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Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Thank you midwest living magazine and a little catching up!
36 comments:
- Erin~Just*Grand said...
I was just reading my new copy of Midwest Living when I saw the feature on you! Congratulations! It's lovely, all of it. How much fun is that? Hope you have a wonderful New Year!
- January 2, 2013 at 8:06 PM
- helen tilston said...
Happy New Year
I hope you and your family are restored to good health. Your home is beautiful and you look very elegant
- January 2, 2013 at 8:06 PM
- Jennifer @ Town and Country Living said...
Your home is beautiful. How exciting to have a magazine shoot. Congrats on your feature in Midwest Living. I'll go pick up a copy at the store! :)
- January 2, 2013 at 8:13 PM
- chateau chic said...
Congratulations, Tracey, on your feature in Midwest Living. I'll have to pick it up just to see your beautiful home. Anxious to see your new home project!
Happy New Year, Mary Alice
- January 2, 2013 at 8:31 PM
- Alabaster Rose Lifestyle said...
Absolutely beautiful Tracey!! I need to run out and buy the magazine so I can see it in person.
I'm so glad you and your family are feeling better. It is so hard when everyone gets so sick in the house and especially at the holidays.
So happy to see you back posting, but I know how important it is to take a much needed break.
Hope you have a lovely night and Happy New Year!!
- January 2, 2013 at 8:41 PM
- June said...
I love that photo of you Tracey! SO lovely. I enjoyed every beautiful picture of your home. Congratulations on the feature. You are amazing!
hugs from here...
- January 2, 2013 at 9:00 PM
- Jill Flory of Sew a Fine Seam said...
Sigh. Tracey your house is so lovely! So fun that it is in a magazine!
We are finally finishing up our living room remodel by putting in the trim - it's only been 5+ years since we started! I have old shutters to hang at the windows and I'm so anxious to get them done! Then we will be finishing up our laundry - it will be a rather big project - I have a cool old sink to put in it and we need to finish drywall, lighting and floor. I think it will be quite nice when we are finished!
my ribbon trim was waiting on me when we got home from Kansas! I love it and can't wait to use it in some of my projects. thanks again!
- January 2, 2013 at 9:09 PM
- Peggy said...
I saw you in the doctor's office!! Okay so I saw the article while at the doctor's office getting my allergy shots (trust me... it made for a much more pleasant time!!)
Projects??? oh yeah, let me see... hang art, paint the wall outside our bedroom, put away the Christmas decorations, install a new garbage disposal, clean out the freezer by making jam/jellies, make up vanilla/spice/tea mixes, clear out the kitchen cabinets/organize/restock, take kitchen drawers over to a friend to have rebuilt, and do some fun sewing. :) This is just January's list! ha ha!
- January 2, 2013 at 9:51 PM
- The Blue Farmhouse said...
Congratulations Tracey and welcome back! I missed you and hope the break was restful...Happy New Year too!
- January 3, 2013 at 12:23 AM
- Jeanne said...
My copy of Midwest Living came in the mail today. Congratulations on a most beautiful article!
- January 3, 2013 at 2:51 AM
- It's me said...
Congratulations !! Tracey !!....your home is so beautiful !!...is that wine in the mason jars bottles ???..love from me...happy new year !!...xxx....
- January 3, 2013 at 4:20 AM
- lilac and old roses said...
Happy new year! Your home is truly beautiful, lovely photographs. I like the thought of new projects, changing things around, having a sort out too. Thank you for such a lovely blog x
- January 3, 2013 at 5:46 AM
- Dona said...
Wow-I'm observing your blog and all time I admire pictures of your decorations and designs .Really Your Home is a great ,is an adorable,this is home with soul -Love it !Huge congrats:) Nice to know that You and your Family are better.The flu is terrible....I know it couse I was sick too....Christmas time and New Year Eve I was spending in my bed..I have a sinus infection too...and other problems:(....I wish You all the best and a lot of creative inspirations........And now ...A few words of me-I'm interested in interior designing,My hobby is decoupage and different
artistic techniques .A few picts of my works I added on my facebook profile (Dona Tokarska )....If You are interested in ....I invite You to my fb's profile-Again -ALL THE BEST IN 2013:)
- January 3, 2013 at 5:55 AM
- Sheila R - Blessed and Distressed said...
Happy New Year! Hope that you are all feeling better. Congrats on your article. I am starting a few home projects inspired by you and all the other ladies in Jeanne's class. Thanks for the inspiration.
- January 3, 2013 at 6:30 AM
- The Apple Market said...
Your house is a real dream!! Thank you for all the inspirations!!
- January 3, 2013 at 7:36 AM
- Geli said...
Dear Tracey! I wish you a very happy year 2013 for you and your family! The photo with you is very beautiful and I looooove your decoration and style in your home! Best wishes, Geli
- January 3, 2013 at 8:22 AM
- Anne said...
Glad you are all finally feeling better! Congratulations on your magazine feature! I am going to have to see if I can find that issue!
Can't wait to hear about what you are working on !
- January 3, 2013 at 9:26 AM
- PURA VIDA said...
You...are very pretty!
- January 3, 2013 at 9:38 AM
- Marnie said...
Your home is lovely, Tracey! My mom just called me after viewing the magazine article, so I googled you and viewed it online. Are you a vendor at the Kane County Fair? I live just down the road from there!!
- January 3, 2013 at 2:42 PM
- Michele @ The Nest at Finch Rest said...
Congrats on Midwest Living Mag feature, you so deserve that!
I live in Ohio and get that magazine and it makes a blogger proud to see another fellow blogger featured, so awesome.
I am your newest follower.
Get well soon, happy new year!
- January 3, 2013 at 4:25 PM
- Burlap Luxe said...
Tracey rare? And beautiful you!
I want to stand in your home, look in all the little nooks and cranny s letting every inch of it inspire me :)
So deserving of many features, how do you juggle it all with such grace?
Thank you for all your inspiring posts in 2012, looking forward to 2013 and all the new you will be creating.
Beautiful touches.
- January 3, 2013 at 8:09 PM
- flowerlady464 said...
Glad to see a new blog post! Loved the pics of your house. Can't wait to hear more about that project!
