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Efficiency Pro
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Efficiency is a simple yet powerful trip computer for OBD2 enabled vehicles that is focused on helping you maximize your fuel efficiency. The Pro version allows you to check for Engine Trouble Codes and clear the Engine light.
Please report any problems you may encounter. Make sure to include your car model, year, OBD2 adapter, phone model, and Android version you're using.
App Requirements:
- A OBD2 enabled vehicle built in 1996 or newer
- ELM327 Bluetooth Adapter
- An Android 2.1 phone/device or newer with Bluetooth capabilities.
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- Several Bug Fixes
- Calibration simplified
- Improved compatibility
- Improved Performance
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Would be awesom if you could log information or continue a trip instead of restarting trips every time disco from obd would get more accurate efficiency
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More updates would be nice, as would deeper integration to load the Navigation app once connected.
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Nice design.. Poor hw support
A well designed odbii app. The interface is way nicer then torque. Trouble code functionality rocks. Supports biodiesel! poor odbii hardware support..
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No updates
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Dev isn't updating paid app as frequently as free one! Doesn't reply to emails. :-(


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But that wasn't the worst of it.
The rain and wind swept across the region, and shortly after it started the splash of raindrops was replaced by the pop of hail hitting windows, walls and the ground. The rock-hard crystal balls of ice bounced before settling on the ground to slowly melt.
Now picture that hail, driven by the wind and accompanied by a stinging rain, as it smashes into the thin stems and delicate leaves of crops. Just for a second, realize how much harm that can do.
For many farmers, they have no need to imagine. They can drive out to their fields and see the damage for themselves.
Months of planning and preparation, and long hours of effort and sweat, went into planting and caring for those cops. Much of that was lost due to that storm.
It may have lasted for less than a half hour, but it will have a long-term impact for these growers and the entire Powell Valley, which depends on agriculture to be a driving force in the economy.
Farmer Bill Cox has been working the soil in the Powell Flat for years. Cox estimates between one-third and one-half of his 750 acres of barley was lost.
He had planned to harvest that crop in the next few days. Now, Cox has to make plans for the remainder of this year without the income it would have produced.
It wasn't just barley. Sunflowers, dry beans and beets were also battered by the storm. The losses will amount to thousands of dollars. All in about 15 minutes or less.
Jim Jarrett of Northwest Agency Insurance in Powell says it's too early to total the losses. The fields are still being assessed, and some of the damaged crops may bounce back, their yield reduced but not completely gone.
But Jarrett said he has not seen such a damaging storm so close to harvest since 1983 — "that was the last time I saw barley fields so stripped of grain you did not have to get out of your car to look closer," he said.
Farmers, it's been said, are the biggest gamblers on the planet. They have no need for cards, dice or lottery tickets — they invest their cash and time into the crops they plant and nurture.
Sometimes, the odds don't fall their way. Sometimes, a few days before the crops are safely out of the fields, the wind shifts, the temperature drops, and a damaging storm blows through the area.
It's a rough game, with some harsh rules.
But the farmers who saw their fields ravaged by the storm are still standing. They know what the risks are, and they find the rewards worth the gamble. They will still harvest what they have this summer and fall, and plant their crops again next year.
Because they're farmers, and that's what they do.

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By Bath Nutrition & Wellness Centre Personalized Nutrition, Weight Loss Expert & Healthy Lifestyle Consultana | Monday, December 02 2013
Hello My Name is Heba Al-Zuhair Nutritionist -Wellness & Weight Loss Coach and I help people look and feel amazing! I promise you with the right support from me as your coach you really can achieve all that you wish for. I have worked with many people, helping them to lose weight, get healthy and gain confidence. Nutrition is my passion and your results are my commitment Many people don't understand the miracle of nutrition and its impact on their minds and bodies. Nutritionists believe that when the body heals it heals all its diseases. I work with people on very simple changes to their lifestyles that create enormous long term positive changes in their lives. An Active, Healthy Lifestyle means doing all you can to keep your body and mind in optimum shape. This involves making wise choices in your daily diet, performing the right amount of physical activity, coping well with stress and controlling your weight.
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A Mixed Bag of Housing Market Indicators
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Shares of homebuilders fell Friday after the government said sales of U.S. new homes fell in February for the second straight month. The decline came after months of gains even if the improvement has been halting. Homebuilder KB Home (NYSE: KBH) reported net orders fell 8 percent, and its cancellation rate rose to 36% during what is normally peak season. Meanwhile, on wednesday another homebuilder, Lennar Corp. (NYSE: LEN), helped bring housing stocks back up with earnings that beat Wall Street expectations.
So which is it? Are home sales up or down? And how concerned should investors be?
It is no secret that shares of homebuilding companies are important indicators as to the strength of the housing market. Homebuilding companies have taken a hit in sales in recent years, as more and more foreclosed homes went for sale, reducing the demand for new homes.
The news from the Commerce Department on Friday reported that new-home sales dropped 1.6 percent in February. The report signaled that despite improvements in the housing market, there is still a long road to go before anyone can declare it "good" again. The current sales rate is less than half what economists consider to be good (700,000). The silver lining on this black cloud is that overall sales of existing homes increased, just not the sales of new homes.
The bad news doesn't stop there. Home prices have continued to fall, and foreclosures have started to creep up again. And yet, there is reason to focus on the positive.
Given those and other dismal statistics, it might seem surprising that experts are increasingly optimistic. Permits for new housing construction are at their highest levels in years, and falling home prices attract more competitive buyers. The job market continues to improve, which means more families can afford to buy a home (and avoid foreclosure). Mortgage rates and mortgage lenders are more home-buyer friendly now than over the past few years.
The positive indicators are reflected in homebuilding shares. In spite of last week's tumble, KB Home's shares have doubled over the last six months. For the quarter ended Feb. 29, KB posted a net loss of $45.8 million, which was an improvement over the loss of $114.5 million, in the same quarter the year before. Lennar gained 4.7 percent, best among stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500. In fact, just two weeks ago, Credit Suisse raised Lennar, along with D.R. Horton Inc. (NYSE: DHI) and Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE: TOL) to 'outperform.'
