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Mission Type: Rover
Launch Vehicle: TBD
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
NASA Center: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Project Manager: John B. McNamee
Principal Scientists: Dave Beaty
Total Cost: The budget for this mission is contingent on future appropriations.
Building on the success of Curiosity's landing, NASA has announced plans for a new robotic science rover set to launch in 2020. This announcement affirms the agency's commitment to a bold exploration program that meets our nation's scientific and human exploration objectives.
The proposed 2020 rover mission is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the red planet. Designed to advance high-priority science goals for Mars exploration, the mission would address key questions about the potential for life on Mars. The mission would also provide opportunities to gather knowledge and demonstrate technologies that address the challenges of future human expeditions to Mars.
The mission would take advantage of a favorable launch opportunity in 2020 when Earth and Mars are in advantageous positions in their orbits for a Mars landing. That means that it would take less power to get to Mars relative to other times when Earth and Mars are in different positions in their orbits around the sun. The highly capable rover would be based on NASA's successful Mars Science Laboratory mission architecture, including its Curiosity rover and proven landing system, to keep mission costs and risks as low as possible.
The budget for this mission is contingent on future appropriations. The project will assess options for infusing new capabilities through investments by NASA's Space Technology Program, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, and contributions from international partners.
Studying Mars' Habitability and Preparing for Future Human Missions
Following established processes of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, the science planning process has begun with the establishment of a science definition team, which is tasked to outline the mission's objectives and the strategies to achieve them, including developing a realistic surface operations scenario, suggestions for threshold science measurements that would meet the proposed objectives, and a proof-of-concept instrument suite. NASA's plans include openly competing the opportunity for the mission's specific payload and science instruments.
The mission design would respond to recommendations found in the National Research Council's 2011 Planetary Science Decadal Survey, as well as findings of the Mars Program Planning Group, established to assist NASA in planning the future of Mars exploration.
Relying on Innovative Technologies
The mission will rely on prior technological innovations, especially for entry, descent, and landing. As successfully demonstrated by the Mars Science Laboratory mission, the spacecraft would use a guided entry, descent, and landing system, which includes a parachute, descent vehicle, and, during the final seconds prior to landing, an approach called a "skycrane maneuver" for lowering the rover on a tether to the surface. This landing system represents a huge step in Mars surface science and exploration capability because it provides the ability to land a very large, heavy rover on the surface of Mars in a more precise landing area.
The rover design would also enable a Curiosity-class, long-range mobility system on the surface of the red planet (5-20 kilometers or about 3 to 12 miles) for the investigation of diverse rocks and soils, and potentially other studies.
Mars 2020 Science Definition Team Report Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is the purpose of the Mars 2020 mission?
A: NASA appointed a Mars 2020 Science Definition Team in January 2013 to propose objectives and capabilities for this mission. The team envisions a mission that would explore the geology of a once habitable site, seek signs of past life, fill a returnable cache with the most compelling samples, and demonstrate technology for future human exploration of Mars. These goals include deciphering the geological history of the landing site and determining whether past environmental conditions were favorable for microbial life and for preserving signs of life, had it existed. The search for signs of past life would combine two independent yet complementary strategies. The rover would use its own instruments on Mars for visual, mineralogical and chemical analysis down to a microscopic scale to identify candidate features that may have been formed by past life. It would also collect and package a carefully selected set of samples for possible return to Earth by a future mission, which would enable a broad range of investigations and more definitive analysis by laboratories on Earth. As proposed by the team, the mission would also demonstrate technologies for advancing toward human missions to Mars.
Setting science goals is a crucial step in developing a mission to Mars. Based on input from the Science Definition Team, NASA will select final objectives for the 2020 rover. Those will become the basis for soliciting proposals to provide instruments for the rover's science payload in the fall of 2013.
Q: How is this mission an advance beyond what Curiosity is doing?
A: Like other missions in NASA's Mars Exploration Program, the 2020 mission would take the next logical step in pursuit of the science strategy for "Seeking the Signs of Life". This mission would build upon what Curiosity and earlier missions have accomplished, while taking the science and technology to the next levels. NASA's Spirit and Opportunity rovers were sent a decade ago to seek evidence about past watery environments on Mars, and they succeeded. Curiosity landed last year to seek evidence about past conditions that were favorable for life, and it has already succeeded. The next logical step in investigating whether Mars has ever supported life is to go to a promising landing site, study the rocks there, and seek possible signs of past life. To do this, the 2020 rover as proposed by the Science Definition Team would carry a different and more advanced set of science instruments than Curiosity carries, its drill would extract cores rather than blended powder from rocks, and it would collect and package samples for possible future return to Earth. The instrument payload will be selected through a competitive process, ensuring the best possible measurements to meet the mission objectives. In addition, many sites of particularly high scientific interest could become accessible for the first time because of advances in landing technology.
NASA does plan to re-use much of the design and engineering of the Curiosity rover and the Mars Science Laboratory flight system that put Curiosity on Mars with a sky crane landing. This should ensure mission costs and risks are as low as possible while delivering an inherently capable system well-matched to the mission objectives. Technological advances under consideration for the 2020 mission could include ways to target the landing even more precisely and a step toward making use of natural resources at Mars in support of future human explorers.
Q: Are we ready to carry out a search for past life on Mars?
A: The Mars 2020 mission concept does not presume that life ever existed on Mars. The search for potential signs of past life is one step in testing whether it did or not, albeit a very challenging one. Answering the question either way would be important. Given recent findings that past conditions on some parts of Mars were favorable for microbial life, we should begin the difficult endeavor of seeking the signs of life. Even if no signs of life are discovered, we would make significant progress in understanding the circumstances of early life existing on Earth and the possibilities of extraterrestrial life. If the Mars 2020 Science Definition Team's objectives are adopted, the 2020 rover would examine whether past environmental conditions were favorable to have supported microbial life and also whether they were favorable for preserving clues about life, if any existed. Beyond that, it would check at a microscopic level for potential visual, mineralogical and chemical signs of past life.
Q: What would the 2020 rover actually measure to achieve its objective?
