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I think the most important thing about an Avatar setting is remembering that non-benders are total bad-asses too. Sokka may get played for laughs, but he's also got tons of practical skills that keep the party afloat. The young bandit with the twin tiger swords kicked the crap out Ang in a heads up fight with no special trickery. The crack archer unit from the fire kingdom whuped a massively powerful airbender... you know, the benders arguably best against arrows? When the fire prince went into disguise... he didn't exactly get less holy-crap-that's-awesome for not using his bending for a while. And his girlfriend with the knives? *shudder*...and then there was Sokka's teacher... Dude is critiquing technique and dishing a precisely calibrated beating simultaneously.Chi blocking is sexy and all, but every weapon master in that setting is hell on wheels. And they all actually act like they live in a world with bending - which means if you are a professional hardcase, you train with the knowledge that benders are out there and you've got to counter them stunt by stunt, skill by skill, not just roll over and die.
The third one is spirit bending, not chi-blocking.
Quote from: Aminar on August 16, 2012, 04:37:26 PMThe third one is spirit bending, not chi-blocking.Hence the observation that suspending a bender's abilities can actually be accomplished in a number of ways . Updated post for clarity.
Do we know Bumi doesn't bend? I'm still theorizing mom's waterbending.
Also, there's no such thing as fire-healing. Healing's the province of water.


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In order to make your family meetings effective, there a few imperative rules that you must adhere to.
1- Everyone feels safe.
All members of the family must feel un-threatened and safe to express their feelings. If your family meeting becomes the allowed place to emotionally beat up each other, your family will not want to come. No one is allowed to freak out, lose control, beat up on, or blame each other aggressively. All family members must work together to be sure that everyone feels safe to be at the meeting. If someone is expressing his anger in a way that you feel borders on aggressive, firmly ask the person to keep talking, but to change their tone or their words so as not to attack the other.


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Absolutely Terrifying Bert and Ernie Cosplay
These photos of a couple of Bert and Ernie cosplayers are guaranteed to give you nightmares! They are unbelievably terrifying! My kids just walked by me and caught a glimpse of my computer screen... crap, they're going to have issues sleeping tonight. What do you think of these crazy-ass costumes?
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Skip to comments.Hill GOP wants answers on Hezbollah leader tied to soldiers killings, set for release
Posted on 05/17/2012 11:43:22 AM PDT by ColdOne
The letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta suggests the administration waited until Daqduq was in Iraqi custody before filing murder, terrorism and other charges. It also states the administration intentionally kept information from Capitol Hill lawmakers, who learned about the purported charges and Daqduqs ordered release through New York Times stories.
Eight pages of charges ... appears to indicate that either the administration was purposefully withholding information from Congress or it had not done the due diligence required to file charges, states the letter signed by Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the committees ranking GOP lawmaker, and the seven other GOP lawmakers on the committee.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
The Reps and Senators need to have their feet held to the fire to keep the heat on Obama over this. Someone has to be held to answer.
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After 10 years of absence, the Microsoft Exchange Conference is back. Yes, that's right, the last time MEC happened was in 2002. How do I know this? I've seen a couple of people today who still had their MEC 2002 badges. HOLY CRAP, DUDES. I'm a serious packrat and not even *I* keep my old conference badges.
I decided to live tweet my sessions. I did a good job too – my Twitter statistics are telling me that I've sent 258 tweets! If any of my Facebook friends are still bothering to read my automatic Twitter-to-Facebook updates..shit, sorry. Two more days to go and you know I can't be nearly as prolific today or Wednesday because I'm presenting a session each day:
- E14.310 Three Years In: Looking Back At Virtualizing Exchange 2010
Tuesday, September 25 2012 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM in Tallahassee 1
- E14.310R1 Three Years In: Looking Back At Virtualizing Exchange 2010
Wednesday, September 26 2012 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM in Tallahassee 1
Monday was the "all Microsoft, all Exchange 2013" day with typical keynotes and breakouts. Today, we start the "un-conference" – smaller, more interactive sessions, led by members of the community like myself. Today and tomorrow will be a lot more peer-to-peer…which will be fun.
See you out there! Drop me a note or track me down to let me know if you read my blog or have a question you'd like me to answer!


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Milwaukee Bucks Rumors: Buying or Selling Gossip Ahead of 2014 NBA DraftJune 24, 2014
The Milwaukee Bucks have the second pick in the 2014 NBA draft, which is considered to be the best draft in over a decade. There are rumors of teams trying to work deals for that pick, and there are rumors of the Bucks trying to work deals for other picks. Which are fact and which are fiction?
First, it helps to take a look at the Bucks' roster and ownership situation to understand their present situation.
In the 2009-10 season, the Bucks had their "Fear the Dear" run, going 46-36—their best season since 2000-01. Since then, there have been a plethora of trades that have turned the roster into a discombobulated mess.
They've made deals for Stephen Jackson, Samuel Dalembert, J.J. Redick, Monta Ellis and Brandon Knight. And of all of those players, Knight is the only one still on the team. Over the last four years, 49 players have suited up for the Bucks, per Basketball-Reference. Only two of those have played more than 3,000 minutes and are still with the team.
They've combined that chicanery with a draft strategy that takes the best player available, even if it results in a redundancy. For example, they chose John Henson in the 2012 draft when they already had Larry Sanders, even though both are bigs with limited offensive potential and don't make a good tandem in the paint.
The result has been an ill-fitting roster that isn't able to utilize the full quality of the players.
An analogy might help.
When I was a kid, I'd lose pieces from different Lego kits, so I'd just combine them into some bizarre looking contraption. A little from the starship Enterprise, a little from the Millennium Falcon. I'd throw in a few Lincoln Logs (for some reason). And there you go. "Fort Starship Falcon" was all completed—and made no sense to anyone but me.
Point being: The pieces were fine, they just didn't fit together.
And that's the issue with the Bucks. They have quality players; they just don't work together and/or are redundant.
The good news is they have a new ownership group headed up by Marc Lasry and Wesley Edens. And, per the AP, they plan to be active:
You find it starts from the top," Lasry said. "You have to get a great CEO. You need people that live this thing 24/7. That's sort of what we are going to try to do. When you look at where the Bucks have been over the last number of years -- whether it is on the operations side -- I think there is a lot of room to improve.
Also, they plan to be patient, building from the ground up:
It doesn't happen overnight. You build a very solid foundation and build from there," Edens said. "We want to have a championship-winning basketball team here, and you start with the pieces you've got and build around it.
And, per these tweets from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Charles F. Gardner, those reports aren't just lip service:
It appears the new ownership is properly focused on establishing a clear direction and developing a foundation of players to build upon. So, we'll view the rumors through that prism.
Will the Bucks Trade Their Pick?
As indicated by the tweets above, it's pretty decided what the Bucks are planning to do with their No. 2 pick. That doesn't mean teams aren't trying to acquire it.
Chad Ford (Insider) reports for ESPN:
The Magic have also been trying to both move up and get another lottery pick. They've offered Nos. 4 and 12 and Afflalo to the Cavs and Bucks, but so far, no takers. They've also used Afflalo as bait to get a pick from the Kings at No. 8 and the Nuggets at 11, but so far, no deal.
Ford reaffirms that assertion here (Insider):
The Bucks also are getting their fair share of trade offers. The Sixers, Magic and Jazz all called them as well, offering similar packages. But it looks unlikely the Bucks are going to trade this pick. They need a franchise player and don't feel they'll get one later in the draft.
It looks like teams are making calls, but the Bucks aren't taking them. Any thought that a deal could be done is pure myth...unless some mind-blowing offer comes along.
With Embiid out, things are greatly simplified.
Andrew Wiggins and Jabari Parker are the two best players left, and whoever the Cleveland Cavaliers pass on with the No. 1 pick, Milwaukee will draft. To have a foundation, you need a franchise player. Those don't come easily.
The Bucks have a chance to get one, and they're not going to pass on it.
Will They Make a Draft-Day Trade Elsewhere?
There are also rumors that the Bucks are looking to move one of their veterans to acquire more picks in the draft. Ford predicts (Insider):
Look for the Bucks to be very active, however, in acquiring a second first-round pick -- preferably a lottery pick. There is serious interest from teams in Brandon Knight, John Henson and even Larry Sanders. They'd love to acquire another pick in the Nos. 7-10 range to land either a young point guard or a shooter.
This is confirmed by local media. Per Gery Woelfel of the Racine Journal Times via Matt Moore of CBSSports.com:
Yet, behind the scenes, the Bucks' brass has been busy. They've been discussing several trade possibilities and, if you believe some NBA officials, they'll consummate at least one deal.