In February, Toll Brothers also showed a mixed bag of housing market recovery indicators. The company recorded a loss of $2.8 million (2 cents per share) in the first quarter of fiscal 2012, compared with a profit of $3.4 million (2 cents per share) in the same quarter of fiscal 2011. Revenues went down by 4%, but net signed contracts rose 45%. In dollar figures alone, this would be a negative sign, but the increase in signed contracts is very promising.
The road to recovery will not be quick or easy. The sales of one company over just one month do not represent the industry as a whole, but should also not be summarily dismissed. All factors at all levels must be considered before casting judgment on the industry and the market as a whole.
Read also: Companies to Watch for Housing Market Indicators
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Radon is an invisible and odorless radioactive gas. Elevated levels of radon have been found in homes all across the country. Any home in any state may have a radon problem: new and old homes, well-sealed and drafty homes, and homes with or without basements. Radon gas gets into all types of buildings, including office buildings and schools.
You and your family receive the greatest radiation dose in your home. That's where you spend most time - 70 to 75 percent, more for small children. The average person receives each year more radiation from radon than from all other natural or man-made sources combined. Over the years, the accumulated radiation exposure may exceed the exposure of uranium miners.
Radon gas is produced during the natural disintegration of radioactive heavy metals uranium and thorium, which are dispersed throughout the Earth's crust. As the atoms of radioactive heavy metals disintegrate, they change into lighter and lighter radioactive heavy metals until they end up as stable, non-radioactive lead. But at each step of this radioactive decay chain the atom nuclei emitradiation - alpha and beta particles, or gamma rays (more energetic than x-rays).
Radon-222 – We will never run out of uranium or thorium. Radon levels on Earth have not changed since the last Ice Age. The radioactive half-life of Uranium-238, when a half of its atoms disintegrates, is 4.5 billion years. The half-life of Thorium-232 is 14.1 billion years. Their decay chain continuously produces radium, which decays into radon isotopes Radon-222 (most common in homes) and Radon-220 (Thoron).
Radioactive decay makes life on Earth possible by heating its core. Japanese scientists have measured the antineutrinos produced by the decay of uranium and thorium deep inside the Earth. The decay generates about 19 million megawatts of heat, about half of all the heat generated inside the planet. The other half comes from gravitational and chemical sources. (New York Times, 7/28/05)
Heavier than Air – Radon is the heaviest known gas, nine times heavier than air. It is an aberration – the only gas in the long decay chain of heavy metal elements. Its disintegration begets a decay chain of radioactive heavy metals polonium, bismuth, and lead. After 22 years, a half of Radon-222 atoms ends up as Lead-206, a stable non-radioactive element.
Dig up the top 6 feet of an acre of land and you will find about 50 pounds of uranium. Uranium and its daughter products radium and radon are found in nearly all rocks and soils. Most contain only 1 to 3 parts per million (ppm) of uranium but some, like granites, dark shales, light-colored volcanic rocks, and sedimentary rocks with phosphate, may contain as much as 100 ppm. Thorium, which is even more common, also produces radium.
When radium atoms disintegrate into alpha particles and atoms of radon, 10 to 50 percent of the radon atoms escape from the mineral grain into the underground "soil gas," which also carries biological decay gases and moisture. In most areas of the United States, the soil gas contains between 200 and 2,000 pCi of radon per liter. As radon slowly diffuses from the ground into the ambient air, its flux varies widely but, typically, one square foot of soil emits 130 pCi of radon each hour (0.4 pCi/m2s). In the United States, the resulting outdoor radon level averages 0.45 pCi/L. But the stacks of radon mitigation systems emit undiluted soil gas with radon concentrations 2,000 times higher, averaging over 1,000 pCi/L.
As radon gas moves through underground fissures, it usually decays into solid particles after several feet. But it travels much farther in dry, permeable soils, like gravel or course sand. Radon is soluble in water and underground streams can carry it long distances. This unpredictable underground movement of radon gas explains why homes in low-radium areas also have high radon levels and why radon levels can vary several-fold between adjacent houses.
Soil – Radon from soil is by far the main source of indoor radon! Radon gas naturally moves into the permeable disturbed soil and gravel bed surrounding foundations and then, into the buildings through openings and pores in concrete.
Private Water Wells – If you have a private water well, radon from the water gets released into the air in your home during showering and when washing dishes or laundry. Inhalation of the radon gas released into air is much more dangerous than its ingestion with drinking water. As a rule of thumb, each 10,000 pCi/L of radon in water increases its level in indoor air by 1 pCi/L. In the U.S., the average radon concentration in surface water is 10 pCi/L but 750 pC/L in well water. However, levels exceeding 20,000 pCi/L are not uncommon. To check the level of dissolved radon, you can purchase our Radon-in-Water Test Kit.
Rock, Brick, and Concrete – Building materials like rocks, bricks, and concrete also give off radon by emanation, including some marble countertops although the recent publicity is over-blown. They produce Radon-222 and Thoron (Radon-220) but only 0.1 - 0.3 pCi/L each in a typical basement. The very short half-life of Thoron (96 seconds) reduces its typical concentration in homes to 0.3 pCi/L.
Water Migration – Radon is soluble in water and also gets indoors by "water migration." Water is drawn indoors by the capillary action of the pores in concrete or pushed by hydrostatic pressure (seepage). The higher temperature and lower pressure indoors release the dissolved gas. Water in sump pits and floor drains also releases radon. The typical basement or floor slab lets in 15 or 10 gallons of water and vapor each day.
Outside Air – Radon from outside air also settles in basements of homes because it is nine times heavier than air. Radon released by tailings from uranium mines was found to travel hundreds of miles and settle in homes. But more commonly, radon gas released from soil is drawn into basements over the top of the foundation, through bulkhead doors, or uncaulked basement windows above window wells. It can be even drawn into the attic underneath uncaulked siding and then sink into the house.
