........shhhh don't tell hubby lol xReplyDelete
I'm glad you could enjoy some time with your family. I love the card, especially the white circles against the colourful background. Lovely parcel of stencils and stamps arrived today, but seeing the sale I'm sure I'll be back for more.ReplyDelete
Your blog, and the comments, are doing wonders for my almost forgotten German. Best wishes to Dave.
Nice technique, I was also hoping that you would translate it. I like that Bokeh technique. Gotta try it one day. Glad you had some R&R, and locked those pests in the shed. Have a lovely weekend. Off to check out the sale.ReplyDelete
Hi BarbaraReplyDelete
OMG what a fabulous card. Really love it.
Cannot stop to write more now as l am off to view the shop sale goodies!
Lol Barbara W
You are always worth waiting for. English or German your ideas keep us inspired. Glad you had some time off today and spent it with your parents. Now I have to prioritse with everything 30% off what to choose? xx Margaret col.ReplyDelete
I love the Bokeh technique and didn't think of using Jo's stencil - Doh! Great sale too. I hope Dave is feeling better. xxReplyDelete
Stunning, beautiful card. Will give this a try as i love rhe effect. Used this stencil today for a birthday card, wanted gold circles so rubbed my Pebeo guilding wax through, looked so shiny. Hope Dave is enjoying having his nurse back. XxReplyDelete
Wonderful. I have been looking at the Bokeh technique and this definitely looks a good way of getting similar effect. Hope Dave is improving and glad you enjoyed time with parents. xxReplyDelete
Stunning beautiful stencil and stamps & colours thank you for taking the time to blog xxxReplyDelete
Really love this card and technique. And another fab sale - you are going to bankrupt me lol. Thanks xReplyDelete
Hi Barbara This is a beautiful background and your tits work so well on it with the cherry blossom (oh Matron steady on!) . Sounds like you have had a lovely day with your mum and dad, they must be so pleased to see you after being away, being poorly and finally getting your awards. Hope Dave starts to improve over the weekend, did he leave any of that chicken soup in the freezer? Thank you for the great offers in the sale, not sure how to get that one past hubby! Take care. Love Diane xxxReplyDelete
Ooooo loverly artwork, I've just bought Jo's bubbles stencil so I can have a go at the bokeh technique. Thanks for the generous sale too.ReplyDelete
Very pleased to read you've taken time out with loved ones. Hope Dave is on the mend x
Love it, so pretty. I will be trying this one methinks. I really need to go to sleep now, so I will check out the sale tomorrow. No, that would be Sunday. I mean later today, when I've had some zzzzzzzz!ReplyDelete
And this was cheating!!! Oh goodness Barbara its wonderful!!!! and cream cake too!!!ReplyDelete
Hope Dave is on the mend
Much love
Kim xxx
Lovely effect Barbara. I am going to miss seeing Clarity at Glasgow this year so thank you for the sale so that I can get my 'fix'. Hope Dave is on the mend and that you are doing okay too. I was away for 3 days and got back to hubby and son down with a virus, I am sleeping on couch so I don't get it as my immune system is already shot due to Thyroid treatment...looking for an extra long grabber stick to hand in drinks etc to them!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
I've got a proper mask with filters for fumes, if you want to borrow it!!!!!! Keeping my fingers crossed you don't catch it too, love Brenda xxDelete
Fab u lous! XReplyDelete
Hi Barbara. Beautiful card today. We don't mind what you share with us, especially after hearing you have spent time with your Mum and Dad : ) Wishing Dave a speedy recovery. Take careReplyDelete
Hello Barb, what a lovely card, really must give this a go, as I have the bubble stencil, but will have to use a different stamp. Glad you had a nice day with your Mum and Dad and hope Dave gets better soon. Will have to go have a little look around the website. Have a great day. BxReplyDelete
So pleased you had a lovely day with your Mum and Dad ~ parents must come first!ReplyDelete
I like Bokeh effect ~ apparently I have been doing it for years with my photography but didn't know it! Thank you for the sale ~ off to increase my equity now ~~~Deb
Hi Barbara, glad to hear you have had a nice day with your Mum & Dad. Loving this project. Gorgeous colours. Kind regards Joanne K xReplyDelete
Hi Barbara, a beautiful card, Will have to try this technique.ReplyDelete