The Science Definition Team proposes that the 2020 rover have capabilities for context imaging and mineralogy, as well as microscopic-scale imaging, mineralogy, elemental chemistry and organic chemistry. The capability for examining the mineralogic composition of samples at microscopic scale would be unprecedented for a mission to Mars. The search for potential signs of past life could use assessments of textures, shapes, mineralogy, organic-matter content, and possibly elemental chemistry at the scale of individual grains within a sample. Such measurements are needed to detect features regarded as potential signs of past microbial life. Examples of potential signs of past life that these capabilities might detect, if present, include preserved cellular structures, mineral structures created biologically, and organic-chemical structures that characterize life forms. Such detections on Mars could be suggestive of past life, but would almost certainly require additional investigations (including return of samples from Mars).
The scientific significance of any potential sign of past life comes not only from the probability of life having produced it, but also from the improbability of non-biological processes producing it.
Q: Why is caching samples for possible return to Earth so important?
A: Caching scientifically selected Martian samples for future return to Earth was identified as the top-priority large mission for the coming decade in a survey of planetary scientists completed for the National Research Council in 2011. This conclusion is consistent with previous decadal surveys and separate NRC reports.
When returned to Earth, cached samples could be examined using state-of-the-art analytical instrumentation, unconstrained by spacecraft restrictions on mass, size, power, preconceived concepts of the needed flight instruments, sample handling/processing constraints, or other factors. Various kinds of scientific investigation would be enabled only by the return of samples. In research related to the possibility of extraterrestrial life, if there are definitive signs of life in the rocks from Mars, the most likely way to confirm them would be investigation in laboratories on Earth. A series of such investigations in Earth laboratories on these carefully selected Martian samples could be conducted at ultimately much lower cost, in much less time, and with much greater fidelity than on Mars. No robotic mission can match the depth and sensitivity of analysis that can be done on samples in Earth laboratories.
Returned samples could also remain available for future generations of science instrumentation using capabilities non-existent today. One example of this is the Apollo samples from Earth's moon. Researchers are still making wonderful discoveries on those samples decades after the huge initial science return and the leap in our understanding of the moon after return of these samples.
Q: When would the samples be returned to Earth?
A: When and how Mars samples might be returned to Earth is a decision to be made in the future. Caching by the Mars 2020 mission would not compel the subsequent steps needed for returning the samples to Earth, but it would accomplish a required first step and would demonstrate how samples at other sites on Mars could be selected and cached in the future, if needed. Information that the 2020 rover's instruments would provide about the mission's cached samples would help inform future missions, including the value of returning the cached sample, or even caching a different set of samples. The Mars Program Planning Group in 2012 studied different architectures for obtaining samples from Mars-one of which involved sampling at different sites before commencing a retrieval mission. A retrieval mission could occur as early as the mid-2020s or wait until the 2030s. Such timing would be determined by future budget availability and the technology capabilities that are developed in the coming years. The results from Curiosity's continuing mission, not to mention the 2020 mission, along with those from the MAVEN and ExoMars missions, may influence planning for when or whether to return the first samples cached on Mars.
Q: How would the Mars 2020 mission get NASA closer to sending humans to Mars?
A: NASA intends to send humans to the Mars system by the 2030s, and the proposed objectives for the Mars 2020 mission would help make that possible in at least three ways. The 2020 mission would be a step toward return of Martian samples for analysis on Earth, which could be important in planning best ways to protect the health and safety of astronauts on Mars (for example, the properties of Martian dust and how it could affect astronauts and mechanical systems). Technologies under consideration for use during the final minutes before landing could improve the precision of targeting the landing location, an important capability for landing humans on Mars. A specific objective proposed for the 2020 mission would demonstrate technology to prepare for making use of natural resources on Mars in support of accomplishing a human mission. Such a technology demonstration would be conducted by NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate as a participant in the Mars 2020 mission.
Q: How would the Mars 2020 mission improve the precision of targeting its landing location?
A: Two technologies under consideration for Mars 2020 would improve on the precision of the dramatic sky crane landing of the Mars Science Laboratory. One, called "range triggering," would enable the incoming spacecraft to deploy its parachute based on calculated distance to its target, rather than basing this timing purely on the spacecraft's velocity. This technology would not require any new hardware. The other, "terrain-relative navigation," would autonomously use real-time imaging of the ground, correlated with a reference map, to recognize the target landing zone and any potential mission-ending hazards, and use maneuvers to avoid them and land at a safe target. These innovations would allow selection of a landing area with scientifically appealing features that might otherwise be considered too hazardous.
Q: Where will the Mars 2020 rover land?
A: The landing site has not yet been selected. Candidate landing sites do include sites considered for Curiosity and also new candidates. As with Curiosity, all sites would be analyzed intensively by the broader scientific community to determine the best landing site to meet the mission objectives. In addition, with the improved targeting capabilities expected with the 2020 mission, many new sites will now be accessible.
Q: Will the Mars 2020 rover use the same type of nuclear power source that Curiosity uses?
A: No final decision on a power source for the 2020 rover would be made until the mission completes a review through the National Environmental Policy Act process, which considers the environmental impacts of launching and conducting the mission. This process is currently scheduled to conclude in late 2014. The baseline-design power source for 2020 mission planning is the same as Curiosity's: a multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator. Other possible power sources are also under consideration, including solar power.


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Sharon got the following message in her blog:
Oh, Birdchick. Now that I've delurked (um, not sure if we've ever met...allow me to introduce myself...friend of Lorraine and company from ever so long ago) anway, I've been meaning to tell you for AGES that your Disapproving Rabbit fiend, er, friend has a bit of a following amongst troops stationed in Iraq.Which reminds me, we also got a picture from Natalie:
About a year ago (not sure exactly when)Stars and Stripes published an article (from AP, I think) just inside on top second page. We got our copies printed small size (to save paper) so the cover pic didn't come out that well, but some of us got access to the online version and printed it out. The many versions I saw (recaptioned) from the operating base in Kirkuk in the North to Camp Victory in Baghdad were highly entertaining.
Cinnamon and company were great Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) bunnies!