- January 3, 2013 at 9:15 PM
- Monique said...
Hi Tracey! Happy new year! ��
Tour home si wonderful! Congratulations
- January 4, 2013 at 4:44 AM
- Roberta said...
Beautiful home and family Tracey!! So nice to see the family photo. Happy, healthy 2013!! xoRoberta
- January 4, 2013 at 7:11 AM
- Junkchiccottage said...
Your home is always so beautiful. Congrates on the Midwest Magazine feature. Glad you are back to blogging can't wait to see what 2013 brings to your blog.
- January 4, 2013 at 7:20 AM
- Alice said...
Tracey, Congratulations on your MW Living feature! Your home is so lovely, and I do like that sweet photo of you.
I hope my issue arrives today!!!!!
- January 4, 2013 at 9:18 AM
- Mary Ann Pickett said...
What a rough December! I had the flu, too. You look darling and your home is lovely!!!
Happy New Year.
- January 4, 2013 at 10:47 AM
- Susan said...
Welcome back Tracey! So sorry your family fell ill during Christmas. I hope everyone's back in good health now.
Speaking of your family...such adorable photos in the Midwest Living article! It is a wonderful feature on their website. Congratulations to you and thank you for all the inspiration you bring!
- January 4, 2013 at 12:57 PM
- Sandi~A Cottage Muse said...
Hello Tracey ~ always love to peek inside your home and congrats on the feature!
Here's to a healthy 2013!
- January 5, 2013 at 5:30 PM
- janet said...
Congratulations on you being featured snd glad everyone is on the mend..
- January 5, 2013 at 6:38 PM
- Shanon at Vintage Sparkle Chic said...
Your beautiful home so inspires me. I always love every little corner you share with us. I hope you and your family are all on the mend by now. Beautiful "rare" photo of you. I need to order the latest JDL from you! I'm off to check it out.
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- January 6, 2013 at 8:15 AM
- Joette Engstrom said...
Oh my gosh!! I just read the article today and have gone back for more!! Thank you Tracey for the inspiration!!! And where did youngest those fab shoes??!!
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September 20, 2011 at 10:19 pm
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That is indeed an important piece of information. Perhaps you could refer everyone to an article or web page which allows everyone to clarify more of the details.
My mind goes back to what it must have been like in the 1830s. Coal fired power was just being developed. I am certain that the first power plants would have been very expensive to build. Public money would have been invested and many taxpayers would not have used the electricity for years, decades or perhaps even their entire life. That is one thing.
A second thing is that coal is a finite resource. Not only that, the most accessible coal has already been dug out and, as we continue accelerating our use of it, it is being dug out from places which are increasingly inaccessible. The mining is becoming more and more dangerous and is more likely to cause accidents. Solar and wind energy are accessible at a constant rate – and will continue to be for billions of years. In terms of financial costs, fossil fuel energy is only going to get more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more expensive. As the technology to harness wind energy and solar energy improves, this electricity is only going to get cheaper and cheaper to buy. Those who get in first have the advantage of having more money to invest in their own community and can do it now rather than later.
Third, there is enough in solar energy alone to meet the entire world's energy needs. Enough sunlight reaches the surface of the Earth in a matter of hours to meet the entire world's energy needs for an entire year. I could not believe this when I first read about it so I did the numbers myself. It was true. It is not that surprising when you consider that the sun's volume is 330,000 times the volume of our planet. You might remember those posters in primary school which showed Earth and other planets as dots. The sun was so big, only the edge of it could fit on one side of the poster. It can really, really look after us so long as we respect it.
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As I read Duper's comment, s/he is starting by saying "If everyone does this…". S/he is posing a hypothetical situation. It is not real, it is just a question to think about/imagine. Nowhere in his/her comment does s/he suggest everyone is doing it right now or even can. S/he is saying "what if". What if it actually does happen and, sometime down the track, it does happen? S/he is then asking about/suggesting the implications of that.
My comment addresses those implications. I am saying, okay, what if… what if it really does happen? I go all the way with that. What happens if the world does reach a point where it is feeding off the sun and the wind. Energy-wise, we can live and produce all our good and provide all our services in this way. If that were to happen some day, money? Are we going to worry about notes and coins or bank balances? What, do the sun and the wind come with cash registers or credit card machines or something..lol?
You may be right. There are places in the world with higher latitudes. I have looked at it though. Africa, Australia, South America and much of Europe, Asia and North America are at lower latitudes (i.e. closer to the equator) than Wildpoldsried. The sun is *more* powerful there! In short, there is enormous potential for Duper's scenario to actually come true – especially with **improvements** to technology. It just needs forethought, effort and time. If we keep going with those, we can (and have an obligation to our descendants) to get there.
August 25, 2011 at 8:42 am
Tom, the money argument is still valid because not every village, town or city is setup the same way. The 321% result in this one German town is not indicative of all German town's.
August 20, 2011 at 11:01 am
Good on them! They aren't complaining about the appearance of the windmills. They did it without debt. They didn't wait for the central government to come up with a plan, they took their own initiative and it succeeded. THIS is how it should be done every where.


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Re: Why arent more people copying Moe Norman's swing?
* I routinely play a fade. I aim off the left edge of the fairway, I expect a fade to the middle. A slight fade ends up on the left half, a more severe fade ends up right half. If I slice it, I'll go right rough. If I hit it straight, left rough; if I pull it, left junk. OK, fine.
* Switch it all up for a hook. Same thing, you may expect to be safe, have room for slight mishits, but your severe mishits can end up badly.
* What if I routinely hit it dead straight? I aim dead middle and expect to end up middle. If I hit a slight draw, left half; slight fade, right half. Pull or push, one rough or the other.
I fail to see why you SHOULD try to shape the ball as your matter of course. IMO, it comes down to, what do you do most consistently, and then you need to plan your shots and your alignment as such. Is being able to shape a ball an advantage? Absolutely. Do I believe 99% of amateurs need to? Hell no. Do I believe it inhibits people learning the simple, yet difficult and necessary, art of knowing how to strike a ball. Hell, yes.
The moral is: the most needed shot in golf is the one where you can simply aim at a target and hit it in that direction the proper distance. Whichever ball flight and shape you can do that with most consistently is the one you should play.