Brilliant, WonderfulReplyDelete
Looks great as always and one to achieve one day soon, as love these birds
Hope Dave feeling better,men always get things worse than us ladies!!!! know what I mean
Don't you overdo things as you do not want to go back down with it, take care
Brilliant, WonderfulReplyDelete
Looks great as always and one to achieve one day soon, as love these birds
Hope Dave feeling better,men always get things worse than us ladies!!!! know what I mean
Don't you overdo things as you do not want to go back down with it, take care
This is such a great fun technique and love the bright colours you have used Barbara and the prettily coloured bird and blossom go so well. That Brilliance ink is such a wonderful opaque white too. Glad you set work aside to have a nice day with your parents and hope Dave soon starts to feel better xReplyDelete
This was worth my wait . I love it and am waiting for the stencil to arrive . I even have those colors . We are also waiting for Spring it been ice and snow and very cold . Suppose to warm up today . Yeh . .ReplyDelete
This is gorgeous Barb, so love the colour background and the stamps do it justice.ReplyDelete
Love & hugs
Jacquie J xxx
Hi Barb,ReplyDelete
Glad you've taken some time for the important things in life, and I hope Dave is soon feeling better.
Gorgeous artwork today, thanks xx
Hi Barbara, you don't need to be sorry for posting late. I was worried that you had maybe relapsed from over doing it, but now knowing it's because you had a day of r&r, that's great, glad you had a good time with your mum and dad. I'm happy you chose to give us this demo, it's brilliant, looks beautiful, just perfect in all ways, thank you.ReplyDelete
Had to google what the technique was! Like someone else on here said, I too have been taking photos using this technique for years, not knowing it had a name nor even that it was a technique!!! I just take what I see and what is pleasing to me :-). I had a worker for a wee bit several years ago who had a degree in photography. She used to come and get all excited pointing out things in my photos and giving me names of techniques I've supposedly achieved and trying to explain what they were, all just went totally over the top of my head!!!! She used to say I was doing naturally what people go to uni for 4 years to learn to do and even then often struggle to make it look natural. She even went away with a couple of my photos for her walls! I don't think my photos are anything special, I literally just take what I see and playing around, when I get the chance. I think everyone must be able to do just like me, because I've got no knowledge, have learned nothing about photography, don't use filters, settings etc. other than the camera specific settings and mostly I ignore them too. I've been told not to try to learn as I could lose what I do naturally. It's funny how to some people something is just natural and normal, and to others they strive, sometimes their whole life, to be, achieve etc. Like this worker saying she was jealous of me because she spent all these years learning to do what my brain can do naturally, and she still struggled to make hers look natural. For me, I see all you guys, and most of the world, doing all your social stuff, just knowing the rules and knowing what to do and say, it's just natural to you guys, it was already there in your brains to be built on. Me, that bit is missing, and even trying so hard to learn for many years it's still a huge struggle and I still can only do it on a basic level and can still get even that wrong. And what marvels me even more is the code you all talk in, you all use a special code system, again that your brains just knew, it was already there. And what amazes me so much about it is that most of the time you all know what each other is saying, don't even have to think about it or try to work it out! For me, I'm totally lost, only being able to interpret literally and having to literally consciously think about everything said to me and everything I say back, it often ends up going so wrong, even with the people that are trying to talk to me without using the code system! it's not so bad when it just makes no sense to me, as then I can ask for more words instead of responding inappropriately!!!! Then there's your natural ability to skim read, that I have never been able to do, get the gist of something - totally baffles me. I do find it fascinating - when I'm not in the middle of it!!!!