Hi! My brother is a Marine stationed in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He and his fellow Marine buddies found this VERY disapproving bunny at the outskirts of their base and gave him some food. You can just tell that this is NOT a happy bunny.Astonishing. The idea that this silly little blog of frowning rabbits has brought some joy to people as far away as soldiers in Iraq makes all of us deliriously happy. Stay safe over there!
-Bill and Sharon
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Reasons to agree:
- The guy who one 338 million dollars lived in America for 38 years, and doesn't seem to be able to speak any English. He arrived in this country when he was 19. It should not be that easy go through life in this country, without speaking English. People will never assimilate if they don't learn English. They will live separably. Those who spoke German, French, Chinese, Polish, and every other language learned to speak English when they moved here. So should those who speak Spanish. It not just me telling other people how to live our life, its me saying what I think will help us all get along BETTER. We don't want to consider each other "Other" people. We should all assimilate. Maybe some people went too far. I don't know anything about any of my German Heritage. On the one hand that may be bad, but on the other hand, if my German ancestors loved Germany so much, maybe they should have just stayed there.
- (I want to represent both sides of this issue. However I don't have enough time to address every issue. Please take what I wrote above as just a conversation starter. I have not made my mind up yet on any issue, but just want to represent both sides of the issue, so if you have a different opinion, please help me explore it by leaving a comment.


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The Last Airbender (2010)
The Last Airbender Synopsis
Air, Water, Earth, Fire. Four nations tied by destiny when the Fire Nation launches a brutal war against the others. A century has passed with no hope in sight to change the path of this destruction. Caught between combat and courage, Aang (Noah Ringer) discovers he is the lone Avatar with the power to manipulate all four elements. Aang teams with Katara (Nicole Peltz), a Waterbender, and her brother, Sokka (Jackson Rathbone), to restore balance to their war-torn world.
Based on the hugely successful Nickelodeon animated TV series, the live-action feature film The Last Airbender is the opening chapter in Aang's struggle to survive.
The Last Airbender Release Date
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Starring: Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz, Dev Patel, Jackson Rathbone, Aasif Mandvi, Shaun Toub, Cliff Curtis, Jessica Andres
Written by: Michael Dante DiMartino, M. Night Shyamalan,
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
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Perkins Community:
The Perkins School District levy is critical to providing ongoing quality education to the students of Perkins now and in the future. This levy addresses both the day-to-day operational costs necessary to run the district as well as a solid plan to renovate and or build new facilities all at a modest cost. Without the passage of this levy, additional reductions will make it more difficult for our students to have the education they need to be prepared for life in the 21st Century.
The Board and I recognize there is an active "No" voter campaign in the community. But, what do they offer? As I have listened to those who oppose the levy, they indicate three actions they would take:
1. Fire me as superintendent
2. Elect two new Board members to promote a change of direction
3. Move the "Inside Millage" back to general operations.
These actions fail to provide a long-term solution to the financial and facility problems the school district faces. If the "No" voter campaign did their homework, they would discover their plan costs taxpayers significantly more, approximately 11.85 mils compared to the Board's proposed 6.73 mils. Ask yourself as a taxpayer, do you want to pay almost twice as much to have a direct vote on the building of a new facility? Or do you want to trust Board members you elected who researched all available options over three years, involved four different community committees in the process and have proposed a long-term plan to solve both operations and facilities and keeps your school tax rate the lowest in Erie County?
This is what the "No" voters campaign will really cost you as Perkins taxpayers:
1.53 mils - (6.73 – 5.2 = 1.53; Difference in Board's request from Inside Millage
1.78 mils - (1.78 mils required to pay off the loan if "Inside Millage" is moved)
1.34 mils - (1.34 mils to make up for tax collection starting in 2015 instead of 2014)
7.20 mils - (Bond Levy required to build the same cost building proposed by Board)
11.85 mils - needed to solve fiscal and facility problems as proposed by "No" voters
The "No" voter campaign indicates that we should just move the "Inside millage" back to general operations and then we could maybe pass a small 2 mil levy and everything would be all right. This simply is untrue. First, we cannot move the entire 5.2 mils of "Inside Millage" back to operations at the current time, unless we generate additional money to pay off the $3.5 million loan taken out by the Board. Whether the "No" group agrees or not, the district has a $3.5 million loan that needs to be paid off over the next 4.5 years. The annual payments of $770,000 are being paid from the "Inside Millage". At least 1.78 mils of the "inside Millage" must be left in the Permanent Improvement fund for the next 4.5 years to pay off this debt.
If a new Board of Education decides to move the "Inside Millage" back to the operations budget, this vote would take place no sooner than January 2014. Any "Inside Millage" moved back by this action would take effect with taxes collected in 2015, not 2014. In addition, if the November levy fails, the district would fail to receive an entire year's collection (Taxes collected during 2014) on the 6.73 mil levy, or another $2.9 million. This $2.9 million dollar loss, by not passing a levy in November needs to be made up with either further reductions, or a larger future levy. To raise an additional $2.9 million over five years would require an increase of 1.34 mils in any future levy.
But, let's not forget in this scenario, the "No" voters leave absolutely zero money for fixing our facilities. A traditional bond issue would require another vote of the community for at least a 7.2 mil initial bond rate to generate the same revenue the Board is suggesting by using the "inside millage".
So, really the "No" voters are asking the public to pass the equivalent of 11.85 mils to solve the operational and facility problems of the district. Is this the "Change" you want as a community? Is this the long-term planning you want for the district?
Secondly, the "No" voters would like to remove me as superintendent. And why do the "No" voters want to remove me? Because I don' t live in the district, and a decision that required a vote, a 5-0 vote, by the members of the Board of Education who were elected to represent the voters, to move "Inside Millage" to fix facilities. These five elected members, after over three years of reviewing all fiscal options voted as your representatives to approve the proposed funding alternative of moving "Inside Millage" as a strategic move to fix facilities now and in the future.