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Re: Why arent more people copying Moe Norman's swing?
Think about this for a second. If you tee off and expect a straight shot, the fairway is only as wide as it is. However, if you play a fade or a draw the fairway suddenly becomes a very wide thing indeed. The ball is coming in at an angle from the side and now you have a lot of margin of error. In effect, the fairway becomes as wide as it is long. If you draw it too much it's gonna be on the left side of the fairway. If you don't draw it enough, it's probably on the right side. I find it hard to miss as much with a draw because of the conscious effort to work the ball. I work it too much or not enough but I don't ever end up to the right and I don't usually miss by hitting a straight shot. It isn't a panacea and I miss plenty of things but I hit a lot more often than when I always went for a straight shot.
I'm not saying don't ever play a straight shot. I play straight shots a lot. But I can draw the ball (and actually my typical shot has a small draw in it) reliably since putting deliberate spin on the ball is easier than trying to not put any on it. If I'm trying to not put any on it there is a small target on the ball where it musty be struck. If I'm OK with putting spin on it then I'm setting up for a shot that is expecting that and if I miss I may put too little or too much but I have a larger window of error here. And since I'm going that way, I know for certain I won't miss the other way.
I agree, a fundamental golf swing that the golfer is conscious of and can self diagnose is the most important thing. I wouldn't worry about shaping a shot until a repeatable straight shot is burned in. For the advanced golfer though, I'd learn to hit a draw or fade and eventually both and use when needed. It makes the fairways super wide and allows you to attack the ball from a certain side making the ball target larger as well.
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Re: Why arent more people copying Moe Norman's swing?
Someone who doesn't shape the ball doesn't put "no spin" on the ball, they put "straight spin" on it. If someone told me that everyone's anatomy could more easily hit one shape vs. another, then I'd buy it. Otherwise, as I said before, it comes down to, what is your most reliable shot/flight and how you plan for it. I'm still unconvinced when someone says that this game is easier if you can 'always play a fade/draw,' or such. Further, while some shots may demand a curve to be 'great,' I feel like 99% of the shots I've ever faced could be executed 'very well' with something that flies straight.
I'm still of the belief that square contact/square impact should be the foundation of anyone's early learning. If you find you are consistently, consistently hitting a particular shape, fine, but I wouldn't recommend any mid/high-handicapper be worried too much about having an arsenal of shot shapes. I just don't think the return on that effort is rewarded in your score or is as universally applicable compared to working on chipping, putting, sand play, tee consistency, etc...
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Re: Why arent more people copying Moe Norman's swing?The answer to the original question is quite simple: Moe Norman either had severe obsessive-compulsive tendencies, or was an autistic savant. The only thing Moe was ever concerned with was his swing, and no one else has the time or the energy needed to perfect it.
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Re: Why arent more people copying Moe Norman's swing?This man is a genius!!
After watching the video clinics of Moe in this thread I went to the range to try it out. First 10 balls or so felt bizarre. Suddenly something clicked and it was magic! I have NEVER hit a ball so pure in my life! I thought I knew what a pure connection felt like, but I had no idea until now. You never even feel the ball on the face!
I've never had more fun golfing than I did tonight! Ball after ball after ball was straight and LOOOONG... 9-10 shots were DEAD straight, compared to 3-10 before, and I mean DEAD straight. Not a single slice or hook. At worst my poorest shots had a slide fade... Better yet, I have absolutely no pain in my back between my spine and right shoulder blade like I would normally get after hitting even 20 balls; and I blasted through 2 jumbo buckets tonight!! Also, as far as distance goes I'm normally happy to roll past the 150' tall trees at the back of the range(220ish from where I was standing).. Tonight I was hitting the trunks half-way up!
Genius. Incredible. Insane.
I've just found my swing. Wherever you are Moe, thank you!
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So most of us learned Hogans basic concepts within a couple of weeks - but none of us will most likely ever perfect it - same goes for Moes swing conecpt - its not difficult to understand and turn into practice - i would even say, its much easier to realize when you already know how to it a ball - but perfecting it - no, nobody has the time for that.
Funny thing - i´am experiementing with some elements of this swing in the last couple weeks. So about 2 weeks ago i was hitting balls on the range with an extremly wide upright stance and high hands and so on - obv. a bit "unusual" looking. Behind me on the range, some old guy trying to pick up the game hits crappy shots all over the place - he is "teached" by his wife/girlfriend whatever. So he seems to find some liking in what i´m doing and starts discussing with his "teacher". Just a couple seconds later i hear her saying: "Nah forget it - he is doing it all wrong" and starts critizing some of the very obv. things in my set up. I found this situation so amusing i started laughing, getting criticized by some +20hcpers who couldnt understand what i was doing, but beating on the "unconventional". I guess you would get that a lot if you would alter your swing outside the conventional way - but honestly, who cares, if you have the necessary confidence in yourself and your game.
I would like to add one more thing - since picking up elements of Moe´s swing and trying to incorperate them into my swing i´m just way more solid in my long game. I never was a good driver of the ball - i always sliced the heck out of it and hitting lots of fat shots with my irons, basically overnight it turned into a power fade with pretty much every club and these fat shots that have been plaguing me for so long are reduced heavily. I played today and hit a new personal best, missing only one fairway and hitting 73% GIR and the ones i missed only by a couple feet. Honestly, i have no idea what my ball striking makes so good in the last couple of weeks, but it started improving when i first read about this guy on this forum a couple weeks back.
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Re: Why arent more people copying Moe Norman's swing?I watched the link to the clinc by Moe and I wasn't that impressed (if he's what someone considers to be a good teacher, then I'd hate to see a bad one!). That isn't to say I don't believe Moe to have been the real deal and an amazing golfer, because he was, but I don't see where his swing or technique is intrensicly better than anyone elses? What impressed me by the clinic was a 70 year old man was able to hit a steady stream of balls for an hour pretty much the way he wanted (I have to admit that alone is a pretty strong endorsement for his swing). It was hard to see how well his shots went due to poor video quality, so I wasn't able to confim when he was saying his drives were going over 300 yards (maybe they were). But honestly what was it he was doing that is so dramatically different than from any other good professional level golfer? Lee Travino could and does the same thing all the time (put on a clinic and hit nothing but good shots for an hour). What I took away from the videos is that Moe was a guy who spent a lot of time on his game to the point of it being an obsession. But isn't that pretty much what every successful pro golfer does?