The most likely Buck player to be relocated to a different zip code is Ersan Ilyasova, who is coming off a disappointing season but whose stock remains fairly high.
Other players Woelfel indicates are on the block include Henson, Sanders and Knight. And elsewhere he reports O.J. Mayo could be dealt (if Milwaukee can find a taker).
In the aggregate, these rumors are true, but with a caveat: It all depends on who they draft.
Ilyasova would have value as a stretch 4 playing with Wiggins, who is more of a 2 or 3, but not with Parker, who would essentially be a better version of Ilyasova in every way.
Contrarily, O.J. Mayo, the starting shooting guard, works better with Parker than Wiggins.
Wiggins has a 7'0" wingspan, per Draft Express, and the Bucks' resident small forward, Giannis Antetokounmpo, has a 7'3" reach. That's 14'3" combined. It'd be easier to find an open passing lane on the I-405 at the heart of rush hour than against those two.
The pair running in transition together could be scary or beautiful—depending on what your rooting interests are.
Mayo fits better in a conventional, half-court offense with Parker, though. Even using Mayo as a sixth man, filling a role similar to what J.R. Smith does with the New York Knicks, works.
The Bucks are appear to be actively pursuing trades for just about anyone but Antetokounmpo, but they won't pull any triggers until they know who they're building around.
Alluding to the earlier analogy, they are going to get a piece that puts them closer to getting either a complete Millennium Falcon or a finished starship Enterprise.
They'll determine which "spaceship" they need to be to win a championship by which foundational player they draft. Then they'll trade the players who don't fit around him—or are extraneous to him—to get the missing pieces.
Whatever the Bucks do this offseason, the most important thing is to set a clear direction and stick with it. And that seems to be what they're doing.


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Champions League final referee Nicola Rizzoli has admitted that he cried after Saturday's game.
The Modena-born official was in charge of Bayern Munich's 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund at Wembley, and has revealed that UEFA Head of Referees Pierluigi Collina congratulated him after the match.
"It happened after the game," he told Gazzetta dello Sport. "I was alone, I looked at the stadium and the all the fans cheering – even Dortmund's.
"The tension melted away and I was moved to tears.
"I thought I had done well, but I wanted to wait for Collina's judgement.
"If I had done something wrong I would have been disappointed, and because I grew up with Collina, it would have been even harder.
"So when he entered the dressing room, I held my breath. He looked at me for a couple of seconds and there was silence.
"Then he said 'well done, well done everyone'."
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Some writers have celebrated a new biological citizenship arising from individuals' unprecedented ability to manage their health at the molecular level. In this year's Helen Pond McIntyre '48 lecture, Dorothy Roberts examines the role of race and gender in the construction of this new biocitizen in light of the current expansion of race-based, reproductive, and genetic biotechnologies along with neoliberal reliance on private resources for people's welfare. Roberts argues that science, big business, and politics are converging to support a molecularized understanding of race, health, and citizenship that ultimately helps to preserve inequities.
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I drive an older vehicle. Does it make sense to use synthetic oil?
Any vehicle can use synthetic oil, once it meets the specifications recommended by your vehicle manufacturer. Many people wonder if it makes sense, and economically, it does. Synthetics can run significantly longer than mineral oil. Given that typical mineral oil costs more than half of what synthetics cost, there is already benefit. Factor in the savings in both time and labour costs, and you have another winner.
Is there a procedure for switching to synthetic oil?
From an application perspective, there is nothing extra that needs to be done when switching to synthetic oil. What I do recommend is the oil change procedure below!
What's the Big Z recommended oil change procedure?
1. Drain oil, remove filter and replace drain plug. Ensure that the oil filter gasket is not stuck to the engine.
2. Pour in one third quart of cheap 10W30 (or thinner) oil. Let sit for 5 minutes and then drain. Replace drain plug.
3. Repeat step 2 until drained oil comes out clear. This removes most particles in the drain pan that would normally not be removed.
4. Place oil on oil filter gasket, fill oil filter with as much oil as possible when considering the mounting position of the oil filter, and install filter.
5. Fill engine till full mark on dip stick.
6. Start engine, switch off and re-check level. Do not fill over the full mark.
Which viscousity oil should I use?
The definitive guide to the correct oil for you vehicle is your owner's manual.
Please consult it for the manufacturer's recommendations.
Some manufacturers may list a range of oils as being suitable. Use the lowest viscousity oil which is generally available. (which usually tends to be 5W30 or 10W30)
Thicker oils do not drip off as quickly as thinner oils, so solids in suspension tend to fall out and coat surfaces with carbon, eventually conglomerating into sludge.
In lieu of an owner's manual, for properly working vehicles up to fifteen (15) years old (and even older), 5W30 or 10W30 is the default recommendation.
For turbo applications (where no owners manual is available) 10W40 or 15W40 is my recommendation.
Yes, 20W50 is for old vehicles.
If you are unsure, feel free to contact me for a recommendation.
Honda B1*, D1*, F2*, H2*, K2* - 5W30 or 10W30
Mazda ZL, ZM, ZY, MZR - 10W30
Mitsubishi - 4B**, 4B11T, 4G**, 6A**, 6B** - 5W30 or 10W30
Mitsubishi - 4G**/6A** Turbo, - 5W40, 10W40 or 15W40
Nissan SR, QG, QR, GA, CG, VG, VQ, RB, HR, MR - 5W30 or 10W30
Nissan SR20DET, RB2*DET - 5W40, 10W40 or 15W40
Subaru - EJ** - 5W30 or 10W30
Subaru - EJ** Turbo - 5W40, 10W40 or 15W40
Suzuki - H2*A, J2* , M1*A - 5W30 or 10W30
Toyota *A-FE, 4A-GE, *E-FE, *NZ-FE, *ZZ-FE, 1ZZ-GE, *JZ - 5W30 or 10W30
Toyota *JZ Turbo - 5W40, 10W40 or 15W40
Is there a procedure for switching to a lower viscousity oil?
A lower viscousity oil will remove carbon, varnish and sludge buildup that is left by the 20W50 that was in use before. After moving to a lower viscousity, it is recommended that an extended oil change interval not be used due to the higher amount of oil contamination by carbon, varnish and sludge. After this oil has been changed, extended change intervals can then be run as normal.
How often should I change engine oil?
When used in a properly working non-modified engine, synthetic oil can be run to between fifteen and twenty thousand kilometres. Some synthetic oils are actually rated for twenty thousand miles! The OEM change interval for most vehicles is usually 5000 km to 7500 km. As such, an oil change interval of 10000 km to 15000 km is recommended. I highly suggest that you do not pass 15000 km or twice the OEM recommendation on the same oil.
How often should I change the oil filter?
When using good quality or OEM filters, the oil filter should be changed at your OEM oil change interval. Please consult your vehicles owners manual for this change interval. This filter change will require a top up of the oil to replace the oil lost in the transition. Typical oil filter capacity is 0.25 quart. Therefore, cater for one half quart to one quart of oil when replacing the oil filter, to compensate for spillage and oil lost in the replaced filter.
Those wishing to avoid having to change filters are advised to use the Royal Purple Extended Life Oil Filter. These can safely work for the suggested 15000 km.
Which oil filter should I use?
This depends on your oil change interval and personal preference.For OEM oil change intervals: Use a quality filter, such as the Luberfiner brand.For extended drain intervals (low cost option): Use a budget filter, such as the Luberfiner brand and replace the filter at the OEM recommendation. See procedure above.For extended drain intervals (premium option): Use a filter targeted for extended drain intervals, such as the Royal Purple oil filter. This filter is recommended safe for 15000 km.For the best in filtration efficiency: Use the Royal Purple oil filter.
Is a bigger oil filter better?
A larger oil filter has the following advantages:
1. More oil - Useful if you are running an extended drain interval.
2. Better filtration - The filter has more filter media so the flow rate per unit area is lower. Slower moving particles are easier to capture in the filter media.
3. Increased particle holding capacity - More filter media will hold more particles.
4. Lower oil temperatures - Larger filter has more surface area exposed to the air and thus allows more cooling of the filter.
5. Less flow restriction - Due to being larger, the oil filter will have less flow restriction, allowing for slightly higher oil pressures and freeing up some engine horsepower.
6. More consistent filtration - As the engine speed climbs, the oil pump volume output climbs as well. Most filter have bypass valves which bypass the oil filter media should the pressure across the filtration media go too high. It is common for filters to be in bypass at higher engine speeds. With a larger filter, the pressure drop across the filter media is lower, allowing for the engine to run to a higher speed before the filter goes into bypass.
My vehicle is consuming oil, but there are no leaks and little/no blue smoke?