Hope Dave is starting to feel better
Love Brenda xx
p.s. thank you so much for very generous sale
Glad you are feeling better you can hear it in your 'voice'! All the best to Dave, hope he is on the mend now. Wonderful! Love this it's amazing what some ink and a few circles can do, stunning effect. Dithered about that bubbles stencil in my order yesterday and then did nt buy! Might just need to go for it after all and the white InkpadReplyDelete
Sorry don t you just hate it when it publishes before you re ready! The gremlin gets in ahead of me. Just wanted to thank you for the sale too, thanks for the inspiration x x x x x xReplyDelete
The artwork is fantastic. I love it. Now who can I make one for? Sneaking your idea again - what else would I do but sneak an idea from the best, not completely plagiarise of course. What a naughty Barbara Gray fan I am becoming in my old age.ReplyDelete
just love this, beautiful colours and that stencil is great xReplyDelete
I love you version of this Technique Barb it's really pretty.ReplyDelete
Beautiful artwork Barbara, I love that you go back to stamps we already have and give them a whole new lease of life with yet another fabulous technique. Thanks for sharing so much of what should be your own personal time. I hope you feel the love and gratitude of your followers, you really do make us feel as if we are your own best friends, thank you so very much xxReplyDelete


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Apple's approach to the release of their next operating system is something of a surprise and is perhaps a sign of things to come. Without warning and certainly without a media event they released a number of details about the next operating system due this year. OS X Mountain Lion–10.8 is yet another attempt to …
February 2012 archive
Feb 17
Apple announce Mountain Lion
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Feb 17
Smartphones are uploading your data to the mothership
Earlier this week it was discovered that a few applications on the iPhone and iPad (As well as other smart phones it must be said) where secretly uploading our address book data to remote servers and I find this shocking–not because these apps were doing it–but more because Apple allowed it. Don't get me wrong …
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Feb 17
Mountain Lion will kill your (not so old) iMac
No sooner had the dust settled on the shock announcement of Mountain Lion when Chris Rawson of "The Unofficial Apple Website" exposed the horrible truth that some not so old iMacs would not be able to run Mountain Lion when it is released later this year. Rather then reinventing the wheel here is Chris's very revealing article that not …
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Feb 13
Lion 10.7.3 Update- Beware
Yesterday Apple released an update to Lion and while this is normally a reason to celebrate and enjoy the bug fixes and enhancements that always come with such an update – this one has a sting! The update located in Software update is a delta update (only updates what is needed) and this one can …
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Feb 05
Password Management – again
It is a fact of life – today we need passwords and we need a lot of them. iPhone, iPad, email, Facebook, banking, twitter, even logging onto your computer needs a password. Well at least it should require one. But with all these passwords comes a mighty confusion and a wailing and a gnashing of teeth …
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Min Gi and I are planning the big move back to the U.S. at the end of this contract (in August). This is not a permanent move for us (I love life as an expat), but a choice we're making because at this time, I want to be near my family for a few years and I want Min Gi to get to know my culture the way I've gotten to know his. Additionally, the next time I (now we) go abroad, I plan to do so by teaching in International Schools, not EFL. If I had been smarter, that's the way I would have done it the first time around--a better job for better pay in more countries... but I do not regret the past two and half years in Korea in the least.
Since we planned to live in the U.S. for two years, we did some reading and realized that there is really no such thing as a nonimmigrant visa for spouses (ok, there IS, but they assume you'll apply for a Permanent Resident Card or "green card" as soon as possible). Yes, the U.S. government is arrogant enough to assume that anyone who wants to live there for a period of time automatically wants to live there forever and become a citizen. Fortunately, we recently realized that Korea might change its mind about allowing dual citizenship, so it might actually be worth it for us to go through this process now anyhow, but that's just an added bonus.
Thanks to some very helpful conversations with Amanda, who went through this process recently in the U.S., and J.R., who went through the U.S. embassy in Korea as we are now doing, we've managed to proceed pretty far in the whole complicated mess of U.S. immigration, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to update you all and share some invaluable resources to help you through it, if you're drowning in the tidal wave of bureaucracy.
If you are trying to get your Korean spouse a Permanent Resident Card, you have two options, based on where you live. If you are currently in the U.S., you go through a Change of Status (COS). If you live in Korea, then you might be eligible for the much speedier, more convenient, and cheaper direct consular filing (DCF) process (note in countries not as friendly with the U.S. or with more sham/mail-order marriages, the DCF process may not be any easier or less complicated than COS). Fortunately, Min Gi and I qualify to apply from Korea.