Concrete cures by reacting with water - hydration. But almost half of the water added to the concrete mix for workability is surplus and has to evaporate. As the surplus water in newly poured concrete pushes to the surface, it leaves behind a network of capillaries (pores).
The pores constitute 12 to 18% of the concrete by volume. Their diameter is much smaller than a human hair but the pores are much larger than radon atoms or water molecules. They let in radon gas, water vapor, liquid water, and other gases.
RadonSeal® Deep-Penetrating Concrete Sealer reacts with cement and seals the capillaries (pores) against radon atoms, as well as the larger water molecules. Instead of removing radon from underneath the slab by a fan, it simply seals the concrete and leaves the gas in the ground. Sealing the pores greatly reduces radon diffusion and advection through the slab and basement walls. At the same time, it blocks water seepage and reduces water vapor transmission.
Compared to fan mitigation systems, RadonSeal does not depend on the permeability of soil, reliability of mechanical equipment, or the power grid. It does not spew a plume of heavy, radioactive gas above the house. And if a sub-slab depressurization system is already installed, RadonSeal will lower its energy losses (in treated air drawn through the slab) and will reduce the radon level further. RadonSeal never has to be applied again because it cures as a mineral and seals the concrete permanently.
Radon, soil gasses, and water vapor will easily pass through any openings, cracks, gaps, drains, or thin concrete (rat slabs) in the basement. In combination to sealing the concrete all openings have to be sealed off or caulked to stop the transmission of radon, as well as soil gas and water vapor. Common openings in basements:
DIY Concrete Foundation Crack Repair Kits – For sealing cracks in poured concrete walls, we recommend polyurethane foam injection. Polyurethane remains flexible for years, as the house settles and concrete continuously moves. Hydraulic cement is too rigid and will soon get loose.
CrackWeld Concrete Floor Repair Kit – For sealing cracks in slabs - route them out with a grinder and deep-fill with self-leveling polyurethane caulk available in stores. Or avoid the grinding and repair them permanently with our CrackWeld Floor Repair Kits. Caulking the surface only is inadequate - the gap fills up with radon gas which then easily by-passes the caulk through concrete. Surface caulking will soon detach as moisture degrades its bond to the concrete surface.
Modern houses tend to build up radon, because the building envelope is almost airtight while the foundation is "leaky" to soil gas. The soil gas infiltration from basements ranges from less than 1% to over 20% of the total "fresh air" infiltration into homes (typically 3-5%). Opening basement windows to increase ventilation may help by removing the radon gas but it wastes energy and in some cases, can actually increase the radon level by increasing suction through the porous concrete. The best solution is sealing the concrete to ensure the foundation is more airtight than the building envelope.
The heavy radon gas accumulates in basements and on lower floors. Heating and air-conditioning, natural air movement, the "chimney effect," as well as diffusion of radon atoms through the floors and walls distribute radon throughout the house. This, in turn, draws in more radon from the ground by concentration-driven diffusion, until an equilibrium radon level is established on each floor in the house.
According to the Iowa Residential Radon - Lung Cancer Study (2000), the median first floor radon concentration in one-story homes is, on average, 60% of the basement level. But for two-story homes, the median radon levels at first and second floors are 51% and 62% of the basement level, respectively. However, the radon levels very greatly and there have been cases of radon concentrations being the highest at the top floor of multistory buildings.
The "Stack Effect" – Soil gas carrying radon moves to the permeable gravel and disturbed ground around the house, particularly when "bottled up" by frozen or rain-soaked ground. The air pressure inside homes is slightly lower than in the ground (typically 0.7-1.4 psi vacuum), which draws in radon gas from several feet away. The warm air inside buildings moves naturally upwards and this "stack effect" reduces the air pressure on lower floors. Strong winds create a vacuum in the downwind side of the building by the Bernoulli effect.
Combustion Appliances – Furnaces, hot water heaters, fireplaces, exhaust fans, and vents reduce the indoor pressure further and draw in more radon gas. A typical clothes dryer may exhaust 100 cfm of air and a kitchen fan 750 cfm. This may de-pressurize the house so much, say below 5 Pa, that it will reverse chimney flow and cause combustion spillage from appliances, particularly in tight homes.
The resulting pressure-driven flow (advection) draws in radon gas through openings or cracks and through the pores in concrete. This pressure-driven infiltration of radon is only a part of the radon inflow or radon would be easy to mitigate by just sealing all openings or simply pressurizing the basement.
Radon is also pulled in by the difference in radon concentration indoors and in the soil (diffusion). Radon tries to equalize the indoor concentration and its atoms easily penetrate through the pores in concrete. The diffusion flow through an intact concrete slab driven by the concentration gradient is several times higher than the pressure-driven advective flow. This explains why the method of pressurizing the basement does not work.
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Jeff Morgan: "I wish I knew what you meant when you said "loot actually means a little less now than it used to." Is it less important to people? I don't think so. Is there less status associated with loot? Perhaps. Regardless of your meaning, I can't say I think it's a great change."
I took it to mean that in a 40 man raid, there are more people likely to be wanting that nice piece of loot you're after than in a 25 or 10 man raid. If you're a warrior and the uber tanking armour drops in a 40 man raid, you've probably got 5-6 other people who need it as well. In a 25 man raid, you'll have 3-4. In 10 man, there's probably only you and one other person. So the smaller the raid, the more chance you'll get what you want and the less chance of "loot drama", i.e. people having a fit because they didn't get what they wanted.


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Categories > Movies > Mulan > The Betrothed
Chapter 70 Reviews
[AU] Mulan returned home after the war, her secret undiscovered, now preparing to marry the man that she was betrothed to as a child, who turns out to be Shang. Things get complicated when they're ...
Shang remained seated at his desk long after Ping left, thinking about the conversation they'd just had.
The explanation that his lieutenant had given him as to his father's appearance struck him as utterly bizarre. He was not superstitious and though he understood that many people were, he never expected it from someone like General Hua.