Oil consumption is caused by the following items:
1. Stuck open PCV valve.
2. Worn valve guide seals.
3. Worn valve guide.
4. Worn piston rings.
For those who have oil consumption, the first item that should be done is replacement of the PCV valve. This usually solves most oil consumption issues.
What is the difference between 5W, 10W and 15W?
Amsoil Oil Viscousities (Taken from the Amsoil website August 2010)
Viscousity | cSt@40*C | cSt@100*C
Redline Oil Viscousities (Taken from the Redline website December 2010)
Viscousity | cSt@40*C | cSt@100*C
Royal Purple Oil Viscousities (Extracted form the Royal Purple Catalog)
Viscousity | cSt@40*C | cSt@100*C
From the above table, you can see there is little difference between 5W40 and 15W40 in Amsoil, Redline and Royal Purple. The 15W40 also carries the added advantage of being CI-4 and/or CJ-4 rated, meaning it holds up well to the extreme conditions of a diesel engine, and being SL and/or SM rated, will work wonderfully in a gasoline engine.
To create a multigrade oil, you need to add viscousity modifiers to the base stock. The larger the difference between the winter rating and summer rating, the more viscousity modifiers needed. Oil itself does not breakdown in an engine, but viscousity modifiers do, and the complete product loses the properties that it initially started out with. In short, bigger difference means faster breakdown. Therefore, choose wisely when purchasing.
What is the API CF-4, CI-4, CI-4+, CJ-4 and API SL, SM, SN ratings?
CJ-4 and SN are (as of December 2011) the latest revision of the API standards for engine oil.
C* is the rating for compression ignited (diesel) engines, while S* is the rating for spark ignited engines (which includes gasoline engines)
Most oils carry both a C and an S rating, meaning that they can be used in both diesel and gasoline engines. However, API seems to be moving away from this with the newer specifications.
API ratings are also backward compatible. This means that CJ-4 can replace all of the older standards before it, including CI-4+, CI-4, CH-4, CG-4, CF-2 and CF. Similarly, SM can replace SL, SJ, SH, etc. Please read the answer to the next question.
Should I use an API CJ-4 rated oil?
CJ-4 oils are designed for newer engines that have diesel particulate filters (DPF) and require low suphur diesel fuel. CJ-4 oils contain less sulphur, zinc and phosphorous than pre-CJ-4 oils. Phosphorus and sulphur in the lube oil and diesel fuel can shorten DPF cleaning intervals considerably. Phosphorus (P) can 'glaze over' and plug the tiny holes in the DPF, making the openings effectively smaller and quicker to plug. Sulphur can 'mask' the DPF, making it temporarily less effective. Sulphated Ash (SA) in the lube is thought to build up deposits on the DPF over time. These deposits that originate from diesel fuel and lube oil then make the DPF effectively smaller and quicker to plug.
Low P means less Zincdithiophosphate (Zinc and Phosphorus) additive can be utilized. ZDP is the most effective oxidation inhibitor and anti-wear agent currently available. Additive manufacturers are now forced to use more expensive and less effective ashless oxidation inhibitors and antiwear agents.
As such, use CJ-4 oils only if you have a DPF and use low sulphur diesel. Otherwise, use a CI-4 or CI-4+ rated oil.
What is the ACEA Ax/Bx designation?
First, some background. The European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), founded in 1991, represents the interests of the sixteen European car, truck and bus manufacturers at the EU level. For our purposes, the ACEA has set standards for engine oil, similar to what is done by API, but the ACEA specification is much more difficult to meet.
While the API rating tells you what rating the oil starts off at, the ACEA rating will tell you how long it will maintain those characteristics. Some measured items are engine wear, fuel economy, sludging, foaming, volatility, corrosion and oil viscousity.A/B: Gasoline and Diesel Engine Oils
A1/B1: Stable, stay-in-grade oil intended for use at extended drain intervals in gasoline engines and car & light van diesel engines specifically designed to be capable of using low friction low viscosity oils with a high temperature / high shear rate viscosity of 2.6 mPa*s for xW/20 and 2.9 to 3.5 mPa.s for all other viscosity grades. These oils are unsuitable for use in some engines. Consult owner manual or handbook if in doubt.
A3/B3: Stable, stay-in-grade oil intended for use in high performance gasoline engines and car & light van diesel engines and/or for extended drain intervals where specified by the engine manufacturer, and/or for year-round use of low viscosity oils, and/or for severe operating conditions as defined by the engine manufacturer.
A3/B4: Stable, stay-in-grade oil intended for use in high performance gasoline and direct injection diesel engines, but also suitable for applications described under A3/B3.
A5/B5: Stable, stay-in-grade oil intended for use at extended drain intervals in high performance gasoline engines and car & light van diesel engines designed to be capable of using low friction low viscosity oils with a High temperature / High shear rate (HTHS) viscosity of 2.9 to 3.5 mPa.s. These oils are unsuitable for use in some engines. Consult owner manual or handbook if in doubt.C: Catalyst compatibility oils
C1: Stable, stay-in-grade oil intended for use as catalyst compatible oil in vehicles with DPF and TWC in high performance car and light van diesel and gasoline engines requiring low friction, low viscosity, low SAPS oils with a HTHS higher than 2.9 mPa.s. These oils will increase the DPF and TWC life and provide fuel economy benefit.
Warning: these oils have the lowest SAPS limits and may be unsuitable for use in some engines. Consult owner manual or handbook if in doubt.
C2: Stable, stay-in-grade oil intended for use as catalyst compatible oil in vehicles with DPF and TWC in high performance car and light van diesel and gasoline engines designed to be capable of using low friction, low viscosity oils with a HTHS higher than 2.9 mPa.s. These oils will increase the DPF and TWC life and provide fuel economy benefit.
Warning: these oils may be unsuitable for use in some engines. Consult owner manual or handbook if in doubt.
C3: Stable, stay-in-grade oil intended for use as catalyst compatible oil in vehicles with DPF and TWC in high performance car and light van diesel and gasoline engines. These oils will increase the DPF and TWC life.
Warning: these oils may be unsuitable for use in some engines. Consult owner manual or handbook if in doubt.
C4: Stable, stay-in-grade oil intended for use as catalyst compatible oil in vehicles with DPF and TWC in high performance car and light van diesel and gasoline engines requiring low SAPS oil with HTHS higher than 3.5mPa.s. These oils will increase the DPF and TWC life.
Warning: these oils may be unsuitable for use in some engines. Consult owner manual or handbook if in doubt.E: Heavy Duty Diesel engine oils
E4: Stable, stay-in-grade oil providing excellent control of piston cleanliness, wear, soot handling and lubricant stability. It is recommended for highly rated diesel engines meeting Euro I, Euro II, Euro III, Euro IV and Euro V emission requirements and running under very severe conditions, e.g. significantly extended oil drain intervals according to the manufacturer's recommendations. It is suitable for engines without particulate filters, and for some EGR engines and some engines fitted with SCR NOx reduction systems. However, recommendations may differ between engine manufacturers so Driver Manuals and/or Dealers shall be consulted if in doubt.
E6: Stable, stay-in-grade oil providing excellent control of piston cleanliness, wear, soot handling and lubricant stability. It is recommended for highly rated diesel engines meeting Euro I, Euro II, Euro III, Euro IV and Euro V emission requirements and running under very severe conditions, e.g. significantly extended oil drain intervals according to the manufacturer's recommendations. It is suitable for EGR engines, with or without particulate filters, and for engines fitted with SCR NOx reduction systems. E6 quality is strongly recommended for engines fitted with particulate filters and is designed for use in combination with low sulphur diesel fuel. However, recommendations may differ between engine manufacturers so Driver Manuals and/or Dealers shall be consulted if in doubt.
E7: Stable, stay-in-grade oil providing effective control with respect to piston cleanliness and bore polishing. It further provides excellent wear control, soot handling and lubricant stability. It is recommended for highly rated diesel engines meeting Euro I, Euro II, Euro III, Euro IV and Euro V emission requirements and running under severe conditions, e.g. extended oil drain intervals according to the manufacturer's recommendations. It is suitable for engines without particulate filters, and for most EGR engines and most engines fitted with SCR NOx reduction systems. However, recommendations may differ between engine manufacturers so Driver Manuals and/or Dealers shall be consulted if in doubt.