In the past five years, the district has had nine different Board of Education members. All nine members, elected by the community, well respected diverse business and professional members of the community, have agreed that the current plan before the voters is the best plan to solve both operational and facility needs. ALL of these Board members agree it is the least costly method for the taxpayers of Perkins. Four different community committees as far back as Superintendents Buccierri and Rectenwald concluded the district facilities needed to be seriously addressed. Three different independent construction firms have determined to repair our facilities is more costly than new buildings. One of these firms ranked our high school as the school in the worst condition and in need of immediate replacement in the State of Ohio at the time. The "No" voter campaign indicates we should form another community committee to examine the situation again. After nine board members, eight years, four community committees, and three independent school construction firms have all concluded the same thing, what does another committee give us that we don't already know?
Don't be fooled by the "No" voters. Consider some of the tactics used by the "No" voters during this campaign.
1. Smear the existing leadership of the district with half-truths, rumors, and innuendoes.
2. Spread half-truths through the "Blogs" where they refuse to identify who they are.
3. Threaten local business owners that display signs supporting the schools levy efforts.
4. Destroying and stealing pro-levy yard signs.
5. No real plan to solve the financial and facility issues facing the school and community.
Ultimately, it is up to the voters of Perkins to decide whom they will believe in this "War of Words". The superintendent and Board have willing met with any individual or group to explain their position and have not changed their opinion in over three years on what is best for the school district and community. Can the "No" voters explain how they are going to solve the complex financial problems of the school district? I hope, as a voter in the Perkins community, you place the value of your children first and recognize that the duly elected Board of Education has done its best to solve very complex financial and facility problems at the best possible cost to you as taxpayers.
I hope you vote to support the Perkins Schools.
Jim Gunner, Superintendent


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New from the Weyland-Yutani Corporation!!
With this cuddly companion in hand your children will no longer be scared when the Alien's invade.
My daughter is obsessed with the AvP game. She has beat it at least 20 times and loves to run around the house hissing and trying to run up walls like a Xenomorph. So for her 8th birthday I made her a plush Alien, and that lead to the idea for a facehugger pillow pet. But to make it a little more unique I added a egg shaped sleeping bag that could be rolled up and put in the tail.
Step 1: Picking your fabric.
This project takes a small amount of fabric, but the color and style is not something most would have lying around. I got my supplies at a fabric shop but even they didn't have exactly what I needed.
2 yards of tan/carmel shaggy minky fabric
1 yard of light tan or white micro fleece
1 yard of white muslin or any light colored thin fabric you have laying around
twin size lightweight batting (for quilts)
1 bag of pillow stuffing
Optional Egg Sleeping Bag
2 yards of black fabric that is at least 60 inches in width. I used a polyester that was very slippery to work with, if you aren't confident in your sewing skills I wouldn't suggest it.
2 yards of green fabric, also at least 60 inches in width. I used a lightweight cotton for this. It is not quite as soft on the skin as the rest of the fabrics in the project, but it sews very well.
I am obsessed with Alien and Aliens too, like your daughter. Please make a regular one. I see that everyone who posted kind of wants one. I do too.
I would very much like a regular Xenomorph. Please make one soon.
But I'm sitting in a spaceship with a face hugger sucking on my head.
God knows I don't want to be here and it sure won't be no fun.
When the alien eats it's way out of my tummy and takes off on the run.
I ain't usin it no more.
One o these days , the alien spawn
will make my chest a door.
'Used to fly around space for the company,
meeting women by the score,
Take this face and hug it.
I ain't usin it no more.
-Johnny Xcmurggszx, country singer
You are an artist
Sweet dreams :-D
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"When Going Gluten Free is Dangerous" http://www.thedailyb...angerous.html�� comes yet another one of these slams on the necessity of a gluten free diet for those with gluten intolerance, even if one has not been formally diagnosed with celiac disease, claiming that it is the equivalent of an eating disorder. The Daily Mail conveniently quotes a Daily Beast story with the same theme.
"Are gluten free dieters just hiding an eating disorder ? How self diagnosis of serious food allergy can help take diet to extremes" 1/28/2013 by Sadie Whitelocks
But today many adopt the gluten-free lifestyle for no medical reason and Dr Mark Borigini told The Daily Beast: that it is often used as 'another channel for a bigger problem - like an eating disorder.'
This Dr Mark Borigini was also quoted in the earlier Daily Beast as a writer for Psychology Today.
"People read these articles on gluten and think this might be the answers to the problems they may have," says Dr. Mark Borigini, a rheumatologist who recently wrote about gluten sensitivity for Psychology Today. "If you're using this gluten fear as just another channel for a bigger problem—like an eating disorder—then that's of real concern."
I looked up "Dr Mark Borigini" to see what his field of practice is, and he is - get this - indeed trained in rheumatology. He is listed online in medical doctor directories as that being his practice field. Not only that, but he has published online articles which quote him as an expert on addiction, has worked for the Veterans Administration in southern CA, and currently works for the NIH - National Institute of Health via the National Institute of Arthritis.
I'm sure that there could be a reason a Federal government employee of the American VA (that's the Dept of Defense wing which also runs the veteran's medical care) and NIH, who specializes in rheumatology is getting quoted as an expert in celiac and gluten intolerance diet necessity, and spreading misinformation, in the British tabloid media the same week that Daily Beast ran their hit piece, but it would be speculation to ask why, wouldn't it, other than the publisher of Daily Beast is also Tina Brown ?
The Daily Mail quotes the Daily Beast about a woman who went gluten free without being tested by a doctor:
She told The Daily Beast: 'People noticed that I lost weight, and commented that I was such a 'healthy' eater, and that was positive reinforcement. Ultimately, my gluten-free diet became a weird space I put emotional baggage into.
'From the outside, people just thought I had allergy issues, but really, it veiled all these other things that were going on... I remember thinking if I were to let go and start eating wheat again, that I would balloon.'
Researchers estimate that some 80per cent of Americans who go gluten-free do not have celiac disease.
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Obviously, one is supposed to then conclude, according to the Daily Mail and Daily Beast, that it could be up to 80% of Americans are fad dieting when they eat gluten free.