The fact that Hua Zhou had gone through the trouble to get a carriage all the way out to Wu Zhong told Shang that there was much more to the story than what Ping had told him.
Shang could understand why the boy's family would be concerned for him. Though Ping was an excellent and valiant soldier, he was also still just a young boy. His Adam's apple hadn't even dropped yet and he had no facial hair at all. It was easy to forget that he was young given how smart he was and the intelligent, insightful manner in which he spoke, as well as his impressive accomplishments in battle already.
The idea that the young lieutenant had come up with about the princess was astounding. It would never have crossed his mind that she had run away; but then he had noticed long ago that Ping always seemed to see things from a different angle than others. In all situations, he seemed to have his own point of view, other ways of looking at things. That was what made him such a talent at strategy.
The idea that the Emperor's daughter might have run away from home disturbed him greatly. It seemed scandalous. More than anyone, she should know her duty to her father and to her country. Besides, what reason could she possibly have?
He leaned forward and reached for a brush and a sheet of paper, dipping the brush in ink and beginning to compose two letters to his father; an official reply with an Imperial seal and his own personal letter that no one but the general would look at.
The official letter merely read: Message received. We will remain in camp and await further orders.
He wished he could speak to his father in person. But he decided that he would provide as much detail as he could in his personal letter, including Ping's idea that maybe Princess Li-Mei had run away. Perhaps his father, given his vast experience as a top general in battle as well as his extensive dealings with matters at court, would have another view of the situation that could prove helpful.
Mulan intended to confront Huang Dong when they met for their nightly practice together. To her great surprise, Huang showed up at her tent first.
"Lieutenant Hua."
"I must speak to you privately," she said quietly. "It is a matter of great importance."
"I wanted to speak with you also. Come in."
"No, it must be away from camp."
There was a tone of urgency in her voice. Mulan nodded and agreed.
"Let me grab the lantern and then we can go down to our training spot."
"Someone might see the light of the lantern. No one must know we are there."
Mulan threw her a suspicious glance, eyes narrowed.
"I know what I am asking sounds odd, but everything will become clear to you."
"O-kay, Huang," she answered, utterly puzzled.
They moved stealthily through the forest in the dark, Mulan leading the way. They reached the lake and Mulan gestured to a flat rock jutting out over the water. Huang's eyes darted around nervously as she took a seat on the rock.
"It's late, Huang. I'm sure no one is around. Go ahead. And then I have some questions. Like why you were listening outside of the captain's tent before."
Mulan took a seat beside Huang, who began to speak in a hushed tone.
"Lieutenant Hua Mulan, I..."
"What?" Mulan exclaimed, her heart skipping a beat. "What did you just call me?"
"I know who you are. The Emperor knows that General Hua has one son, who is only seven years old, and an older daughter who brought great honor to her family by her bravery."
Mulan stared at her, speechless.
"If I tell you who I am, you must keep it a secret. Promise me."
"I already know that you are a daughter as well."
"Yes. And I thank you for helping me to improve and teaching me how to blend in."
"So, you've known all along who I am?"
"Yes. The first time you came to the palace, after the last battle with the Huns, the Emperor knew who you were. Your father was one of his best and most highly trusted generals. He knew of the general's son Rou-ping, a little boy who was too young to fight in the army. He guessed that it was you that stood before him."
"The law..."
"Don't worry. That archaic law was lifted after you proved yourself to be such an excellent warrior."
Huang had pulled something out of her tunic and she now handed it to Mulan. It was a ring. Mulan moved over to hold it up to the moonlight. It was a full moon fortunately and she could make out the Imperial coat of arms inscribed on the inside of the ring.
She whirled around.
"This is a ring of royalty! Where did you get it? Are you somehow involved with Princess Li-Mei's kidnapping?"
"Wait, I have something else for you. It was given to me in the event that I had to reveal myself to you."
She handed Mulan a letter with the Imperial seal.
"I know it is dark to read..."
Mulan waved her off and moved over to hold the letter up to see it in the moonlight. It was addressed to Lieutenant Hua Mulan from the Emperor, and it asked her to please look after his younger daughter, Hui-Ying, who had joined Captain Li's troop.
Mulan gasped.
"I am Hui-Ying. I am the Emperor's younger daughter and that ring is mine."
Mulan hurriedly lowered herself to the ground, kneeling before her.
"Your Highness, I apologize..."
"Please, Lieutenant, get up. You mustn't...you will call attention to me."
Mulan rose and took her seat beside Hui-Ying again.
"You must treat me as the recruit Huang Dong, Lieutenant. While we are in this troop together, I am not royalty. No one must know that I am here."
"Hui-Ying...Huang, why did your father send you here?"
"I convinced him that this would be the best place for me to be."
"I arranged for a letter threatening my life next to be sent to him. Then I suggested that anyone after me would be looking for a girl, not a boy. And a military camp would be the last place they would look. He arranged for me to be in this camp because he knew you would be here."
"You went through all that trouble to come here?"
"I want to be part of the rescue effort of my sister, Princess Li-Mei. My father has no son, but if he did, surely the Crown Prince would have taken his place in the army and tried to rescue his sister. Besides, there is more to this situation than you know."
"How do you mean?"
"I'm afraid I can't reveal that to you because it is a private family matter. I am very close with my sister and I must be the one to get to her first."
"Well, how do we proceed then? I will treat you as recruit Huang. But what about the captain? He should know..."
"But, if there is information that you have on your sister, he should know about it..."
"I don't have any information, other than the reason for her disappearance, and I cannot tell you that."
Mulan sighed and remained silent, stymied. Her situation had just become more difficult than ever. There were now three different secrets that she was keeping from the captain and she did not feel good about it. Two women were secretly under his command now, one who was the Emperor's daughter no less and who somehow knew things about their mission that she couldn't reveal to anyone. It was not right that there were so many goings on in his camp that he didn't know about.
"Hui-Ying," she began, softly. "I know that you want to keep your identity secret. But I want you to know that the captain is a good and honorable man, and he is very fair..."