E9: Stable, stay-in-grade oil providing effective control with respect to piston cleanliness and bore polishing. It further provides excellent wear control, soot handling and lubricant stability. It is recommended for highly rated diesel engines meeting Euro I, Euro II, Euro III, Euro IV and Euro V emission requirements and running under severe conditions, e.g. extended oil drain intervals according to the manufacturer's recommendations. It is suitable for engines with or without particulate filters, and for most EGR engines and for most engines fitted with SCR NOx reduction systems. E9 is strongly recommended for engines fitted with particulate filters and is designed for use in combination with low sulphur diesel fuel. However, recommendations may differ between engine manufacturers so Drivers Manuals and/or Dealers should be consulted if in doubtAbbreviations
SAPS: Sulphated Ash, Phosphorus, Sulphur
DPF: Diesel Particulate Filter
TWC: Three way catalyst
HTHS: High temperature / High shear rate viscosity
EGR: Exhaust Gas Recirculation
What is the ILSAC GF-x designation?
The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. and representatives from Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors LLC, through an organization called the International Lubricants Standardization and Approval Committee (ILSAC), jointly developed and approved an ILSAC GF-x (currently at GF-5) minimum performance standard for engine oils for spark-ignited internal combustion engines. Similar to the ACEA tests, the GF-5 standard also measures items such engine wear, fuel economy, sludging, foaming, volatility, corrosion and oil viscousity.
What is the difference between GL-4 and GL-5 Gear Oil?
GL-4 and GL-5 are API classifications for gear oils. Unlike engine oil, where the API classification is updated regularly and replaced by a higher "letter", this is not the case for gear oils. GL-5 is NOT an upgrade to GL-4.
API Category GL-4 designates the type of service characteristic of spiral-bevel and hypoid gears in automotive axles operated under moderate speeds and loads. These oils are typically used in manual transmission and transaxle applications.
API Category GL-5 designates the type of service characteristic of gears, particularly hypoids in automotive axles under high-speed and/or low-speed, high-torque conditions. These oil are typically used in rear/center/front differentials.
What does an oil pressure gauge show?
The reading on your oil pressure gauge is related to the HTHS viscousity, the rpm and the resistance to flow of oil in your engine. The higher the HTHS, the less likely you are to spin a bearing, but, the fuel economy will be low. Conversely, The lower the HTHS, the more likely you are to spin a bearing, but, the fuel economy will be high.CentiStoke (cSt): Measurement of kinematic viscousity (at Cold 40C and Hot 100C), "tendency to flow" at a given temperature. "pouring a cup of honey"
CentiPoises (cP): Measurment of Absolute (Dynamic) viscousity, "ability of something to flow through the oil", the internal resistance to flow. Excellent for measuring shear. "stirring a cup of honey"Article Source
I do agree with the posters above, but adding in some real engineering, real world track experience, and a light chemistry background changes things alot- heres why-
if you compare VI on say any of the factory oil in the chart I posted above, and say take Adeka Sakura-Lube with its VI over 200 and track that(its factory toyota, as good oil as idemitsu and eneos from japan in 0w20,) versus, say the guy who finds a deal on amazon or wally mart on Castrol Edge SN 0W-20 with it's low 162 VI is about the least attractive 0W-20 oil grade I know of, tracking that and tracking any of the factory are big differences despite same hths. Thats one of my points. I suggest not going below 180 on VI.
In that case, running a 0w-30 with a 180 VI and higher HTHS becomes reasonable for track use, since its got more ZDDP and higher hths, right? One would assume so at first glance. Its done often. Even then, I'd be cautious about selecting an 0w30 with the lowest possible cSt at 100c hence my suggestion for Lubro if you feel you must go thicker thinking its more protection. Its not.
To better understand why and how high pressure hydraulically activated cam systems are pressure critical indeed, one needs to appreciate understanding laminar flo characteristics of a fluid, Thicker fluid with too much pressure is NOT your friend in truth, if that pressure is at the cost of decreased laminar flo. Flo isnt always measured in classical settings using a PSI gauge.
As far as that is concerned, and you should be concerned here as well, so long as you run a quality factory grade protection packed OE oil, its actually not terrible at all since you stay in the correct pressure ranges. Admittedly, if my car sees track time, its oil intervals are shorter than my other cars, so theres that too. Since you said it yourself, using higher ZDDP oils in a ceramic cat like the factory one is not gonna be friendly. So there are good reasons to NOT run a thicker oil too that you should be aware of.
take into consideration the fact that lubrication occurs because of flow and not viscosity then you technically want as much oil flow as you can while maintaining necessary pressure. a standard rule is 10psi for every 1,000 rpms of engine rotation. Our pump produces this without issue with OE weight oil with cst between 6.x and 8.x @100, thats a fact.
Pressure is the best way to evaluate whether or not the oil you are using is to thin or thick for your application. Since oil thins as it warms you would get to a point in oil temperature where you wouldn't be producing enough pressure to flow oil into critical locations. If that occurs then you need to switch to a higher viscosity oil. I dont see that as problem, our cars run great under load in high pressure. It seems the issue is with oil flow at lower RPMs. I dont think a thicker fluid is the correct solution.
While running a higher viscosity oil seems obvious for the novice, one justification for using thicker oil is an owner sits in traffic and sees their oil temperatures go above normal. Their solution is to run a thicker oil for better protection. okay. Now, the First problem is when you increase viscosity you decrease flow. As a result the oil is incapable of carrying heat away from the motor to the coolers. And if youre tracking this thing you really should consider a cooler. Every car I track gets one, but thats me. and most guys at the track too. (the strategy shifts from trying a fluid that may perform 'better hotter' thinking to simply using the correct oil, and managing thermal dynamics-"keeping it cool is smarter than running it thicker" becomes he name of the game)
The result of the wisdom of higher viscosity is your oil ACTUALLY runs hotter than it would have with the thinner viscosity. Not so smart if I may observe so. Second is that when sitting in traffic you don't require the kind of protection you do at 9,000 rpms. At idle your load is maybe 20% and your RPM's are between 850 and 1,500. In this situation there's very little chance of long term damage. But the flo isnt gonna be right at low rpms with the higher viscosity fluid either! Now, if you are running very high temperatures and your flo or pressure isn't as high as it should be at idle as it is at 9,000 rpms then you have a good chance of long term damage from using a higher viscosity oil at idle.
Other aspects play into the capability of a lubricant including the oil's base stock and additive packages. The oil's base stock plays into the lubricant's properties in terms of how it handles changes in viscosity and how well it can hold it. Group III base stocks are mineral oil based and require viscosity modifiers to make the oil a multi-viscosity lubricant. Group IV and V are true synthetics which don't require viscosity modifiers and there is little viscosity change over the life of the oil. Technically if you could remove the contaminants and recharge the additives in the oil a synthetic could be ran forever.
you should use the next thinnest choice for what you think you should be running. If you think you should run a 50w oil then run a 40w and so on. Also, be sure you are using a 0w oil as this will give you the best startup protection. 90% of engine damage happens during cold starts. This is the reason I use the oil I do because I daily drive my BRZ and I have a lot of starts and stops. Using a thicker oil here is less than prudent unless youre trailering your car to the track, and only using it as a track car, and thats my final answer.
Everyone isn't going to agree with my take on oils. I've been told I'm wrong because the other forums say to use a thicker oil, and all these guys at the track do it too, and they are fine.
It sucks being scientific sometimes. I'm simply going by the readouts I see on my gauges and how the car reacts. I do alot of data logging as I do testing, so these are the numbers I watch. People can choose what oil they want. I take pride in trying to dispense some knowledge, and run a top notch 0w20 with no issues on the track. I'll have more hard data in the coming months. I take fluid mechanics and fluid dynamics seriously. More damage is done running the wrong oil in the right weight, and even more damage can occur running the wrong weight. Thicker could be hurting your motor. I wouldnt mix in much more than half a fill of the GC 0w-30 or preferably the Lubro 0w30 if you really want to. I will do so only under triple digit track temps, and only for track use.
YMMV, thanks for reading and good luck!
Can I use water alone in my cooling system?
Please use the fluid recommended in your owner's manual, or Amsoil Antifreeze and Engine Coolant This will have the correct mixture of lubricants and anti-corrosive properties to keep your cooling system happy. Add to this Amsoil Dominator Coolant Boost in the recommended amount, and your cooling system will be happy for many years to come.
If you are unsure what is needed by your vehicle, the Amsoil Antifreeze and Engine Coolant is compatible with all antifreeze and coolant formulations on the market.
Why use LuberFiner OEM Replacement Filters?
Luberfiner filters are quality made filters brought to you by Champion Laboratories, the same people who manufacture and distribute oil filters for the following brands:
Royal Purple
This clearly shows the level of performance that you can expect from this brand.
All Luberfiner oil filters that I have in the local market have both anti-drainback valves and bypass valves.
Bypass valves ensure you have oil flow throughout your engine in the unlikely event that your oil filter media becomes plugged.
Bypass valves also ensure that the oil filter media does not collapse and subsequently starve the engine of oil.