And here we come to the heart of the matter:
(from the Daily Beast 1//26/2013 )
The (gluten free food) market has grown 28 percent annually since 2008, reaching $4.2 billion in sales in 2012, according to the research firm Packaged Facts, with an estimated 18 percent of adult consumers buying or eating gluten-free products. The FDA said it would issue new, and possibly stricter, rules for labeling gluten-free foods by the end of 2012, but has yet to release the new regulations.
The FDA has yet to release the new regulations. And certainly everyone wants to get the last word in on that, whether or not it's a good word or a sort of "neeyah, we don't really need this anyway, since the majority of gluten free eaters could be merely neurotic people trying to lose weight."


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Played every minute in goal for the Bobcats, posting 10 wins...Member of the All-NEC Second Team...Named to the NEC All-Tournament Team...Posted a goals-against average of 1.05, while making 83 saves and earning seven shutouts...Recorded his first career point on an assist in a 2-0 win at Saint Francis (Pa.) on Nov. 2...Made a season-high eight saves against Mount St. Mary's on Nov. 9 for his seventh shutout of the season, while also setting a new personal single-season record for wins with 10 and earning Quinnipiac a spot in the NEC Tournament for the first time in four seasons...Made seven saves in four games.
As a Sophomore in 2007:
Won two NCAA Statistical Awards after leading NCAA Division I men's soccer in save percentage (.915) and saves per game (7.38)...Named to All-Northeast Conference Second Team...Named to NSCAA/North Atlantic Region Second Team...Ranked first in the NEC in goals-against average (0.64) while his six shutouts ranked fifth...Named NEC Player of the Week on October 15 after back-to-back 1-0 shutouts against Holy Cross and Central Connecticut State...Named ECAC Defensive Player of the Week...Named October Eli's Restaurant/Quinnipiac Athlete of the Month...Started in all 16 games in which he appeared... Allowed only 11 goals during his 1,554:28 of play during the 2007 season... Made 118 saves...Helped lead the Bobcats to the best team save percentage in the nation (.906).
As a Redshirt Freshman in 2006:
Did not play.
2004 Highlights (at USF):
Earned first-career victory, registering six saves in USF's 4-1 win over East Carolina...Saw action in USF's match versus No.9 St. John's, filling in for Dane Brenner, who received a red card in the 42nd minute...Made six saves in first USF start (1-0 loss at Cincinnati).
Before Quinnipiac:
Was a member of the U-17 Bermuda National Team, and currently serves his country on the U-21 National Team...Was all-state and a Lake Region All-Star for coach Bob Lowe at Holderness...Led his Holderness team to many prep state championships in his four years and was voted for the Weston Lea Award, symbolizing passion for the game...Was a Boston Globe All-Scholastic player and an All-New England selection...Also a nominee for the Boston All-Scholastic Player of the Year...Was honored as a member of the NEPSSA Senior All-Star Game...Earned varsity letters in basketball as well.
He is the son of Frederick and Sharry Hall...Has two older sisters, Stacey, 23 and Shareena, 32...He is an information systems major.


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One of the funniest motivational posters you'll ever see! This amazing poster celebrates the cooperative efforts that dogs and cats will engage in when there's good food to be found - raiding the fridge together to snag a delicious birthday cake. A rare vintage classic from the now-defunct Portal Publications company; limited quantity remains in our warehouse.
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Sian Ka'an
Sian Ka'an
In the language of the Mayan peoples who once inhabited this region, Sian Ka'an means 'Origin of the Sky'. Located on the east coast of the Yucatán peninsula, this biosphere reserve contains tropical forests, mangroves and marshes, as well as a large marine section intersected by a barrier reef. It provides a habitat for a remarkably rich flora and a fauna comprising more than 300 species of birds, as well as a large number of the region's characteristic terrestrial vertebrates, which cohabit in the diverse environment formed by its complex hydrological system.
Sian Ka'an
Dans la langue des Indiens Mayas qui peuplaient autrefois la région, Sian Ka'an signifie « origine du ciel ». Située sur la côte est du Yucatán, cette réserve de la biosphère comprend des forêts tropicales, des mangroves et des marais, ainsi qu'une vaste étendue marine traversée par une barrière de récifs. Elle abrite une flore remarquablement riche et une faune qui comprend plus de 300 espèces d'oiseaux, ainsi qu'une grande partie des vertébrés terrestres caractéristiques de la région, qui cohabitent dans la diversité des milieux formés par son système hydrologique complexe.
سيان كعان
في لغة هنود المايا الذين كانوا يسكنون المنطقة في الماضي، سيان كعان تعني "أصل السماء". فمحمية المحيط الحيوي هذه التي تقع على الساحل الشرقي ليوكاتان، تضمّ غابات مدارية وأشجار المنغروف ومستنقعات، بالاضافة الى مساحةٍ بحريةٍ واسعةٍ يجتازها حاجزٌ من الشُعب المرجانية. كما تحتوي على تشكيلة نباتات غنيّة للغاية وعلى مجموعة من الحيوانات تتألّف من أكثر من 300 نوع من العصافير، بالاضافة إلى جزءٍ كبيرٍ من الفقاريات الأرضية الخاصّة بتلك المنطقة والتي تتعايش مع تنوّع البيئات الذي يبتكره نظام المياه المعقّد فيها.
source: UNESCO/ERI
source: UNESCO/ERI
Биосферный резерват Сиан-Каан
На языке индейцев майя, которые в давние времена населяли этот район, Сиан-Каан означает «Там, где начинается небо». Биосферный резерват расположен на восточном побережье полуострова Юкатан, где произрастают тропические леса, есть мангры и болота, а также - значительная морская акватория с участком барьерного рифа. Местные флора и фауна отличаются большим разнообразием, здесь обитает свыше 300 видов птиц, встречается большое число типичных для региона наземных позвоночных, которые существуют во взаимосвязи со своеобразными местными гидрогеологическими условиями.