"As I said, this is a highly private family matter, Lieutenant Hua. My identity must remain a secret for now, as well as the reason for my sister's disappearance."
"I will abide by your wishes, Your Highness. But, and forgive me if I appear to argue, but I have to tell you that this puts me in a very bad position, and it could jeopardize our mission; especially if you have information that may help us to ascertain Princess Li-Mei's whereabouts. To be working in the dark this way will make it extremely difficult for us. Please keep that in mind."
"I can appreciate that, Lieutenant, and believe me, I would not be asking this if it were not absolutely necessary."
Mulan remained sitting by the lake brooding for a long time after Hui-Ying left her. /Huang/, she reminded herself. She had to stay in the habit of thinking of her as Huang Dong, a plain recruit.
Huang knew nothing about the whereabouts of the missing Princess Li-Mei, at least as far as she said, but she knew the reason for her disappearance. If she would reveal that little bit of information, it would help them; but Huang had insisted that she couldn't.
Mulan sighed. Her heart was heavy as she thought about Shang. He was the captain and she felt uncomfortable having knowledge that he didn't, especially since it was information he should have been privy to. She could always tell him and ask him not to reveal that he knew to the princess. But that would probably be a bad idea, too.
She picked up a pebble from the ground and skimmed it over the water.
"Well," she said aloud. "I at least have to tell him who I really am."
She picked up another pebble, absently lobbing it up in the air lightly and catching it in her palm as it dropped back down. Then she sighed and stood up, turning toward camp. She took a few steps, then turned back to face the lake again. She took a deep breath.
"Captain, there's something I have to tell you. I'm not who you think I am. I'm really a girl and your fiancé, Hua Mulan."
She stopped, her stomach knotting up as she imagined telling him and his reaction.
"Maybe I should just dress up as a girl and parade in front of him, see if he recognizes me and takes the hint," she muttered.
"Ping? Is that you?"
She whirled around toward the voice, Shang's voice.
A few moments later he stepped out of the brush and joined her on the bank of the lake.
"Who were you talking to?"
"No one," she muttered, turning back toward the lake and feeling foolish. She pushed away the embarrassed feeling, skimming the pebble that she was still holding out over the water.
"Nice one," Shang commented. He stooped over and scooped up his own pebble, then straightened up and tossed it, skimming it further than hers.
"Beat that," he added, chuckling.
Mulan just shrugged. "Very good, Captain."
"Well, now I know something is wrong, Ping. You're not rising to the occasion and trying to out-do me like usual."
"Shang, I..."
Even in the faint light of the moon she could see his eyebrow lift in surprise the moment his given name was off her lips.
"I mean, Captain..."
She looked down, feeling her face and neck beginning to heat up.
"It's okay, Ping. We're friends now, too. When we're off duty, you can call me by my given name."
"I have something to tell you...something you're not going to like..."
"Yes, uh..."
The sound of snapping twigs and swishing leaves stopped her and she whirled around. Shang turned to the sound also. A minute later Chi Fu appeared.
"Captain, I've been looking for you. I must speak with you about an urgent matter."
Shang sighed. "Alright, I'm coming back to camp."
He began to follow Chi Fu and Mulan hurried after them.
"We'll finish our discussion later, Lieutenant."
"Yes, sir. I'm just heading back to camp, too."


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Critical Essay by John Freeman
SOURCE: "More's Place in 'No Place': The Self-Fashioning Transaction in Utopia," in Texas Studies in Literature and Language, Vol. XXXIV, No. 2, Summer, 1992, pp. 197-217.
Freeman interprets the Utopia as an autobiographical text in the essay that follows, finding in it an expression of More's "desire to strike a proper balance between what is private and what is public."
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Ultimate Cassoulet
- Soop Aug 11, 2009 05:48 AM
I'd never made a cassoulet before, but I'm pretty sure this is wrong. They forget to mention where to use the wine, but this is too meaty even for me. And far too convoluted. I don't even fancy eating the rest :P
Anyone else got a cassoulet recipe that's easy and... like a cassoulet?
I've been meaning to make this one for months, it looks so good and rich:
re: bayoucook
Thanks for the link! I've saved that baby and plan to make it when the weather turns cooler. Looks do-able, since duck confit legs are optional (they may be difficult to get where I live and I don't want to pay exhorbitant shipping fees).
re: nofunlatte
I'll have to drive to Mobile to get some, but it's not very far. I'm waiting for a cool day to make it, as well. Here, that might be in December!
re: bayoucook
I think this one looks too meaty too :(
btw, I cut most of the meat amounts in half in mine, and there were not enough beans to go round.
re: Soop
Here's another good looking one, or you could try one with just chicken:
re: bayoucook
That one looks much better. That's how I imagine it
re: bayoucook
Made the Saveur recpice once a few years ago. It's a fat delivery system-loved it!
re: don515
Glad to know it's good! Yes, it'll be a special occasion dish for us, followed by broiled fish and chicken for a few days.
i, too, have used the saveur recipe--at least as a starting point. duck confit isn't hard to make--it just takes a day and a night. buy a couple of ducks, serve the breasts, save the trimmings and "confitize" the legs. the confit is an option worth taking if you're going to make the cassoulet
i found it desirable to cook the stew longer and lower--and over a period of two days, with a period of chilled rest--in order to get it optimized for guests. like many conglomerations, it gets better for a couple of days before peaking out.
I don't have this posted anywhere so I'll just have to copy it in. Long, but worth it:
Will's Overnight Cassoulet
I started working on this late afternoon - I DID soak the beans, BTW, by the boil-and-quick-soak method. I spread the rest of the process, up to putting it in the oven, over the evening, finishing at 11 pm.