Some of the orange filters do not have this valve, and I personally know of someone (October 2010) looking for a new model Hilux engine due to the use of the wrong orange filter.
Have you ever started your vehicle after a long period, say Monday morning after a slow weekend, and you were greeted to loud noises from the engine, which lasted a second or two and then went away?
Well, this is caused by your oil filter which either lacks an anti-drainback valve, or has
an ineffective anti-drainback valve. Using a Luberfiner filter will eliminate noisy starts caused by ineffective or absent anti-drainback valves. More wear occurs on engine startup than while the engine is running, so it is essential to use quality filters as exemplified by the Luberfiner range of products.
You can clearly trust your engine's life and performance to Luberfiner.
Luberfiner Oil Filter Application Guide
PH2835 (interchange for Purolator 10241)
Suzuki - Swift (2004 - present), Vitara (new model)
Toyota - Camry, Corolla, Yaris
Nissan (old) - RB20, RB25, RB26, CA16, CA18, GA13, GA14, GA15, GA16
PH2808 (interchange for Purolator L14459)
Nissan (New) - SR, VQ, QG, MR
Mistsubishi - Most gasoline
Mazda - Most gasoline
Honda - All
Contact me if your application is not listed, and I can advise you appropriately.
Why use Royal Purple Filters?
In the independent user test below, note the low ISO particle count on the Royal Purple filter, and compare it to the Purolator Pure One, Mobil 1 and Amsoil EaO. Smaller numbers indicate better filtration. Also, the filter was used for 10k miles (16k km). The filter is clearly not overloaded as the particle counts would have increased. Excellent results!
Taken from this thread from the forum on Bob Is The Oil Guy
The Royal Purple filter is literally in another league when it come to particle removal and lifetime.
Why use Redline SI-1 Complete Fuel System Cleaner?
Review of Redline SI-1
An exceptional product when it comes to maintaining fuel injector and fuel system cleanliness. In summary, this keeps your car at peak performace and economy.
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This review is for: Red Line SI-1 Fuel System Cleaner - 15 Ounce, Pack of 12 ($69.99)
By Glenn Carpenter (Golden, Colorado)
Among all fuel system cleaners I'm aware of, Redline SI-1 contains the highest quantity per dollar (based on manufacturer MSDS) of the critical fuel-system-cleaning compounds known as polyether amines (PEA). Primarily for this reason I believe SI-1 to be the best available and most cost-effective fuel system cleaner product at retail pricing. At the current price per bottle when bought by the case right here on Amazon ($5.30) it is a bargain (12/15/09 edit: the price here has almost doubled since I wrote this and it is now, unfortunately, far from a bargain).
In my case it has not been necessary to use Redline's recommended quantity of approximately 3 oz per fill-up. The effects of 1 oz per fill-up are indistinguishable in terms of tested results (see my basis for this statement below). This results in an approximate cost of $0.35/tank or less than a tenth of a penny per mile. A full case at this usage rate is enough to treat 180 full tanks of fuel or to last approximately 80,000 miles. (Figures based 15gal/tank, 25-35mpg).
Long version:
As far as I know, every effective fuel system cleaner on the market uses a class of compounds known as polyether amines (PEA), in varying proportions, to effectively clean deposits from fuel system components, and particularly from fuel injectors, which can quickly impact engine efficiency and performance when not operating correctly. My understanding is that these compounds were first developed by Chevron and sold under the Techron name, and have since been made available to other blenders of fuel treatment products. Until recently BG 44K, Chevron Techron Concentrate, Gumout Regane Fuel System Cleaner, Amsoil P.I. Performance Improver Concentrate, and Redline SI-1 (among others) listed polyether amines on their Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) in proportions varying from approximately 25% to 50%. Most of these products no longer list PEA on their MSDS, having changed their terminology to disguise the precise nature of their products' constituent components. Whether PEA is still contained in those products is a matter of uncertainty. As of this writing Redline's SI-1 MSDS still specifies that the product contains 30-50% PEA. Consequently it is one of the few remaining fuel system cleaner products that undoubtedly does contain PEA in significant quantity.
I have been able to test the efficacy of fuel system cleaners in one of my own vehicles using a method I stumbled on after having its injectors professionally cleaned while out of the vehicle. The car in question uses a Bosch engine management system that reports fuel injector data to an on-board computer, which then uses that data to calculate and report instantaneous and average mpg to the driver. I noted after the professional cleaning that the accuracy of the reported mpg, when used to measure average mpg over each full tank of fuel, improved suddenly from a prior error of around -3% - -5% (that is, the reported mpg was ~3-5% below the actual mpg, or typically just over 1mpg low) to an error as close to zero as I could measure (that is, usually between -1% and 1%, fluctuating above and below a perfect "match"). This can be explained on the basis that the engine management system will compensate for a dirty injector by holding the injectors open slightly longer during each combustion cycle, in order to admit the proper amount of fuel. The on-board computer interprets that as a slightly higher rate of fuel consumption, reporting a lower-than-actual mpg figure.
After several thousand miles - not long - the perfect mpg accuracy I'd noticed began to deteriorate, likely indicating that the cleaned injectors were beginning to suffer from some sort of renewed impedance to fuel flow. Out of a desire to retain near-perfect injector performance, and also out of curiosity, I started experimenting with various commercially-available fuel system cleaners and keeping records of the results at each fill-up.
Leaving out the long details, I'll simply say here that the results were surprisingly clear and unambiguous. Each time I went several tanks without using a fuel system cleaner (usually as a result of simply forgetting to use it or not taking the trouble), the on-board computer (OBC) accuracy would deteriorate. This would fluctuate from tank to tank, of course, as a result of inevitable measurement errors, but the trend was very clear even over a small number of fill-ups. Returning to the use of a fuel system cleaner (Chevron Techron Concentrate, Gumout Regane or SI-1, all of which at the time did contain PEA), the accuracy would improve again very quickly - within 2-3 fill-ups. I began using the SI-1 exclusively seven months ago based on its apparent cost-effectiveness and since then I have reduced the quantity I use in each tank to the current 1oz per ~15gal fill-up. The results remain unambiguous. If I use this small amount of SI-1 consistently, the accuracy of the on-board computer is excellent, with an average error of below 1%, or a fraction the error rate seen when not using such a product.
Based on the above I feel I can confidently conclude that SI-1 works very well, even at reduced treatment rates, at keeping fuel injectors clean. Fuel system types and injectors will vary, and other parts of the fuel system - for example intake valves and combustion chambers - might benefit from higher treatment rates (or, conceivably, might not benefit at all). Actual engine efficiency will not vary nearly as much as injector cleanliness, since the engine feedback system normally corrects for imperfect injector flow rates. However, as the flow is more greatly impeded, or impeded differentially among the individual injectors, mpg will be affected to some degree. I feel it is well worth the tiny cost to consistently use a small quantity of SI-1. Other benefits, such as to combustion efficiency as a result of combustion chamber cleanliness, to volumetric efficiency as a result of intake valve cleanliness, and to fuel system lubrication, probably exist as well although I can not evaluate them and have not attempted to do so. Other fuel system cleaners may work as effectively, or nearly as effectively, but I do not believe them to be as good in terms of value per dollar spent.
In my experimentation I did try some less expensive fuel system cleaners, those not containing PEA. They appeared to have no effect. I can not categorically state that only PEA-containing fuel system cleaners work, of course, but my observations did match the conventional wisdom on this point. I also experimented with using top-tier fuels only, without any additional fuel system cleaners. The results were the same as when using non-detergent (Costco and others) fuels. I don't doubt that top tier fuels contain small amounts of cleaners and will keep a fuel system functionally and acceptably clean, but the quantities involved are reputed to be tiny and my observations seem to indicate that even a small amount of additional additive is far more effective.
The Importance of Cetane in Diesel Fuels
What is Cetane Number?
Cetane number is a measure of the ignition quality of a diesel fuel. It is often mistaken as a measure of fuel quality. Cetane number is actually a measure of a fuel's ignition delay. This is the time period between the start of injection and start of combustion (ignition) of the fuel. In a particular diesel engine, higher cetane fuels will have shorter ignition delay periods than lower cetane fuels.
Determining Cetane Number
The optical method for determining cetane number is ASTM test D-613. This method requires the use of an industry standard test engine equipped with accepted instrumentation and operated under specific conditions. In this test, the engine compression ratio is varied for the test sample and reference fuels of known cetane number to obtain a fixed ignition delay. The cetane number of the sample fuel is determined by estimating between the two reference fuel points.
How Does Cetane Number Affect Engine Operation?