source: UNESCO/ERI
Sian Ka'an
En la lengua de los mayas que poblaban antaño la región, Sian Ka'an significa "origen del cielo". Situada en la costa oriental de la península de Yucatán, esta reserva de biosfera abarca bosques tropicales, manglares, marismas y una vasta zona marina atravesada por un arrecife de barrera. Alberga una flora de gran riqueza y su fauna comprende más de 300 especies de pájaros y un gran número de vertebrados terrestres característicos de la región, que coexisten en el medio diversificado resultante del complejo sistema hidrológico del sitio.
source: UNESCO/ERI
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Sian Ka'an
Sian Ka'an betekent 'Oorsprong van de Hemel' in de taal van de Maya volkeren die ooit deze regio bewoonden. Het reservaat ligt aan de oostkust van het schiereiland Yucatán en omvat tropische bossen, mangrovebossen, moerassen en een zeegebied dat doorkruist wordt door een rif. Sian Ka'an vormt een habitat voor een opmerkelijk rijke flora en fauna. Die laatste bestaat uit meer dan 300 vogelsoorten en een groot aantal karakteristieke gewervelde landdieren uit de regio. Er zijn 103 soorten zoogdieren, waaronder vijf katachtigen: de jaguar, poema, ocelot, margay en jaguarondi. De dieren leven samen in de gevarieerde omgeving, gevormd door een complex hydrologisch systeem.
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Outstanding Universal Value
Brief Synthesis
Thousands of years ago the original Maya inhabitants appreciated the exceptional natural beauty of this stretch of coastline, naming it Sian Ka´an, or "Origin of the Sky". Located on the Eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in the State of Quintana Roo, Sian Ka´an is one of Mexico's largest protected areas, established to manage 528,148 hectares of intricately linked marine, coastal and terrestrial ecosystems. Along its roughly 120 kilometres of coastline, the property covers over 400,000 hectares of land ranging from sea level to only ten m.a.s.l. The property boasts diverse tropical forests, palm savannah, one of the most pristine wetlands in the region, lagoons, extensive mangrove stands, as well as sandy beaches and dunes. The 120,000 hectares of marine area protect a valuable part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef and seagrass beds in the shallow bays. The lush green of the forests and the many shades of blue of the lagoons and the Caribbean Sea under a wide sky offer fascinating visual impressions.
The diversity of life in Sian Ka'an is exceptional. The tropical forests are home to charismatic mammals such as Jaguar, Puma, Ocelot and Central American Tapir. The property also provides habitat for a large number of resident and migratory bird species. There is a great diversity of marine life, including the West Indian Manatee, four species of nesting marine turtles and hundreds of fish species. About a third of the property is comprised of highly diverse and productive mangrove communities, of vital importance to fisheries in the broader region. Hundreds of forested islands, locally known as "Petenes", emerge from the flooded marshes, some reaching over a kilometre in diameter. A geological, biological and cultural particularity are the "Cenotes", deep natural sinkholes harbouring fascinating life forms, many of them endemic. This karst phenomenon results from collapsing limestone exposing groundwater.
Criterion (vii): The aesthetics and beauty of Sian Ka´an derive from the relatively undisturbed interface of sea and land along a well-conserved coastline. The mosaic of landscape elements is diverse in shapes, forms and colours allowing intriguing views and impressions. Noteworthy and rare natural phenomena include the "Cenotes", water-filled natural sinkholes hosting specialised communities of life and the "Petenes", tree islands emerging from the swamps. Both are connected by underground freshwater systems, jointly forming an invaluable and fragile treasure for future generations.
Criterion (x): The scale and conservation status of Sian Ka'an and its ecosystem diversity support a fascinating range of life forms. Over 850 vascular plants, including 120 woody species, have been confirmed in what is assumed to be a still incomplete inventory. In terms of fauna, noteworthy representatives among the more than 100 documented mammals include endangered species like Black-handed Spider Monkey, Yucatan Black Howler Monkey and the Central American Tapir. A small population of the vulnerable West Indian Manatee occurs in the coastal waters. Some 330 bird species have been recorded, 219 of them breeding in Sian Ka'an. Amphibians and reptiles are represented by more than 40 recorded species, among them the vulnerable American Crocodile and four of the six turtle species found along the Mexican coast, all reproducing within the property. The isolation of some of the "Cenotes" led to the evolution of several species which are locally endemic to single sinkholes. With some 80 recorded species of reef-building coral the portion of the Mesoamerican Reef within the property is one of the richest in Mexico. Jointly with the many other aquatic habitats it harbours more than 400 species of fish and a wealth of other marine life.
The extensive property covers a large wetland complex, tropical forests, a diverse coastline, mangroves and a fascinating marine area with noteworthy corals and seagrass beds, all in a good overall state of conservation. Large tracts of the dense forests, mangroves and marshland are difficult to access and the poor soils and the vulnerability to storms and flooding have contributed to maintaining the mosaic of ecosystems. Many of the boundaries coincide with landscape features, such as the natural edge of the marshes in the South-East or the limits of the Espiritu Santo Bay catchment in the South. In the ocean, a depth of 50 metres has been defined as the Eastern boundary of Sian Ka'an. The property is of great importance to support the continuity of the intricate connections between terrestrial, marine and freshwater ecosystems and their rich flora and fauna. Sian Ka'an embraces a self-protecting system that is characteristic of the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula: the Mesoamerican Reef shelters the landward mangroves and seagrass beds, while the mangroves trap sediments, filter pollution and serve as nurseries for many vertebrates and invertebrates in the reef. In other words, these major landscape and seascape features are of vital importance to each other. It is therefore indispensable to consider them jointly in management and conservation, as is the case in Sian Ka'an. The contiguity with the almost 90,000 hectares protected as Uaymil Flora and Fauna Protection Area to the South and other important marine and terrestrial protected areas nearby likewise contribute to the integrity of Sian Ka'an.