2 lbs dried beans
1 red onion and 3 stalks celery, coarsely chopped
handful of diced bacon
olive oil
black pepper, dried thyme to taste
salt - add later
Soak the beans or not, according to your personal feelings on the subject. If you do, drain them before proceeding. Heat the oil in a large heavy-bottomed pot, then add the vegetables, bacon and seasonings. Stir and cook over high heat for a minute or so, then reduce the heat and cover the pot for about ten minutes, or until the bacon and onion are both transparent. Then raise the heat back to high, put in the beans, stir well to mix and pour in enough water to cover by 2" if beans were soaked, 4" if cooking from dry. Bring to boil, cover pot and adjust heat to induce a simmer.
Cook until beans are just tender and add salt to taste. Continue cooking until they're tender clear through but not mushy, adding boiling water if necessary to keep the top layer covered.
olive oil or duck fat
3 lbs lamb, neck slices or shanks
2-3 slices smoked pork shank
cooked or uncooked pork sausages
duck or goose confit, optional
large can Italian tomatoes in tomato juice
breadcrumbs/panko crumbs, optional
Oven at 200º
Place your braising pot over high heat and put in about 1/4 cup of fat or oil. When the fat is hot, brown the lamb, salting and peppering as you go. You may also brown the pork shank and the confit, if you're using it. Set the meat aside, and pour off the excess fat.
Now use a slotted spoon to dip out and spread a layer of beans over the bottom of the pot, about an inch deep. Using your fingers, remove any seeds and tough core from each tomato, and distribute pieces of tomato about a third of them over this bean layer. Put half of the lamb and the pork over this layer. Now spread another layer, this one using half of the remaining beans and half of the remaining tomato, and place the rest of the lamb and pork, and the confit if you're using it, on top of that, then top with the rest of the beans and tomato. Pour the juice from the tomatoes evenly over all of this, then pour in enough of the bean broth to just cover the top. Put the lid on the pot, and place in the center of the oven (with a small cookie sheet under it if your pot is really full), and then go to bed. Set your alarm for 7 to 8 hours...
The house will smell very good when you wake up. When you're good and ready, take the casserole out and check out the contents. (Also turn the oven up to 350º at this point). You're going to disturb your layering here, but unless you want to dodge a lot of bone fragments (especially if you used neckbones) you'll have to. So remove the lamb and pork and separate the meat and bones, returning the meat and the beans etcetera to the pot. (You'll probably want to debone the confit, too.) Now brown the sausage well, if it's uncooked, and add it to the pot, just nestled in the top layer. Adjust the amount of liquid so that it's just visible below the top beans, then spread on a good layer of crumbs if you're doing that. Put the pot back in the oven uncovered, and cook for another hour. Or so.
You can finish this in traditional fashion by breaking up the crumb crust and adding more, but that's never really worked for me. I just run the broiler for a few minutes to brown the top and let it go at that.
I'm sure this whole process can be streamlined quite a bit, but I would stress that the long cooking at low heat is the key to winding up with beans that are whole and coherent, but meltingly tender as well. And using lamb neck, which in this case was a last-minute substitution after I could find no shanks anywhere, is in fact a huge improvement.
re: Will Owen
This sounds fabulous. How large a braising pot do you use? I've got a 5.5 qt Dutch oven and I figure I will probably have to adjust the amounts of ingredients.
Many cassoulet recipes are quite convoluted, or at least many-stepped, over several days. More if you make your own duck confit. Some insist that you line the baking dish with thin layers of pork skin, which contributes to the richness of the dish.
If you want something approximating cassoulet, but quick and easy, look up a Jacque Pepin 'more fast food my way' recipe. This is a series on the CreateTV (PBS) lineup, with book and web site at one of the PBS stations (San Francisco?).
re: paulj
Just a dish of white beans cooked with onion, tomatoes and lamb shanks is a lovely thing, and a nod in that direction. I have even cooked shanks in a crock pot, then removed and returned the meat with sautéed onion, canned tomatoes and canned beans and simply let it get hot through. Nobody turned it down...
here's a straight-ahead recipe for duck confit. as i said a while ago, all it takes is time. plus, if you cut up the ducks, you get duck breast as a bonus.
for me, cassoulet is a once-a-year dish. for that reason, i don't look for short cuts. i treat preparing it more like a multi-day food event than fixing dinner. but then, i enjoy doing it that way.
I spent some time in Castelnaudary in the south of France a few years ago, the home of Cassoulet. Had the opportunity to dine at a local restaurant there, a member in good standing of the Royal Order of Cassoulet. Great meal. I brought home two of the earthenware pots that they make it in.
re: duck833
The home of cassoulet? Could be, but don't say that in Toulouse! There's a third place, too, but it slipped my mind. Paula Wolfert and others have waxed amusingly on the Great Cassoulet Wars (it MUST have sausage, no, it CAN"T have sausage, but it MUST have goose, are you CRAZY? etcetera). Wolfert concludes, and I concur, that it's gonna be delicious however it's done, so just shut up and eat already.
re: Will Owen
Third is Carcassonne. For more authentic, try to find haricot de Tarbais for the beans. Expensive and absolutely worth it, texture for me makes all the difference with these beans. Make mine with confit de oie, mutton ( From Owensboro, KY ), sausage (non-smoked), tomatoes, no breadcrumbs, and goose fat, obtained from rendering the goose and making confit, Cooks forever, lasts forever, and think of it forever.
re: Delucacheesemonger
I have some Tarbais beans, but I'm afraid they may have gotten old on me. I should probably go ahead and cook them instead of waiting for winter (which doesn't really count for much around here anyway). My lamb-neck cassoulet was made with Peruanos, or Peruvian beans, which are either pale beige or have a greenish tinge before cooking, and taste like a very good cross between cannelini and pinto beans. Delicious and meaty. Those Tarbais are gonna have to be good to beat those. They certainly don't in price: $2/lb vs. 89¢!
re: Will Owen
Fresh crop in Toulouse last year cost me 10 Euros/kg. Should last a long while. When cooked they are hard, then hard, then hard, then custard
It SHOULD be meaty! Make it easier on your arteries by choosing leaner meats, and skinning them first. But it's emphatically NOT a beans-with-some-meat dish.