There is no benefit to using a higher cetane number fuel than is specified by the engine's manufacturer. The ASTN Standard Specification for Diesel Fuel Oils (D-975) states. "The cetane number requirements depend on engine design, size, nature of speed and load variations, and on starting and atmospheric conditions. Increase in cetane number over values actually required does not materially improve engine performance. Accordingly, the cetane number specified should be as low as possible to insure maximum fuel availability." This quote underscores the importance of matching engine cetane requirements with fuel cetane number.
Diesel fuels with cetane number lower than minimum engine requirements can cause rough engine operation. They are more difficult to start, especially in cold weather or at high altitudes. They accelerate lube oil sludge formation. Many low cetane fuels increase engine deposits resulting in more smoke, increased exhaust emissions and greater engine wear.
Using fuels which meet engine operating requirements will improve cold starting, reduce smoke during start-up, improve fuel economy, reduce exhaust emissions, improve engine durability and reduce noise and vibration. These engine fuel requirements are published in the operating manual for each specific engine or vehicle.
A cetane number which is too high may cause too short an ignition delay period. This changes the timing of the pressure peak, resulting in loss of power. When this happens, many of the performance problems associated with low cetane fuel will result. While the problems due to low cetane largely disappear after the engine warms up, with too high a cetane, these problems will persist even with a hot engine.
Cetane Improvers / Ignition Accelerators
U.S. diesel fuels are blends of distillate fuels and cracked petroleum hydrocarbons. The cracked hydrocarbons are low cetane compounds, largely due to their aromatic content. To meet the cetane number demands of most diesel engines, cetane improvers must be added to these blends. The lower cetane cracked compounds are less responsive to these cetane improvers than the higher cetane paraffinic fuels.
Cetane improvers modify combustion in the engine. They encourage early and uniform ignition of the fuel. They discourage premature combustion and excessive rate of pressure increase in the combustion cycle. Depending on the amount of high versus low cetane components in the base fuel, typically alkyl nitrate additive treatments can increase cetane by about 3 to 5 numbers (1:1000 treatment ratio). With high natural cetane premium base buels (containing a high percentage of parafins) and a 1:500 treatment ratio, cetane may increase up to a maximum of about 7 numbers.
Most cetane improvers contain alkyl nitrates which break down readily to provide additional oxygen for better combustion. They also break down and oxidize fuel in storage. This generates organic particulates, water, and sludge - all of which degrade fuel quality. The result is often a fuel which no longer meets even minimum requirements.
Excerpts from "Importance of Cetane" article courtesy of PMC Technologies Inc.
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In Our Baby, Our Love, Our Loss you will share with the Evans family the emotional, physical, and spiritual roller coaster surrounding the loss of their child at the beginning of the fifth month of pregnancy. Kathi shares honestly and from her heart the things that "we did 'right' and learned from, as well as the things we did 'wrong,' from which we learned even more."
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If you right-click a program on the Windows 7 taskbar, a box pops up with a list of actions. This is the "jump list" for the program. If your app stores history or "recent items", you can right-click an item and pin it.
You may notice that there is a limit to the total number of items in the "recent" and "pinned" lists. If you start pinning things and reach this limit, you won't see the recent items anymore. For me, I was running into this limit at 15 items in the pinned list.
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Cherry Linzertorte
February 23, 2011
Since the last two posts were both of pudding like desserts made with chocolate and coconut milk, I thought it was time to post something entirely different. This linzertorte is one of my favorites. I have been making it ever since I cut it out of a Bon Appetite magazine almost ten years ago. (Back when I actually cut out recipes and pasted them in a binder by category instead of just storing everything in folders on my computer). What makes this tart special is the use of hazelnuts instead of the traditional almonds. The combination of a lightly spiced hazelnut cookie crust and cherry preserves is truly delicious. It also freezes well, which makes this a good make ahead dessert. Even better, the recipe makes a bit more dough than is needed for the tart. The leftover can be made into linzer cookies, the perfect cooks treat.
Cherry Linzertorte
(adapted from Bon Appétit, December 2001)
Yield: Makes 8 to 10 servings
1 1/4 cups hazelnuts (about 5 ounces), toasted, husked, cooled
2 1/3 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup (2 sticks) chilled unsalted margarine, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
3 large egg yolks
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups cherry preserves (preferably imported; about 18 ounces)
Powdered sugar (optional)
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease 9-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom. Combine nuts and 1/3 cup flour in processor; finely chop nuts. Transfer mixture to large bowl. Add remaining 2 cups flour and next 5 ingredients to bowl; whisk to blend. Add margarine. Using electric mixer at low speed, blend ingredients until coarse meal forms (this will take several minutes). Add egg yolks and vanilla. Beat until moist clumps form. Gather dough into ball. Press 1 1/2 cups (packed) dough over bottom and up sides of prepared pan; spread preserves in dough. Roll remaining dough on sheet of parchment paper to 13×10-inch rectangle. Freeze rectangle 5 minutes to firm. Cut twelve 1/2-inch-wide strips lengthwise from rectangle. Arrange 6 strips across torte, spacing evenly. Arrange 6 more strips across torte in opposite direction, forming lattice. Seal ends of strips to dough edge, trimming excess. Reserve all dough scraps to make cookies, if desired.
Bake torte until crust is golden brown and preserves are bubbling thickly, about 40 minutes. Cool torte completely on rack. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover with foil; store at room temperature. It can also be frozen)
Push bottom of pan up to free torte from pan. Sift powdered sugar over edge of torte, if desired, and serve.


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I wanted to brew a Centennial IPA recipe after getting bored with an Imperial IPA that I've been brewing for the past six months. And though I liked it some, it took a bit too long to age and sometimes didn't always sparkle the way I had hoped. It was however always at a nice strength of 7.5% to 8% abv. The strength kept it a bit too malty and one batch tasted something like apple pie – it was time for a change.
As I thought about what I wanted to brew next, I thought about giving my next IPA recipe a single hop variety to really examine it. I chose the Centennial hop because it expresses both aromatic as well as bitter characteristics.
The Centennial Hop is an American variety created at the year of my birth, 1974 from the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington State. It was a cross from multiple varieties that included a genetic compilation of Bavarian Hops, East Kent Goldings, Fuggle, Brewers Gold and an unknown variety.
Often considered the Super Cascade because of its similarity in aromas in addition to its much greater bittering potential, the Centennial Hop is one of the Three Big C's in American Ale Hops along with Columbus and Cascade. Its Alpha Acids range from 8 to 11% while Beta Acids fall in between 3.5 to 5%.
My Centennial IPA recipe is composed of two dry malt extract DME varieties as well as one crushed grain steeping malt. I used California Ale Yeast to continue the tradition of west coast India Pale Ales that I love so much, and will prime with raw Demerara cane sugar.
Day 1 – Ordering the Centennial IPA Recipe Ingredients:
- 5 Ounces of Whole Leaf Centennial Hops
- 1 Pound of Crushed Caramel Malt – 20 Lovibond
- 6 lbs. of Light Golden Carapils Dry Malt Extract – DME
- 3 Pounds of Pilsner Dry Malt Extract – DME
- 1 Vial White Labs California Ale Yeast WLP001
- ⅔ Cups of Raw Washed Demerara Cane Sugar
- Dry Red Wine Yeast
Day one is more like ordering day, which I like to do before going to work on a Monday or Tuesday. If you get your ingredients from multiple sources like I do, ordering early in the week gives it time to come in by the weekend.
Day 2 – The Big Brew Day – Centennial IPA Brewing Instructions
- Bring 5.5 gallons to 155 degrees Fahrenheit then steep 1 pound of crushed caramel malt for thirty minutes, letting the temperature slowly rise to 170 degrees
- Remove the grains and take a small sample of the wort, wait until that sample cools to 80-90 degrees then re-hydrate your yeast
- Bring the wort to a boil, then add three pounds of the Carapils dry malt extract, one and a half pounds of the Pilsner dry malt extract, and one ounce of Centennial hops – this starts your 60 minute boil
- Stir regularly then add one ounce of Centennial Hops 45 minutes into the boil
- With five minutes left, add one ounce of Centennial Hops
- After the 60 minute boil ends, remove wort from heat, then add one ounce of Centennial hops and let steep for 10 minutes
- Cool the wort to 90-100 degrees, transfer to your fermenter, then pitch your yeast at 90 degrees
- Allow the wort and yeast to work its magic for two weeks stored in the dark at temperatures between 68 and 72 degrees.
- After two weeks, transfer to the secondary and add the final ounce of Centennial Hops for the dry hop and allow to ferment for two weeks
- Bring ⅔ raw Demerara cane sugar to a boil in one cup of water, add to the bottom of the bottling bucket, then transfer Centennial IPA to your bottling bucket, then bottle!