I started by purchasing and reading the book Fiance & Marriage Visas: A Couple's Guide to U.S. Immigration by Ilona Bray, J.D. The book is thorough, up-to-date and gives advice like an immigration lawyer would. Since our immigration is rather uncomplicated (neither of us have kids or were married before, he's never lived in the U.S. before or entered the country illegally or overstayed a visa, and neither of us have any exclusionary conditions, like being a criminal or having AIDS) we decided to go it alone, without legal representation.
My next stop was to read everything available on the U.S. Embassy in Korea's website about getting married in Korea and obtaining family visas. I also read the success story of another couple who went through Korea's DCF on the supportive website for people dealing with this process, visajourney.com. We started gathering all the forms and talking openly with my parents about what we need from them since before we visited them this last July/August. Information and advance planning are power!
Turns out the kind of visa we will apply for is CR-1 or a conditional resident visa. Conditional because we've been married less than two years. That means we'll need to submit more paperwork two years after moving to the U.S. What we've done so far:
January 6, 2010: We got married through the U.S. embassy and the Korean district office in Seoul. This was rather easy to do, even though we made a mistake on the forms and had to make a couple extra trips back and forth. One piece of advice: Make sure your Korean fiance has the names and government ID numbers of two family members willing to vouch for you (like witnesses). Technically, they are supposed to be there to sign it, but I think if they're family, just the information will do. Min Gi called the district office twice to ask about this and both times they said you don't need it, but of course when we got there, they said we did. Cost: US $90 payable to the embassy: cash (dollars or won) or US credit card.
February 1, 2010: We had made an online appointment to file form I-130 Petition for Alien Relative and the required biographical forms G-325A for each of us.
Submitted materials:
--Form I-130
--Form G-325A for each of us
--Passport-style photos of each of us
--My passport and a photocopy
--His passport and a photocopy
--My Korean Alien Resident Card (ARC) and a photocopy (I forgot the photocopy and it was ok)
--My birth certificate and a photocopy
--Our marriage certificate (from the US Embassy-ha!) and a photocopy
--Three documents from the Korean Family Census Register: Certificate of Kinship, Certificate of Marriage, and Certificate of Personal Records and photocopies
--Translations for the above (Min Gi found a blog that had good translations here.)
--A signed statement verifying the translations (We had our friend Leah do this. Min Gi thought we should get it notarized, but the fee was a lot, and I was certain it was unnecessary. Since our copies were not notarized, the embassy kept the original Family Census Registers, so we had to get new copies from the government office, but they're only $1 each; the notarization fees were around $40 per paper)
--Fee for filing: $355 (426,000won) payable in Korean or US cash only.
Although the website said that I could file the papers at the embassy alone, it was good Min Gi came with me because he had to fill out a paper about his contact information. Lo and behold, three days later he was e-mailed packet 3.5 and told to apply for a visa appointment.
We applied for the visa appointment and requested a date in May when I wouldn't have classes. They granted us one of those days! Our appointment is scheduled for May 27, 2010 at 8 a.m. We could almost certainly have gotten an earlier appointment if we weren't picky about dates or if we were in a rush. We also completed and mailed the first part of form DS-230, conveniently available in a dual language form, so that they could start his background check prior to the interview.
We have more documents to gather before the interview (most notably some "bona fides" that prove our marriage is real and the Affidavit of Support showing we won't be on the government's dime when we move to the U.S.). Min Gi also has to get a medical exam ($150 and requiring a trip to Busan for him) and his police record. We will also have to pay another $400 for the interview fee (yes, this process is a tad pricey). However, overall the U.S. embassy has been efficient, kind, and helpful in the whole process and our advance planning has allowed us to squeeze all of this work into just a couple hours a week so it's been quite manageable.
I'll update you about the interview itself after it is completed. I hope, for those of you undergoing or considering this process, that this post was somewhat helpful. And for those of you who like to complain about the E-2 visa process for Korea, maybe you'll realize just how lucky you have it. Because the work visa process for the U.S. is not all that different or less expensive than the process I've described here.