Bourdain's in the Les Halles Cookbook is the ultimate, in my opinion. I like it VERY garlicky, and light-ish on the tomatoes. But, as I've written before, you should smack critics sharply across the nose with a wooden spoon if they insist there's one "true" recipe. That's like saying there's only one way to make soup, for goodnesssake.
And even though we got to the mid-90s today, I'm salivating for cassoulet right now. Last winter, I hit upon alchemy by accident with one batch, and I can still taste it today. Doubt I'll ever replicate it -- but I'll continue to try!
Mmmmm, cassoulet. Mmmmmm.


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Spread 1 side of 6 bread slices with blue cheese. Layer with turkey, cranberry sauce, pancetta, and arugula. Spread 1 side of remaining 6 bread slices with mustard, and place, mustard sides down, on arugula.
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Based on your current armory profile, at 45, you are using 3 mail pieces and 3 int/spellpower pieces, including the shield. The main hand weapon is an agi weapon.
You berated your husband for not casting Hand of Protection on you. So...as the tank, you want your aggro wiped and to not be able to attack physically? It also causes Forebearance, which prevents you from using Lay on Hands for the next 60 secs, in case you get an "Oh shit!" moment, which, if you're asking for Hand of Protection, you probably will. And those are just the things that jump out at me from doing a quick look at your armory profile.
So why am I doing this? Because in the one post I read about your tanking exploits, you appeared quick to belittle, mock and blame your husband (your healer) for his shortcomings and for the issues (read: frequent wipes) you were having in your random group. You expect infinite patience from the random group and from your healer, but seem to have little to none for your husband, who is probably also learning his role, as you are. You write about sighing at him and jumping down his throat when he asks a seemingly innocuous question in party chat. ("What happened?") In a word, you seem to ignore to your own shortcomings in order to point out his to deflect blame and for the amusement of your readers.
Granted, I only read the one post and tanking for random groups IS brave. But this is what happens when you put yourself out there in a blog. You can't always expect the "hee hee you go girl" comments. You open yourself up to feedback, good and bad. I don't know you beyond reading a few posts on your blog and have no idea what your husband's gear, talents, addons, etc., are like. But speaking as an endgame paladin healer/tank, a fellow blogger, and a husband, I think you are all too ready to lay blame on your husband and haven't taken a good, hard, critical look at your character...or your real life behavior.
And to anyone who wants to downrate me: Go ahead. Downrate me into oblivion. But do yourself a favor and read the blog first. You may have an "Oh..." moment.


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Bank of England votes against another cash boost for now
If inflation is 2% then interest on savings should be at least 2%.
Any less and we are being robbed.
If interest on savings is 2% then interest on mortgages should be a fraction of 2%. Fractional reserve banking should work both ways!
I suspect most people reading the above would believe me to be financially illiterate. One of us is……………………….
Banks are allowed to loan money into existence. They create money when you sign for a loan. Which you pay interest on.
If they create 10 times more money than they have and loan it all out. They aren't getting 4% on the original deposit, they are getting 40%. Thus they are being exceptionally greedy and we are being exceptionally stupid.
If inflation is 2% then savings interest could easily be 4%.
Mortgage interest could easily be 1%. The bank is still making money.
The fractional reserve banking mechanism means that they are not getting 1% income from mortgage lending but 10%.
Sounds like nonsense, it is. It is also how we are being fleeced.
Go on, spend an hour thinking this through.
Research fractional reserve banking.
Don't be financially illiterate.
Hi, I have thought of a clearer example.
I open a bank offering 5% interest on deposits.
I soon have £100,000 in deposits.
I can now legally loan out £1,000,000 (with a 10% fractional reserve.)
My mortgage rate is 1%. I will soon be rich.
I make 1% on £1,000,000 which is £10,000
I pay out 5% interest on £100,000 which is £5,000
I make £5,000
Now if I tweak mortgage rates to 4% and reduce interest payments to 0.5% and reduce my fractional reserve to 0.002% rather than 10%. Well you do the arithmetic.
Answers below please.
I make 4% on £50 million which is £2 million
I pay out 0.5% on £100,000 which is £500
I make £1,999,500
Are you financially literate?
If it keeps this quantitative easing going there won't be much left of peoples pensions and a return on savings is a joke. The Banks buy their money from the markets at a ridiculously low rate then charge you 9 time more for the privilege of borrowing it in order to re inflate there books. So heads you loose tails you loose.
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Event Calendar: $_DATES for repeating events
7 November 2009 at 5:10am
I have a repeated event in my calendar. $_DATES returns for example
09. Nov. 2009 - 15. Mar. 2010
That is not what I want. I'd like to get 09. Nov. 2009 only. Would it be possible to expand $_DATES so that in case of a repeating event only the current date is displayed?
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7 November 2009 at 5:47am
Great catch. I hadn't thought of that. In a recurring event, "end date" means something different than it does for a standard event. An end date for a standard event means that a given event spans multiple days, but for a recurring event, it's the date at which the event stops repeating.
I'll get in a patch asap.
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Re: Event Calendar: $_DATES for repeating events
8 November 2009 at 1:31am
Great! That would be great.
I tried to fix this until you check in your official update, but I did not manage to do it.
It seems most of
public function _Dates()
is meaningless, because everything is done within CalendarUtil::getDateString(). I not see how I can check if I have to deal with a repeating event, though. First I thougt CalendarDateTime's is_single attribute might do the job, but now I think I'm wrong because this is set for none of my events.
So I guess I will wait until you solve it.
Thank's a lot!
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I know this is a really old post, but is this possible now?
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LAS VEGAS - Three separate, unsealed indictments and dozens of suspects – including five Las Vegas men – are part of one complex criminal case.
The suspects used names like "Bad Man" and "Doctor Sex", but federal authorities say the suspects can't hide behind their computer screens any longer. The defendants' alleged crimes include identity theft and counterfeit credit card trafficking.