- Allow your bottles to age for two to three weeks, refrigerating one to two days before drinking
- Enjoy!
Once finished brewing the Centennial IPA recipe, I took an original gravity which came in nicely at 1.080.
My wife helped me film while brewing my Centennial IPA recipe and I rewarded her with a nicely aged White Wheat with champagne yeast I created over the Summer. I finished the night with a freshly ready Cascadian black IPA then retired late into the evening before my ride to work the next morning.
Day 14 – Racking the Centennial IPA Recipe
I set my six gallon glass carboy on top of my counter and side by side had a hydrometer, the five gallon glass carboy, and an old Mr. Beer fermenter that was going to play a key role in the special experimental batch.
The gravity reading came in at 1.042 giving it a surprisingly low present alcohol content of 5.07% alcohol by volume. I added some awakened California Ale Yeast I saved during the brew day and added it to the secondary. To get a higher alcohol content and try to reawaken my yeast cells, I'm going to store it in a closed in closet with its own radiating heat.
For the experimental batch, I boiled two cups of raw Demerara cane sugar and pitched the package of Dry Red Wine Yeast. After adding the sugar, the gravityreading came in at 1.050, and with some arithmetic, I'll be able to get a final alcohol content determination.
Day 28 – Bottling and Aging the Centennial IPA Recipe
Now that it was time to bottle my Centennial IPA, I sanitized all my bottles and equipment with Star San, gathered my specialty brew along with my five gallon glass carboy and began the long process of bottling.
I started with my specialty batch that had been undergoing a secondary fermentation with the red dry wine yeast and an additional two cups of raw cane sugar. As I prepared to bottle it into my champagne bottles, I took a final gravityreading which came in at 1.030, adding 3.33% alcohol by volume. Summing the total of 5.07% plus 3.33% gives me a final alcohol content of 8.40%!
I primed each bottle with 1.5 teaspoons of the raw cane sugar. I was hoping for six champagne bottles but ended up with a total of four bottles. I bottled these during a friend's birthday and will send him the bottle titled 1 of 4, and will age the rest for a minimum of three months, but I could see these age up to five years in my private reserves.
For the twelve ounce bottles, I boiled 1.5 cups of water then added ⅔ cups of raw cane sugar for my priming – I've made an early brewing decision not to use refined corn sugar in my beer, then added the boiled primer to my bottling bucket as I racked the Centennial IPA recipe to my bottling bucket, mixing the sugar and beer during the racking.
As I racked, I took a sample for my final gravity reading which came in at 1.030, giving it a final alcohol content of 6.67% abv. I was disappointed that it did not do better during early fermentation, but was glad it reached this abv level after aging in the secondary. The additional yeast, but more importantly the warmer temperature helped bring that alcohol level closer to its potential.
Once racked and primed, I bottled a total of thirty seven 12 ounce bottles along with an old Mr. Beer 1.5 liter plastic bottle – the bottle helps me to gauge when the beer has carbonated by adding noticeable pressure to the walls of the plastic bottle, a feature I've grown accustomed to since I often found myself opening imperial brews too early.
After the Centennial IPA has been bottled, I will store the twelve ounce bottles back into the dark and warm closet for an additional two to three weeks then open and enjoy!


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The Heads of the Towns up to the Aethyrs (For Jack Spicer)
"Roots & Branches" [Remembering Robert & Jess]
Our Lady of Good Voyage [in memory of Mr. Olson]
Odes to an Immortal Slinger
"False fronts make the people mortal / and give their business an 'outward' cast"
Back of an Undisturbed Setting Sun
"The Crack We've Been Waiting For"
The languages we wager were not devised beyond the worlds they temporize. Yet
what appears as a limit point for life, is exit and entrance point for that which the common world cannot devise.
Eye holes or nosthrills [sic], Round and jagged stones. A spirit of animation clings to the quasi painterly surface as the image forms upon the cellular granules: flatness obsesses the picture plain where faces yet set themselves inside other faces. The stunned look that may seem to rise upon them will not resolve as an intrusion of another world, yet there it is,–there behind the screen of the manifest, another manifest vibrates oblivious to its own reception.
The silence of the impossible and its invidious stasis portends a principle:
The softer the focus, the smaller and more insidiously intransigent the matrix.
The baron behind the crime scene advises circumspection. He passes an interdiction upon final action or any suggestion thereof.
A throned old man, not yet bespoken, waits to see the issue of the comportment he has not varied since the third iteration of the function that composed him.
That which exceeds the imagery of his nature, succeeds all attribution. What comes next returns to an earlier legitimacy.
He says he says: "There is no legitimacy anywhere, certainly. Thus persons know me as an entertainment, little more. I report to the young senator from Elsewhere, and as I approach him, I am impelled to take matters into my hands, according to the principle:
"The greater the proximity, the more sullen the ubeity."
In the offing, the military functions he mediates, are residua of an authority that rests in being itself and elsewhere nowhere.
The great-headed blot-like creatures feign their exits and manifest across the tesserae. Teserae inside tesserae, an unheard of lability to all pictorial provenance.
The world is a consequence of enframement, the application of a virtual boundary to the undecided preponderance of the materium. No measured steps will bring the indefinite to finite fruition. The provocation that masks as the informative mocks its own quantification. The advantage of methodology does not apply. Thus it is that you cannot reach the possibilities broached in the matrix, according to the principle:
The more adequately drawn the parameters, the more elusive the fringe.
But it is only the fringe that allows manifestation at all.
Charles Stein, Barrytown, NY, 20.04.08
The Return of SLLAB
"We have been here all along. Even if that's what they ALL say."
They all say.
But the timing of their arrival, from the moment of the first blank incursion of these colored impactednesses on this viewer's consciousness seems precisely gauged to modulate the shock that their arrival quietly induces. Just as quietly, we pass, in our reflections, from the subject of permeable surfaces to the monothetic upcrop of many abandoned layerings. No sooner than the thought of a matrix arises, but that the matrix, made thinkable, induces a further, still unthinkable matrix, to put pressure on the place, not to say the space, of these continuously jittering cogitations.
There is a river coursing through a coursing river, a planar universe consisting of objects that understand themselves to be the very channel down which the signals of themselves are confidently coursing.
Or else the message massively comes towards one, through a channel that opens on the image surface and projects directly towards reception, here on the front of our body, surface accosting surface, creating surface, passing right on through.
As for the matrix, it is also the uppermost layer of itself, for the form of the matrix is tabular, optically a sort of distorted tiling-one thinks of the chess- (not the checker-) board patterns that for so many years were vanishing from Thorpe Feidt's canvases. This one day will be a famous datum , I know it.
And yet it is the color, not the form, or the color within the form ,or the color that transmits the form, or the formal transmission of the color, that effaces all thought of matrix, layer, surface, course, or signal; demanding-as color ever has done-a fulfillment far in advance of this demanding-the inauguration of another species of registry-more instantaneous, more familiar, more insinuating than information, with its probabilistic exhaustion, ever can promote for us.
And here the entities, whether vertically stretched, minutely incised, or broadly enscutcheoned in the pseudo-painterly enjambents of scratch and edge, are slightly distressed to appear the mere matter out of which the forms that elicit them are themselves more prominently proffered. Through the ontologically foregrounded rumble of moody chromatic jostlings, we hear the somewhat crotchety, not to say disgruntled, edginess of the beings themselves. "We have almost had enough of the nervous density through which we are compelled to surface here, " say they. "Enough of this topological jitterbugging. Soon,we too must be called forth to some more articulable nature, however transiently composited."
We do not fear that any definitive responsive will be forthcoming. For the artist himself as well as his exegete are no less arrayed in jitterbugging topologies of their own.
Charles Stein, Barrytown, NY, 23.04.08
Bean News II
The Spontaneous Is always real
Happy Felton's knothole gang on this side, but no knothole. No game today on the other side of the fence. No this side, really. Only the variegated surface, happly chromatized, of the formulae of night, of the night itself.
A book–again with formulae. A signifier in the hands of a magus is not the same species of object as the same signifier in the hands of a litigant, a general manager, or a mole in the centerfield bleachers reading with high-tech binoculars the catcher's signs.
We will rather speak of sigils here, or the whirlwind of absence or the absent whirlwind, cold precisely where semiosis
is thought to be smoldering. Not so hot any longer, semiosis. Yet, new management is curious about
a certain residual pressure from a past that has quite unaccountably not gone by.
The Voice in the Whirlwind, it seems, will not be denied its say. "I'll huff and I'll
puff and I'll blow your ballpark down," says Semiosis-and splinters of wallboard and painted
shingles are recomposed into obstructions that even today signify the violent ecstasy that assembled them.