What I would really like to see are some videos of modern adherents to Moe's swing techniques and how they are able to put them into effect.
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I would like to start a dscusion on Moe Normans action. I say action delibately because thats what it was. Moe Norman wasent born with the ability to make a golf swing.In other words he wasent a natual but he found a way to swing the club successfully with a golf action.The handicapper swings the club with a golf action.The better players like low handicappers, three two scrach and pros, swing the club with a golf swing. Mow Norman was the only golfer in the history of the game that was successful at swinging the club with a golf action.Thats why what he did when he swung his club was cauld a secret. And if you understand what he did when he swing his club,you will know the secret to golf.Because it meens you can be successfull without being one of the two persent of all golfers that are born with the gift of beinig able to make a golf swing.Because I know what I know I can categorically say Moe Norman never past his secret on to nobody. And when you think about it why should he? It was the one and only thing that got him out of his bed in the mornig.The knolage that fifty milion are wrong and he was the only one that was right .....I can talk more about Moe Norman if you are interested
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12-12-2009, 07:50 PM #42Senior Member
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Pre heat is good.
By pre-stress I mean trying to anticipate the warping of a tube or plates your welding together and tacking them up with a slight bend in to them.
Sometimes I think to much ahead and my head is there before my legs and I end up with my head hitting the ground
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need some more ideas
well i thought the plates weren't warped all that bad but i'm wrong.
i tried flipping the plate over and bolting it down and then putting a bottle jack under the plate on the angle at the bottom of the frame and pressing it that way but doesn't seem to be doing anything in straightening the plate out. *shown in first picture*
I have one of the propane soldering torch would it be easier to heat the middle up with it to straighten it out? *shown in the 2nd picture*
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You won't get it nearly hot enough with that. Heck, those things barely get hot enough to sweat 3/4" copper.
There are two ways to deal with distortion. You can be proactive or reactive. Since the crooked ship has already set sail, you are relegated to being reactive, unless you decide to scrap it and start again.
Unfortunately, undoing distortion is a lot more difficult than preventing it. Now that everything is welded together, you have a structure that is statically indeterminate to the unteenth degree. As they said with the "every action has a reaction" statement, any load you place at any point in any direction will cause some deflection everywhere. The key to being able to straighten distortion is knowing where to bend so to maximize the desired deflection and cancel unwanted deflection.
It's like chess, or Rubik's cube, or tuning a piano, the first move may make things worse, but it's the sum of all the moves that determines where you end up, and you have to think a half dozen moves ahead.
One option is the use of a porta power. It's a real lifesaver. But in all honesty, it will be much easier for you to start over and be proactive in distortion control than it will be for you to learn frame straightening from scratch.
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Seems, as your tool arsenal is a little light, do you have a hacksaw? If so go back to post # 9, see how I said to heat shrink those tubes? Well now take your hacksaw and cut that red area out! Well not that much! But cut a small one-sided wedge out of the tubes and force the middle of the table frame down.
If you can get around someone who has an O/A torch Ill show you how to straighten that plate, but the propane torch wont touch it!Caution!
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Let this table serve as one of life's lessons regarding welding.
Yea, there are probably a few on here that could "straighten" that table out, but it still isn't going to be right.
You'll find that when a project isn't "started correctly", it seldom comes out well. Plus, you're fighting yourself at every turn. When a phase of a project (say attaching the legs) doesn't go as you expect, STOP, fix the error and then proceed. Framing square, heavy clamps, and lots of good tacks are a welder's best friends.
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Of the dozen or so projects I made in the last year or so since I've started welding, there are only a few that I haven't had to do twice. On about half of them, I buggered them up fairly close to the finish and pushed through thinking that it's good enough. Then, about a month of looking at some cockeyed angle, or misplaced hole drives me nuts and I cut it up and do it again.
what I normaly do is set the loader bucket down on it.
What was the final outcome? Were you able to fix the table or did you build another?
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i have an expensive 4x8 11 ga. welding table frame sitting in the corner holding a cold saw because i put too much heat in it when welding and it warped. sucks but i learned a le$$on. getting by on a junker table until i find a good deal on a Acorn or Weldsale table.


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A lot of people love this recipe. Some do not. I think it is really good. You don't need to add any extra flour to the recipe. I will admit the batter is a bit more slack than a lot of people are used to. Use a 1-ounce metal cookie scooper and you will have no problem with the dough. Use a fork dipped in water to make the criss-cross design. I did refrigerate some of the dough after scooping it and I found that it is actually easier to get a more uniform, pretty criss-cross design if you do it straight from the bowl without chilling. The chilled dough did work okay, but it did crack on the sides and I had to push the sides together to make a uniform circle. Also, check you oven temperature. You cannot go by the time given. Everyone's oven is different. I baked mine at 350 degrees for 11 minutes and they were underdone and delicate/broke apart. But, I baked a second batch for 16 minutes and they are perfect. They don't fall apart and are still soft in the center and crisp on the edges with nice color. I bake professionally for an upscale private club and none of our recipes have time listed. You have to be able to tell when it's done by how it looks and feels. Baking can be tempermental. Mixing methods, ingredients, environment, humidity, and a whole host of other things affect your recipe. The same recipe can come out differently every time if you don't pay attention to things like the weather, brands, heavy footfalls, etc.