Rob Tyree is vice president of Fiberhub and a computer security expert. He says identity theft is a problem that allows hackers to buy, sell, and trade Social Security numbers and credit card information.
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Anytime you go online, don't let your guard down. Criminals know they can trick honest people into giving up personal details by posing as banks or businesses.
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Authorities say the financial damage from the operation is huge. Suspect Michael Lofton of Las Vegas was released from custody on his own recognizance Friday.
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Measures and Suggestions of Advancing Urban-Rural Dual Employment System Reform of China
The formation of the urban-rural dual employment system of China has an extremely deep historical reason. The urban-rural dual employment system mainly reflects in three aspects such as the policy support dualization, the management service dualization and the employment access system dualization. In the following work, the urban-rural dual employment system of China must be reformed and perfected through some measures like establishing the equal employment access system, the perfect employment training mechanism, the unified employment service system and the effective labor guarantee mechanism so as to advance the further development of Chinese modernization.
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Li, L. (2006). Elimination of urban-rural dual employment system. Development Research, (9), 96-98. (in Chinese).
H., C. B. (2007). Development and termination of Chinese rural migrant laborers (p.61). Beijing: China Renmin University Press Co., LTD (China). (in Chinese).
Xu, Y. X. (2010). Urban-rural dual employment system reform from the perspective of citizenship of rural migrant laborers, Journal of Xinyang Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition). (4), 81-85. (in Chinese).
Tao, H., Yang, D. P., & Li, Y. (2010). An analysis of compulsory educational status of migrant children: based on the investigation of 10 cities in China. Exploring Education Development, (9), 6-9. (in Chinese).
Jiang, W. S. (2005). Countermeasures of resolving malpractice of urban-rural dual employment system. Hongqi Manuscript, (4), 14-16. (in Chinese).
Wu, T., & Shi, X. B. (2005). Thinking from problem of "rural migrant laborers shortage". Modern Economic Research, (2), 55-57. (in Chinese).
Zeng, W. M. (2007). Chengdu: "Five unification" coordinate the urban-rural employment. China Labor Guarantee, (1), 26-27. (in Chinese).
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Strange Things are Afoot at the Circle K
"Did you hear about Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries?" This was asked breathlessly on the day he returned from golfing in Nevada.
"Um, yes... that's a, um, shame."
"I think she's a gold digger. He seems like a nice enough guy, just dumb as a box of rocks."
"You know who I don't like? Her sister, Choe-lee. She's got a nasty mouth on her."
All of this is interesting because I do not watch the Kardashian's show. My mom and my sisters do not watch it either. I have never seen it playing in the ten soul-crushing months I have been living here. This means that my dad, age 66, has been keeping up with "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" at work.
A few days later, I told him that TMZ reported that Kim was flying to Minnesota to meet with Kris.
"Oh I hope so! I was just raking leaves in the backyard and I dropped the rake and got on my knees and prayed that they'd reconcile."
I think he was kidding. Please let him be kidding.
I was Khloe Kardashian for Halloween in 2009. It required three throw pillows stuffed into a pair of panty hose to give me a booty.
Also strange is that I keep getting receipts from iTunes because my beloved mother has been downloading games for the iPad. Mirror Mysteries, Mystic Diary, Murder in Rue Morgue, Stray Souls. She apparently has become quite the supernatural gamer.
The other day I ended up with another elderly hitchhiker in my car. Yes, this is a pattern for me. This time, the guy had seen me crutching my way across the library parking lot. He held up his cane. "One day at a time, right sweetheart?" We were limpin' buddies. I had to drive him the two miles to the grocery store.
We had just started out on our journey when a squirrel ran out in front of the car. I braked and let it pass. "Oh you're just like me!" Edward the hitchhiker exclaimed. "I don't like to kill anything any more."
Immediately I thought about this season of "Dexter." There had been an elderly man who was a serial killer back in the day who may or may not have started up his hobby again. No spoilers from me. Anyway, I suddenly knew that this guy was a former murderer and now he was sitting next to me in my beloved Buick.
Yeah, nothing happened. I dropped him at Walt's and he let me know that he didn't care for the name Taryn at all, much preferring Karen. I thanked him and went on my way.
If I am found murdered, please tell the police about Edward. He would be the number one suspect, followed by Choe-lee Kardashian, followed by my supernatural video game obsessed mother. Thank you in advance.
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I'm laughing even though I suspect you're crying. :)
After the wedding (which again, none of us watched) he called me to say that he felt sorry for the husband.ReplyDelete
"I mean, he was just a prop in that thing! There'd be a half hour of Kim, and then they'd cut to him for a second or two. Poor, dumb guy."
He also asked me to explain why Kim was famous at a fancy restaurant, telling me to speak up so he could hear. That was awkward.
Yeah, he told us "Did you know that Annie told me that Kim and her mother leaked her sex tape and that's what made her famous? Jesus Christ!"ReplyDelete
It is becoming a little scary. I think he just really wants to be Bruce Jenner.
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If your dad starts watching Kendra you will need an intervention.ReplyDelete
- Harper1951November 9, 2011 at 11:29 AM
If you're found murdered, my money is on your BELOVED mother!ReplyDelete
But, but...no one should be Bruce Jenner. ESPECIALLY not Bruce Jenner.ReplyDelete
Shudder shudder.ReplyDelete


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San Giorgio, Mykonos
From the outside, San Giorgio looks like one of Greece's ubiquitous whitewashed homes. Inside, traditional Greek textiles and locally made furniture adorn the 33 unfussy rooms. Most feature rough-hewn wooden dressers, large circular jute rugs, and beds canopied with mosquito netting. Some have terraces with views of the Aegean Sea. Guests can relax during the day in cocoonlike hanging swings near the pool or take a 10-minute walk to the popular beaches Paradise and Paranga. In the evenings, it's not uncommon for DJs such as Bob Sinclar or David Guetta to make guest appearances in the hotel's open-air lounge. Doubles from $156. 30/22-8902-7474. This appeared in the October 2013 issue. Photo courtesy of San Giorgio