The evidence however is not merely of someone having composed, in an appropriate ambience, a rigorous "action" that forbids the world, only to return the world at a later date, a factor in its own equipage. Once the pitch is delivered, it matters little how you propagate the further products of your intellect.
I'm not thinking much about anything these days. That's why I come to you, whoever you are, and append myself to a chamber that is generally believed to encompass me. It is suspiciously like an outside. The night is cold, in spite of such evidences as trainers and commissioners ahemmed onto the court record; but our curiosity has gotten the best of us as always. The knothole gang can always hear the crowd as its clamor rises and falls, though for more legitimate witnesses, there's no one there.
Charles Stein, Barrytown, NY, 23.05.08
"The Constructive Process of Ruin"


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Happy Saturday! What's for breakfast this morning? I'm thinking pancakes!
I love almost everything there is about pancakes. I love the smell and the sizzling sounds when they're cooking, I love the leisurely Saturday morning feeling that accompanies them. I love the shape, the taste, the texture, and the oodles of toppings that can grace them. What's not to like about pancakes?
Well, there are several things:
- Most pancakes are so high in carbohydrates that breakfast becomes dessert, and starting my day with dessert tends to result in poor food choices for the rest of the day.
- My blood sugar spikes and crashes immediately after eating pancakes, leaving me feeling lethargic and regretful.
- Although I'm full after my breakfast, I don't feel satisfied because I'm missing my much-needed protein.
So I usually avoid pancakes.
But some Saturday mornings just beg for pancakes, and when you're gluten-intolerant, you're used to experimenting and finding your way around dietary restrictions. By using a few pantry staples, eggs, and a banana, I came up with these Banana Pecan Pancakes that are high protein, sugar free, gluten free, and dairy free.
They are high in protein, because they are made with Blanched Almond Meal Flour and chopped pecans. They are sugar-free, because I sweetened them with banana. And they are far lower in carbohydrates than any pancake mix I've ever tried, keeping my blood sugar stable. I was thrilled with the delicious taste, the consistency, and the fact that these wholesome pancakes satisfied my pancake craving and set me up for an active, healthy Saturday.
Banana Pecan Pancakes
by Heather
- 2 large eggs
- ½ banana
- 1/2 T vanilla extract
- 1/2 c. Unsweetened So Delicious Coconut Milk
- 1 ½ cups Blanched Almond Meal Flour
- ½ tsp. sea salt
- ½ tsp. cinnamon
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- 1 T tapioca starch
- 1/2 T coconut oil
- ½ c. chopped pecans
1. Place the eggs, banana, vanilla, and coconut milk in a Kitchen Aid mixer and mix for 30 seconds.
2. Add the dry ingredients except for the pecans and mix until smooth. The batter will resemble cookie batter. If you prefer thinner pancakes, add more coconut milk.
3. Add the pecans and mix on low until the pecans are chopped and well incorporated.
4. Heat coconut oil in a large skillet on medium-low heat, and then scoop batter into the pan and spread it into a pancake shape with a spatula. This batter is thick.
5. Flip when the underside has browned, about 3-4 minutes.
Serve plain or with fresh fruit and extra pecans for a sugar-free breakfast, or add toppings of your choice.
Makes 6-8 pancakes
So my maple syrup wasn't sugar free, but I just couldn't resist!
Have a wonderful Saturday!
- Do you make your pancakes from scratch or from a mix?
- What's your favorite gluten-free pancake mix?
- How do you top your pancakes?
- Slightly Indulgent Tuesday hosted by Amy at Simply Sugar and Gluten-Free
- Gluten-Free Wednesdays hosted by Linda at The Gluten-Free Homemaker
- Grain-Free Real Food Linky Carnival hosted by Jill of Real Food Forager


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Wayne Rooney has been described as a "hooligan" and "freckled demon" by Marca as the Spanish sports newspaper seeks to raise the temperature ahead of Wednesday's Champions League match between Real Madrid and Manchester United.
Rooney is depicted on the front page of the Madrid-based daily under the banner headline "El Coco" (meaning "bogey man), while inside, a characteristically forthright piece warns of "a barrel packed with gunpowder" heading for the Bernabéu and recalls the United striker's past confrontations with Real players.
"Wayne Rooney is a football player and hooligan all rolled into one," writes Marca's Hugo Cerezo. "To look at him, you'd think he was one of the 4,000 British fans on the terraces … yelling and drinking beer and jumping the queue to get in through Gate D.
"But Rooney will run out on to the turf at the Bernabéu and face players who have bones to pick with him. Pepe, [Ricardo] Carvalho, [Iker] Casillas and Cristiano Ronaldo may well relive their encounters with the English bad boy."
Marca also rakes over Rooney's past indiscretions at the World Cup in 2006, when he was sent off for treading on Portugal's Carvalho and Ronaldo encouraged the referee to dismiss him, and a fracas with Casillas in England's friendly against Spain more than eight years ago. It also makes reference to Rooney tweeting that Pepe was "an idiot" after the Real defender trod on Lionel Messi's hand during a Copa del Rey match against Barcelona last season.
Rooney's former team-mate Gary Neville responded on Twitter that Marca's verdict was "harsh".


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Last week's District Court decision on the conflict minerals rule created more problems than it supposedly solved, at least in the short term. To be optimistic, at least the decision comes at a time of year that allows the SEC to (hopefully) issue clarification with enough time for issuers to adopt. In contrast, the previous years' FAQs were released close to the June 1 filings dates and many filers were unable to change their submittals accordingly in time.
From a purely practical perspective, remember that the lawsuit only involves the use of the specific words – the rest of the disclosure requirement and associated efforts are still in effect. You should continue moving ahead with your CY2015 conflict minerals programs and disclosures as you had planned.
What about the IPSA? We think companies should still make plans for the IPSA because its easier to plan/budget now than to scramble at the last minute if needed. We are working with a number of companies who are tired of the continuing regulatory uncertainty and are going ahead with an IPSA as the rule is written. Some have interpreted the regulatory language to require the IPSA once the two year deferral ended, regardless of the determination status or wording.
Also, we have read that it is possible the SEC will require IPSAs for all CMR filers. There could be truth in this as the SEC economic analysis for the IPSAs in their final release was based on their estimate that 4500 issuers would require an IPSA – far higher than the actual number of CMR filers in total for CY2014. If SEC chooses to require IPSAs for all CY2015 CMR filers (about 1,260 companies filed a CMR for CY2014), that cost has already been taken into consideration in the economic analysis, which eliminates that argument.
If your company is sensitive to the views/concerns of the NGO community, then an IPSA provides some value in that regard even if it isn't mandated, which may also be a consideration.
You may be surprised at how many issuers are currently actively engaging an IPSA auditor – or at least interviewing and identifying their preferred IPSA auditor. We have issued dozens of IPSA proposals in the past month and at least half of those companies have committed to continuing the process even in light of last week's ruling. And we receive more RFPs each day, so you certainly won't be alone should your company choose to begin auditor selection.
We have been asked "You won't fully commit to the continued IPSA deferral because of self-interest, right?" We don't place our interests ahead of clients. We actively advise companies NOT to pay consultants – including us – to conduct IPSA readiness assessments/pre-audits, and preach for companies to write their CMRs in a manner that reduces IPSA costs. At the same time, our clients and contacts present us with diverse opinions and approaches that we bring forward, giving others the benefit of a variety of views and interpretations. These can then be evaluated by companies for applicability to their own situations, rather than having us make decisions on their behalf. Maybe this doesn't offer easy answers, but we believe in companies making their own individual decisions with as much information as they can get.
Alongside Michael Littenberg, we recently participated in a webinar on the IPSA sponsored by SourceIntelligence. And although it was recorded before the court decision, we believe it remains completely on point. You can download the complimentary webinar briefing here or listen in its entirety here.


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730 in the morning, and I'm driving up and down the one-way streets of downtown Troy, looking for the Flavour Cafe.
Finally. There it is.
I get inside, just before the oncoming rainstorm. There's a special promotion today, the 2011 Dining Out for Life project, in which participating restaurants donate up to 25% of their sales to AIDS Council of Northeastern New York. An extremely worthy and charitable organization.
Plus, once I got there, I saw Lex Luthor – er – George Francisco – er – the Manville Shark himself, fellow TU blogger Kevin Marshall. He's been writing about supporting the charitable cause on his blog for some time now, and you know my policy has always been "bloggers support bloggers." Besides, I hadn't seen Kevin in a while and it was a good chance to catch up – and to test out my new Flip video recorder.
If you can't get to the Flavour Cafe this morning, visit any one of these participating Capital District restaurants and eateries and share your support for those in need.


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