Okay, I signed up for this site, just so I can give my review of these cookies. I own a deli and bake cookies for it all the time. There are so many other incredible better peanut butter cookie recipes out there. These were pasty and didn't have a strong peanut butter flavor at all, even though I was a little generous in measuring the peanut butter. I'm going back to my recipe that I have tweaked to perfection. I thought with 200 ratings on this recipe, that these would have been fantastic. I was sorely disappointed. :(
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MMM, delicious!! How do I even begin to rave about these? A great, strong, peanut butter flavor, and perfectly soft and chewy. I've never had a peanut butter cookie so wonderful, and everyone in my family thought they were absolutely the best ever. When I was making them, I was a bit worried at first, because the batter looked quite soupy - almost like a pure, creamy peanut butter - But dont worry, they turn out! Also, I accidently really burnt the bottom of my first batch. It worked best for me to put them on the top shelf in the oven, and to take them out at 7 minutes and 45 seconds (the bottom edge looks slightly brown - but don't wait for the top to brown too much or the bottom will burn). They are a bit crumbly at first, so you may not think they are done. But once they cool, trust me! You'll be amazed. MMMM. 10 stars. Oh- Also, don't half the recipe, You'll be sorry you did. Make the entire amount called for in the recipe. :)
These are just delicious. What makes them so is that there is twice as much peanut butter as butter - -most peanut butter cookies recipes call for equal amounts of both. Great recipe Joey!
Great texture! Cheap PB works - but you can taste the difference when you use good the quality, rich stuff. Skip the milk...not needed, and I also added a little more flour (1/4 C). Good consistency to roll into balls, then flatten with fork. Try to stay away from dipping the fork in flour first - doesn't help much, and adds unnecessary flour. If your fork sticks to the dough - you probably need to add a LITTLE more flour. If you've added the extra flour - and want to keep your cookies chewy, then take them out of the oven a 1-2 minutes early - then before they completely cool, place them in an air-tight container.
This is a keeper. My roommate, who doesn't like sweet cookies, flipped for these cookies. Perfect texture: thick, soft, and crunchy (I used extra crunchy processed PB). I like cookies a little sweeter; adding 1/8 cup extra granulated sugar will make them sweeter and just a tad bit crisper. I tried several different baking pans. They came out perfectly on heavy, shiny, stainless steel sheets. I made them bigger than the dinky tablespoon drop called for in the recipe and baked for 15 mins. Those who are finding them undercooked are probably using insulated baking sheets. Those who are burning the bottoms too easily are probably using the regular nonstick pans you find everywhere. It's all about the sheets. You might also try moving the pan nearer the top of the oven and baking a little longer. The dough is really sticky; chilling helps a little. I didn't add more flour but just settled for irregular edges.
This is the BEST peanut butter cookie recipe I have ever made in my life. They are not dry like most peanut butter cookies, very peanut buttery. I actually improved on it by adding about 3 small bags of Reese's Pieces to the dough, and instead of flattening with a fork, I flattened them with the bottom of a glass dipped in flour. Suprisingly, the Reese's Pieces held their shape. Oh so good! If you love PB the way my husband does, you must try this recipe. Definately a keeper!!!
Wow! They are the best! I didn't use quite a cup of peanut butter because it just looked like too much, but they were fantastic! The dough was very fluffy (I used my Kitchenaid mixer), but workable. I rolled them in sugar and made the traditional criscross design.
Make a double batch if you're a cookie lover!
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Anja advises people to look closely at their own home. "If it's a brand new house, you need to combine it with something old, so that you can see that it's a new house," Anja suggests. "Break straight lines by adding in round shapes. Take old wood and introduce patina, and you bring in new senses to the house," says Anja.
Anja appreciates the changeable speaker covers on BeoVision 10 that come in a variety of colours.
When designing a space, designer Hans Blomquist prefers taking an individualist approach.
"I think a home becomes inspiring when it has a personal touch," says Hans. "When people aren't chasing trends seen in a magazine, they instead add style and objects that they personally love. The outcome is something authentic."
Hans believes that a personal home is more inviting and pleasant to visit, because it ignites curiosity among visitors, while at the same time showcasing the personal taste of the individuals dwelling there.
Elisa Ossino is a luminary in Italy's celebrated interior design circles.
A trained architect, she delights in the world of contemporary art. In particular, the genre of installation art holds a special place in her imagination, for its power to change one's perception of space.
"I also feed on modern theatre. The scenography of a performance can be so vibrant and yet utilitarian and simple. I find ideas there that can help stage a beautiful, fluid home," says Elisa Ossino.
"When I style a space with BeoVision 10, I consider using older objects around it, like a vintage camera. BeoVision 10 has a modernity that contrasts beautifully with older, geometrical shapes. I prefer pure forms, and also a comfortable sofa," laughs Elisa.
Every element of the television is painstakingly crafted to give its owner an arresting viewing experience. One that delivers chills up the spine. The black glass square, framed by a slender polished aluminium frame, creates the sensation of pictures floating on glass. The LED-based LCD screen offers razor-sharp images deep enough to walk into. The transition to the taut fabric of the speaker cabinet is quiet as a whisper. Altogether, the striking materials and capabilities of BeoVision 10 help to ignite the imagination, even turned off.
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Flat-screen televisions are notoriously criticized for delivering poor sound performance, due to the lack of space for decent speakers. The tonmeisters and sound engineers at Bang & Olufsen worked around that dilemma by allotting extra space for the speaker unit in BeoVision 10. The two-way, custom-built speaker and bass units are positioned discreetly below the screen, covered by a vibrant fabric that is replaceable and available in a range of striking colours.
What you hear out of BeoVision 10 makes the hills come alive with the sound of music. The system is so impressive, it is possible to use BeoVision 10 as a home stereo system. Feed music to your television through your Apple TV via your computer and AirPlay-enabled devices such as iPod, iPhone or iPad, and fill your space with popping playlists to fit your mood.
Let BeoVision 10 stir your senses, even when you are not watching a thing.
Click, beep, snap. Your Bang & Olufsen remote can turn a sofa into a den of Zen, controlling things like your Apple TV, PlayStation, set-top box, DVD and much more.
Consider your BeoVision 10 as the nerve centre of your smart-home, connecting all of the technology dots.
Use your Bang & Olufsen remote to control all of your technology, including the newest products from Apple.
Bang & Olufsen believes in simple luxuries that make our lives more organised, effortless and clutter-free. This is why we passionately endorse a 'one remote' philosophy, because of the extraordinary convenience it enables. Click, beep, snap. Your Bang & Olufsen remote can turn a sofa into a den of Zen, controlling things like your Apple TV, PlayStation, set-top box, DVD, Blu-ray players, loudspeakers, the lighting and much more. If you have the Master Link Gateway unit, you can extend the feeling of luxury by controlling your entire home environment through your remote.