Requirements for protection and management
After the historic abandonment of the area, inaccessibility, frequent flooding and poor soils allowed for centuries of natural regeneration, until governmental schemes encouraged timber extraction and land clearing for cattle pastures in the 20th Century. The undesired effects of uncontrolled development led to the creation of a nature reserve in 1982, consolidated in 1986 when the area was categorized a national biosphere reserve by Presidential Decree and also internationally recognised. More recently, Sian Ka'an was also recognised as part of a vast Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention. The large property is federally owned with the exception of a small patch of private land of around one percent of the total area on the Northern coast. Today, Mexico's National Protected Areas Agency (CONANP) under the Ministry of the Environment (SEMARNAT) is in charge of management, cooperating with partners at all levels of government. A management programme is to guide all activities and zoning. The involvement of local communities, governmental representatives, Academia and non-governmental organisations in management is promoted through an Advisory Council.
Sian Ka'an is susceptible to frequent and heavy tropical storms. The barrier reef provides natural protection for the coast, a telling example of conservation contributing to disaster preparedness. As for human impacts, the inaccessibility protects large tracts of the property. Besides the coastal fishing villages of Punta Allen and Punta Herrero, there are few permanent residents in the property. Hunting, fishing and collection of forest products, however, are widespread. Sport fishing and commercial fishing to supply nearby tourism centres has resulted in marked declines of some species, notably the Spiny Lobster. Management responses are needed. Agriculture north of the property bears pollution risks pollution and fires set to clear land have repeatedly spread into the property. Alien invasive species are reported, mostly along the dirt tracks on land but also in the ocean. The main economic sector directly and indirectly impacting on the property, however, is tourism. Fishing lodges and clubs, small hotels, cabins and trailer parks are the visible manifestations within the property. Tourism has reached proportions of mass tourism along parts of the Yucatan Coast and the property is in the vicinity of Tulum and Cancun, two of Yucatan's major tourist attractions. Associated coastal urbanisation with, for example, well-documented garbage and sewage problems, require monitoring and management responses. Attempts to encourage low impact forms of tourism in the property to promote public awareness and visitor education but also as a source of conservation funding deserves consolidation.
Long Description
Sian Ka'an is situated on the eastern side of the Yucatán Peninsula in the state of Quintana Roo. Where possible, boundaries were defined to coincide with natural features: the site is bounded by the Caribbean Sea and the barrier reef to a depth of 50 m in the east; by the junction between the marshes and semi-evergreen forests in the south-east; and by the junction of Chetumal and Espiritu Santo bays catchment basin in the south. The northern and north-eastern boundaries are defined by the limits of farming cooperatives. The northern sites can be reached by a dirt track from Tulum, whereas Punta Pajaros is only accessible by boat or aircraft.
Sian Ka'an lies on a partially emerged coastal limestone plain which forms part of the extensive barrier reef system along the eastern coast of Central America. Much of the reserve lies in a zone of recent Pleistocene origin which still appears to be in a transitional stage. A large series of sinkholes (cenotes) exist in the area and are characteristic features of the Yucatán and Florida peninsulas. The hydrological cycle is complex and the water table is permanently close to the surface. There is little surface running water within the reserve as it usually filters fairly rapidly through the shallow rendzina and saskab (granular whitish and brittle limestone) soils, and the limestone rock to subterranean channels. Owing to their hardness the waters in the reserve are generally very clear. A geological fault crosses the reserve from south-west to north-east, influencing its topography and hydrology. In general, soils are unsuitable for agriculture.
Medium altitude semi-evergreen forest represents the climax vegetation in non-flooded areas, although it is scarce in accessible parts due to disturbance. Some 120 trees and shrubs have been recorded, including larger trees. Some 100 tree and shrub species have been identified in medium and low semi-deciduous forest. The abundance of palm is a characteristic feature of this forest type. Flood forest is subdivided into low forest with closed and open canopy tree communities, the latter being found in lower, wetter areas. It can form monospecific 'islands' on patches of dark soil. Grass communities cover large areas to the south and north and occur among mangroves and inland forests (although not in areas of high salinity). This vegetation type occurs as a mosaic with three intermingled associations. Low islands known as hammocks or petenes emerge from the flooded marshes. Larger petenes may have a central waterbody. There are extensive areas covered by scattered dwarf mangroves to the east of the freshwater marshes.
Coastal dunes stretch along 64 km of the coast, from the northern limit of the reserve to Punta Allen and from Punta Hualastoc to Punta Tupac. As Sian Ka'an lies so close to the Caribbean islands, there is a strong affinity between their flora. The introduction and cultivation of coconut has replaced about 60% of the natural vegetation on the coastal dunes. Selective felling has affected mahogany, red cedar and white cedar. There are an estimated 1,200 plant species.
As regards the Sian Ka'an fauna, a total of 103 species of mammal has been recorded including five species of cat - jaguar, puma, ocelot, margay and jaguarondi. Other mammals include Central American tapir, Caribbean manatee, spider monkey, howler monkey, kinkajou, white-tailed deer, red brocket, white-lipped peccary, paca, tayra and collared anteater. Some 339 bird species have also been recorded, with about two-thirds breeding inside the reserve. Due to the great diversity of aquatic habitats, marine and wading birds are well represented. There are 16 raptor species, as well as frigate bird, cormorant, roseate spoonbill, greater flamingo and jabirus; and 42 species of amphibian and reptile have been recorded. These include four of the six turtle species found along the Mexican coast; green, hawksbill, loggerhead and leatherback. Morelet's crocodile and American crocodile also occur. Fish are abundant, and over 52 species have been recorded. A total of 550 terrestrial and 843 aquatic invertebrate species have been observed.
There are 23 Mayan sites in the reserve, while the Chunyaxché ruins, Vigia Del Lago and Xamach, are just to the north. Recently, a 24 km Mayan artificial canal was discovered. The reserve is located in the least-developed part of Quintana Roo, and the population is predominantly of Mayan origin, in whose language Sian Ka'an means 'Origin of the Sky'.Source: UNESCO/CLT/WHC
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setInterval to add message?
So basically what I'm trying to do here is use javascript and setinterval to create a facebook message with messages created in an array in the javascript so it's just a matter of iterating over the array and outputting each 'message' in the array. I want to also increase the height of the message box as well, so it stays within the light gray border.
I've tried a different setInterval methods, but it just isn't working for me...
Here's what I've got; http://blockis.com/jq/
Here's jsfiddle to see the code and mess with it: http://jsfiddle.net/gPfbU/ (For some reason, the avatar and the border aren't showing up on the jsfiddle :/)
Can anyone figure it out?