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Bang & Olufsen has taken the lead in enabling our products to connect with equipment from other brands, such as your game stations. Your Bang & Olufsen remote can control your Microsoft Xbox, Sony PlayStation, Blu-ray player, satellite receiver or another box of your choice. With your remote, it is a breeze to turn on a game console, without ever leaving the sofa, and you will forever be free from the clutter of multiple remotes.
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The television measures the characteristics of the incoming signal and the ambient lighting in the room, and it adapts the picture accordingly. Enhanced picture processing and Vision Clear technology give you a true-to-life image.
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Smart and Cool - The Art of Air Conditioning
Common misconceptions can contribute to a home environment that is too cold, too hot, or too humid.
If you're confused about how to get an air conditioning system to work well, you are not alone. Last October, builders loaded with questions showed up for a talk I gave at the Energy and Environmental Building Association (EEBA) conference. Most of the builders' questions were about their own homes—the ones they live in. Some complained that they were blasted with cold air when the air conditioning unit was on; others complained that the house was uncomfortably humid. We started talking about why oversized air conditioners cause both of these problems—and also why the situation is worse now than it was in 1995, when Home Energy published "Bigger Is Not Better." During that discussion last October, builders vented strong frustrations over the numerous problems they've experienced in their attempts to get their customers and their HVAC contractors to understand the advantages of properly sized air conditioners.These frustrations and questions are not at all unique to this group of builders; I get these types of questions at every presentation I give.
Homeowner Misconceptions
What follows are some of the misconceptions and questions that persist about air conditioning systems, as well as my responses to them. (For a review of cooling terminology, see "Key Cooling Terms," p. 50.)
"My friend got a new air conditioner that was smaller than the one she had before. It runs all the time, and that's a problem." Here is a related question: Is it more economical to hop in an eight-cylinder SUV and go 1 mile, racing each block and stopping at every corner, or to hop in a six-cylinder car and drive 1 mile on the freeway from one entrance ramp the next exit? In term of gas mileage, pollution, and economics, the answer is clear:The single acceleration onto the freeway is much better than the stop and start of the city driving.
The situation is the same for air conditioners. Larger air conditioners start and stop all the time; they waste your precious money and contribute excessively to pollution. These problems all stem from the fact that whenever an air conditioner starts up, it is very inefficient.Once you have it running, you want it to keep running as long as you can.The air conditioner's "gas mileage" is measured in 1,000 Btu per kilowatt hour. Let's call that figure electricity mileage.The electricity mileage of the air conditioner gets better the longer it runs (see Figure 1). The simple fact is that larger air conditioners run very short cycles, with worse electricity mileage, than smaller units.
"A bigger air conditioner will make me more comfortable." Unfortunately, the intuitive way to achieve comfort—put in a bigger air conditioner—is incorrect. Instead, comfort comes from an air conditioning system that keeps the inside humidity low, distributes the cooling to all rooms of the house based on what each room needs, is quiet, and does not produce blasts of cold air.
Homeowners from West Texas to the California coast live in a dry climate.They generally only have to worry about how much the air conditioner lowers the temperature measured by the thermostat (the dry bulb temperature). The ability of an air conditioner to lower dry bulb temperature is known as sensible capacity.
Homeowners in the rest of the United States, and in particular western microclimates, have to worry about the amount of moisture the outside air brings into the home.When it is hot and humid outside, the air entering the building is cooled, but unless moisture is removed from the incoming air, the indoor relative humidity rises, often making a home feel damp and uncomfortable.
A standard thermostat does not measure the amount of moisture in the home. So setting the thermostat lower does not ensure comfort. What we need in the hot-humid climates is to remove moisture.
Can an air conditioner do that? Yes and no. Air conditioners almost always remove some moisture from the air, and that moisture stays on the inside coil. (The ability of an air conditioner to remove moisture is known as latent capacity.) But in order to remove a significant amount of moisture, the air conditioner must run long enough for the condensed water to run off the coil and down the condensate drain. For a coil that is starting dry, this can be as long as 10 to 20 minutes. A short run time— which is what larger air conditioners generally provide—fails to remove sufficient moisture in a wet climate. An air conditioner connected so that the blower turns on and off with the compressor provides the most moisture removal. In addition, moisture removal improves dramatically when the compressor runs longer (see Figure 2). Smaller air conditioners will run longer and do a better job of removing moisture than larger units.The effect of running the blower all the time (an increasing practice) is dramatic as well—in a very different way. Under continuous blower operation, moisture removal is zero until the compressor is running over 13 minutes every time it comes on. Most compressor runs are less than 10 minutes.
"Are you saying that running the blower continuously is a bad idea?" You bet! First of all, running the blower continuously will cost you big time. In Wisconsin, for example, running a standard blower year-round will cost you an additional 3,560 kWh ($365 at 10¢/kWh) just to pay for running the blower. On top of that, running the blower all the time increases duct system losses.The outside air leakage into the house increases by a factor of four in many houses when the blower is on. This brings hot moist air into your home in the summer, and cold air into your home in the winter.
"A bigger air conditioner doesn't cost that much more." If your contractor is offering to upsize your air conditioner for very little more, he or she is cutting corners that will cost you comfort and money. A larger air conditioner requires a larger furnace (air handler) and larger ductwork.Without proper ducts and a proper furnace, the air conditioner will be noisy and inefficient.
Furthermore, it is more difficult to install the larger ductwork to get proper flow to every room.The larger furnace has a larger blower motor that uses more energy. There is significant increase in blower energy consumption when a 4-ton air handler is used instead of a 3-ton air handler in otherwise identical homes (see Figure 3).
"Any new air conditioner is as good as any other." Most residential air conditioners consist of an outdoor unit and an indoor unit. The outdoor unit consists of the compressor, the condenser coil, and the outside fan. The indoor unit consists of an inside coil on a furnace (air handler).These components are shipped from the factory, and final assembly takes place at your home.The outdoor unit is joined to the inside coil by a set of copper lines that carry the refrigerant to and from the inside coil. Builders or homeowners who look only to the lowest bid are pretty much guaranteed to get what we call a business as usual installation.These installations are fast and cheap, but they result in a number of problems.Those problems include
• too much or too little refrigerant;
• low air flow through the inside coil;
• ducts that leak over 20% of the air they carry;
• low-quality brazed joints that leak refrigerant;
• refrigerant contaminated with air, moisture, oxidation, and particles; and
• callbacks, warranty costs, and frustrated customers.
It is worth paying extra to have a duct system that is tested and shown to have less than 10% leakage (a new duct system should be built and tested to leak less than 6%). It's also worthwhile to have the installation commissioned and
verified. These two steps alone will produce an average energy savings of 24%–35%, depending on the local climate and on air conditioner usage.
"If I'm not comfortable, it's the HVAC contractor's fault." A contractor's ability to make a homeowner comfortable is severely limited by the performance of the house and by the willingness of the builder or homeowner to pay for a high-quality installation.
In some ways, buildings have gotten much better over the last 15 years. Insulation is more common, low solar heat gain roofs are available, and newer, highefficiency glass can block much of the heat gain during the summer. In many homes, 50% or more of the heat gain at the hottest part of the day comes through the windows.When low solar heat gain windows are used, the air conditioner can often be downsized by as much as 1 ton.
None of these improvements has reduced the amount of moisture generated in the home or the amount of moisture entering the home with outside air.As the heat gain through walls, roofs, and windows is reduced, moisture removal becomes a larger and larger part of the cooling load. Simply put, if you live in a leaky house, most thermal improvements will make your house more susceptible to moisture problems. Therefore reducing house air leakage is a very high priority in moist climates.
"My contractor can tell what size air conditioner I need just by calculating the floor area." If you let the contractor use this method, he will probably oversize your air conditioner by a ton or more. In order to use the floor area method, contractors have to deal with all the differences between homes by always installing large air conditioners. This means that your new air conditioner will do a poor job of removing moisture, will have low air flow across the inside coil, will be noisy, will cost you more to purchase, and will increase your utility bill for 15 to 20 years.
Contractor Misconceptions
It's not just the homeowners who are confused. Here is the contractors' side of the equation.
"Customers will not pay for quality; they want the biggest air conditioner for the least money." There will always be customers—and builders, too—who just want the lowest price. However, there is a growing recognition that smaller air conditioners do a better job of dehumidification, and that better installations save energy and money. Installation specifications are being enforced in some states and are under consideration by EPA for Energy Star products.
One of the biggest hurdles you will face is finding a way to convince the customer that you are doing a better job than your competitors. Some of the most exciting results we have seen involve contractors who take pride in doing a better job and are comfortable with ethical third-party verification to their customers.These contractors refuse to sell business as usual jobs. They are paid for their higher value, have high customer satisfaction, and experience very few callbacks and warranty calls.
"If I use ACCA Manual J, I have to use higher outdoor temperatures than they specify and lower indoor temperatures than they specify.And I have to add a fudge factor at the end just to make sure there is enough cooling." This is a very common misunderstanding among contractors. To figure out whether Manual J produces load estimates that are too small, we monitored homes in three states.We found that, on average, the actual sensible load was two-thirds of what Manual J estimated. This means that Manual J actually overestimates a home's air conditioning needs. Simply put, if the contractor uses Manual J without any fudge factors and selects an air conditioner to just meet the sensible and moisture removal loads, the air conditioner will be properly sized. In addition, it will provide good comfort even when the weather is scorching hot.
"Customers want air conditioners that are oversized." Customers depend on the expertise of contractors in selecting an air conditioner.Yet contractors generally size air conditioners at least 1/2 ton larger than necessary and often oversize them by 1 ton or more. Even the most conscientious contractor is driven to avoid callbacks (or even lawsuits). If the air conditioning system isn't working properly (duct leaks, improper flow across the coils, improper charge), an oversized air conditioner can mask the problem. Unfortunately, many customers think that bigger is better, so in a competitive situation, the contractor who proposes a properly sized unit may lose the bid. Contractors are hesitant to adopt an unfamiliar method of sizing when the methods they have developed over the years have served them well—"I've done it this way for 30 years and I've never had a complaint." It is no surprise, then, that air conditioners are oversized. However, the advantages of a properly sized air conditioner are so large that these barriers need to be overcome. Customers pay a price for oversized air conditioners and, in many climates, lose comfort as well.
"The new air conditioners with two-speed compressors, variable-speed blowers, and ECM motors will eliminate humidity and air flow problems. On top of that, they use less power and the customer can use a constant fan." Multispeed units step down to a lower capacity so that they run longer. This helps with moisture removal. The variable-speed blowers can also be controlled to lower air flow when the humidity is high—a feature that helps to remove moisture. However, there are real limits on what these machines can do. Even under the most favorable moisture removal conditions, if the indoor humidity is to be held at 50%, the latent load cannot exceed 25% of the total cooling load. When these electrically commutated motors (ECM) are faced with restrictive ducts, filters, and other paraphernalia, they are controlled to spin faster and work harder in an attempt to maintain the air flow.To do this, they increase their power draw.When the work gets too hard—above 0.8 inches of water column (IWC)—they give up and may burn out.The watt draw of a standard permanent split capacitor (PSC) motor doesn't change much in relation to changing air flow, while the watt draw of the ECM increases sharply as it attempts to maintain air flow (see Figure 4, p. 49).
It is important to realize that the efficiency gains of two-speed machines occur primarily on low speed. When the temperature is very hot, two-speed machines may not be better (and may sometimes be worse) than single-speed 13-SEER or higher machines. This occurs when the two-speed machines run on their less efficient high speed (see Figure 5). It is imperative that a two-speed air conditioner runs on its low speed almost all of the time. Duct losses and poor installation can cause these units to run on high speed more than they should, robbing customers of the high efficiency they paid for.
Ways Contractors Can Control Moisture
The primary actions to control moisture in homes in moist or wet climates are as follows:
• Reduce air leakage into the house through the building shell.
• Provide controlled and adequate ventilation through mechanical means.
• Eliminate duct leaks to and from outside. Duct leaks cause moist air to be drawn in from outside.
• Reduce internal moisture sources as much as possible. Use vent fans in areas where moisture is generated, such as bathrooms and kitchens.
• Reduce heat gains to the return ducts by placing them within the building envelope or (if you have to put them in the attic) by reducing their surface area and insulating them well.
• Use the smallest air conditioner that will meet Manual J estimated loads.
• Reduce the cooling blower speed to 300–350 CFM per ton.
The secondary actions to control moisture in homes in moist or wet climates are:
• Precondition (dehumidify) the ventilation air by using an energy recovery ventilator or a dehumidifier on the incoming air.
• Add a dehumidifier.
Recommendations for Customers
There are many contractors who would like to do the job right."I love to do houses but only if we can do them properly. I try to work inexpensively, but not cheaply." (One contractor's response in a Florida Solar Energy Center survey). If you are purchasing air conditioning equipment, here is what you should do:
• Give the contractor the Recommendations for Contractors listed below and insist that the contractor follow those recommendations.
• If the contractor wants to size by floor area, find another contractor.
• Insist on a copy of the calculations (or computer inputs and outputs)—even if you don't understand them.
• Be willing to pay for the time the contractor must spend to do the job right. Don't take the lowest bid.
Recommendations for Contractors
To offer your customers the most energy-efficient and problem-free air conditioner, observe the following:
• Calculate the sensible and latent loads for each installation using ACCA Manual J or equivalent.
• Use design outdoor conditions and daily temperature range exactly for your exact location per Manual J or ASHRAE Handbook of Fundamentals. If this isn't possible, use the data for the closest location with a similar climate.
• Use standard 75°F design indoor temperature.
• Pay great attention to window type, material, and interior shading.An error in this area can throw off the window heat gain estimate by as much as 100%.
• Always account for the effect of the overhang shading. This is one of the most efficient load reduction measures.
• Calculate infiltration rate depending on the airtightness of the building, based on blower door measurements. While you are at it, measure the duct leakage and fix it when the air conditioner is installed.
• Calculate the latent load based on the number of people in the building and the outdoor air humidity ratio.Do not use a "typical" multiplier (neither 1.3 nor any other) to calculate the total load from the sensible load.
• Calculate ventilation load (latent and sensible) when mechanical ventilation is used.
• Select equipment based on the manufacturer's detailed performance data. Do not rely on the nominal tonnage at 95ºF outside.
Coil Matching
Correctly match the indoor evaporator coil to the outdoor coil for the system, according to the manufacturer's specifications or Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) standards.
Brazing, Leak Testing, and Evacuation
• Purge refrigerant lines and indoor coil with inert gas during brazing, to prevent oxidation.
• Prior to start-up, evacuate systems to 500 microns or less.
• Isolate the system from the vacuum pump and let sit for at least five minutes. The micron gauge should not raise more than 300 microns above the initial vacuum level.
Air Flow
• Measure air flow using the pressurematching method, the flow grid method, or a method with equivalent accuracy.
• Verify that air flow is be at least 350 CFM per ton in dry climates and at least 300 CFM per ton in moist or wet climates, when measured through a wet coil (unless the manufacturer specifies a lower air flow for the local design conditions). Air flow must meet these criteria before refrigerant charge tests.
Refrigerant Charge
Verify refrigerant charge using the superheat method or subcooling method. When weather conditions make this impossible, the charge may be weighed in.The charge adjustment must be calculated based on the differences between the standard coil and the installed coil, and between the standard lineset and the installed lineset.
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Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Jay Rosehill scored what proved to be the game- winner in the second period as the Philadelphia Flyers hung on for a 5-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday.
Brayden Schenn, Luke Schenn, Simon Gagne and Jakub Voracek all scored for the Flyers, who are riding a season-high four-game winning streak.
Ilya Bryzgalov stopped 25 shots to help Philadelphia end a five-game losing skid on the road and keep the team in the thick of the playoff chase.
With 37 points, the Flyers are two points back of the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference.
"I'm just trying to make an impact here and I'm real happy with the way things went tonight," said Rosehill. "This was a big win for us tonight because we have some work to do to get in the playoffs."
James van Riemsdyk, John-Michael Liles and Nikolai Kulemin all scored for the Maple Leafs, who had a three-game winning streak stopped. James Reimer gave up four goals on 30 shots in the loss.
"I felt like I was hanging in there and making some big saves, but they got a couple in," said Reimer. "It was a weird game out there tonight and things just don't go your way sometimes."
Toronto has 44 points and sits in the sixth playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
The Flyers got on the board just 1:19 in when Erik Gustafsson's hard pass from the high slot was deflected into the net by Gagne in front for his fourth of the year.
Toronto got it back two minutes later as a shot from the right point by Dion Phaneuf saw the rebound shot in by Kulemin.
It was a 2-1 game in the Maple Leafs' favor with 3:14 to play in the first period after Liles' slap shot from the left point found the back of the net, but the Flyers tied the game two minutes later as Sean Couturier sent a sweep pass from the left wing to the right of the net where Voracek was all alone for the slam dunk.
Philly took a 3-2 lead just 54 seconds into the second period when Brayden Schenn picked off a pass in the Toronto zone and wristed it home from the low slot for his seventh of the year.
The Flyers made it a 4-2 game with 4:07 to play in the middle stanza after a slap shot from Couturier at the left point hit off of Rosehill and went past Reimer for his first of the season.
Van Riemsdyk snapped a 10-game goalless drought 6:14 into the third to make it a one-goal game as he accepted a pass from Phaneuf at the right side of the net and spun around before lifting the puck over Bryzgalov.
The Leafs couldn't get the tying goal, though, and Luke Schenn sealed the victory with the empty-netter.
Toronto plays in New Jersey on Saturday ... The Flyers continue their three-
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Toronto had won the other two games this season between the two clubs ...
Toronto winger Joffrey Lupul left the game in the first period with an upper
body injury. Toronto head coach Randy Carlyle said after the game that Lupul
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10 Actors Who Died Before Their Final Film Was Released
For many actors, their work in film and television makes them immortal. Long after they've passed away, they enter our lives as entertainment when we pop in a Blu Ray or turn on Netflix. Not only is it hard to sometimes remember that these stars are gone, but that several of them died before their last film even hit theaters