Ummm...neither on your page nor in the jsFiddle code do you have *ANY* JavaScript that even *ATTEMPTS* to do what you claimed you are after.
I don't see setInterval( ) (just for example) in either spot.
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How can I calculate the min of other fields. For example I have 3 field: a, b and c. I want to have a filed that show me the minimum value of the 3 field. Finally I want to know the minimum value is of a or b or c. Thank you.
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Using Python in the Field Calculator, here's how you would determine the minimum value across 3 fields.
Then to identify which of the 3 fields contains the minimum value, you can just do a series of Select By Attributes queries
"field1" = "minfield" (or whatever you call your new minimum value field)
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A Great Mills man was jailed Monday in lieu of $75,000 bond on charging papers alleging he took out a knife and chased an employee of the Big Lots store in Lexington Park through the business, threatening to kill him, until a manager grabbed the armed suspect.
Police responded to the store shortly before 6 p.m. on Monday, court papers state, and they later found the suspect, 23-year-old Zachary Micah Sawyer, in the area of a former girlfriend's home on Spring Valley Court.
Sawyer was charged with committing a first-degree assault on Big Lots employee Adrian McWorther, who told police that he currently dates Sawyer's former girlfriend, according to a statement of probable cause filed by Trooper Wayne Couter of the Maryland State Police.
Susan Moreno, a manager at the store, grabbed Sawyer's arm that was wielding the knife, court papers state, and she told him to leave the store.


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Gartenkulter Makes Poetic Pots From Recycled Books
With the recent rise in popularity of electronic readers such as the Amazon Kindle and the Apple iPad, thoughts of "book extinction" have really seeped their way into design conversations. Italy-based Gartenkulter pays tribute to the tree with these beautiful planters made from old and disused books. By removing the heart of the book's cover and pages and then creating a seal, the book becomes a home for a living and growing tree. "As each seed becomes a plant or tree, the book becomes a pot or cradle."
Although e-readers may offer environmental benefits over printed paper pulp, it's undeniable that the thought of a world without "real" books creates an unpleasant emptiness in many hearts. There is just something wonderful about those bounded pages of paper inked in black and white print that decorate our shelves. Books own a historical place of comfort that may feel irreplaceable. Recent design has touched upon the feelings of the importance of the written book, and Gartenkulter's book pots are a beautiful example of this.
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September 22, 2010 at 4:57 pm
[…] efforts definitely paid off, the sculpture has been labeled as the second largest ever made out of recycled materials by the Guinness Book of World […]
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I love the way these people think. I absolutely must know how to do this with my old books that my family and I never read.
June 22, 2010 at 11:36 am
We love this out-of-the-box thinking to turn a book into something even more beautiful than what it already is. Just think about how many books are on the bookshelf that could be turned into something beautiful and useful!! Thanks for sharing!
June 22, 2010 at 10:06 am
These are absolutely beautiful.
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Meet The Chefs Behind Lollapalooza's Gourmet Chow Town
Indeed, whether festival-goers are in the mood for cuisine hailing from the pizza parlors of downtown Chicago or the streets of Osaka, chances are that for the next few days it can all be found along Columbus Drive. Apparently, there is also some great music to be heard there as well.
Lollapalooza – A Culinary Delight Thanks to Graham Elliot
The summer music festival season is in full swing, and this weekend Lollapalooza, the mother of all modern-day U.S. music fests, returns to Chicago's Grant Park for three days, August 3-5. It possesses one component many other festivals this summer do not: Culinary Director Graham Elliot.


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2 cups
all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons
baking powder
1/2 teaspoon
1 cup
white sugar
1/2 cup
butter, softened
1 teaspoon
vanilla extract
1 cup
2 tablespoons
unsweetened cocoa powder
This cake was just what I wanted.Reading the other reviews beforehand(too dense) I simply reversed the order in which i mixed the ingredients. First I mixed the sugar and butter until fluffy,then added the eggs 1by1, then having put all the dry ingredients together beforehand I added a little at a time alternating with the milk. Lastly, I added the vanilla. It turned out very light and fluffy and tasty too!!
I was very disapointed in how this cake came out. My husband's favorite cake is Marble so I thought I could make one from scratch. Instead of the cake mix kind. I looked everywhere online and found that different sights had this same recipe. I figured it would come out good but instead it was very heavy and thick tasting and thats even with the 3 TBSP of Oil I added. Will constinue to look for another recipe.
166 Ratings
Excellent and easy cake! I made this for a co-worker's baby shower cake and brought sample cake made from this recipe and from a very traditional marble cake recipe to the office for them to pick their favorite. This recipe was the unanimous favorite. I made changes as suggested by the other reviewers: added 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup melted shortening to the batter; I also mixed the cocoa with 1 Tablespoon melted shortening prior to mixing into the batter. I also was careful to not overbake the cake. It was moist and full of flavor, absolutely delicious! No cracking of the top, either, and it rose high and light. This is the easiest "from-scratch" cake I've ever made.
This was my first EVER cake made from scratch, it turned out BEAUTIFUL! Since I was using a standard 9x13 cake pan I increased the recipe by half. For example, I used 3 cups of flour, 3 teaspoons baking powder, etc.
The only thing I did differently was that I took other users advice and used additional 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup oil. Plus I added 1/2 a package of instant vanilla pudding and 1/2 cup extra milk. The cake evenly filled the pan to about 3 1/2 inches high baked and is EXCEPTIONALLY moist and flavorful. This is from now on going to be our family's standard birthday cake. Thanks for the GREAT recipe!
I made this for my husband because he loves marble cake, his grandmother makes it for him all the time and she is from Germany so it is always good. My husband said that it didn't taste like marble cake. The cake just doesn't taste like marble cake and it is pretty dry, not moist at all and I even added some oil. I am very disappointed in this recipe, I will not use it again and I will have to keep looking for a good marble cake.
Great recipe, but I would mix butter with sugar,oil, eggs and vanilla first. Then add the rest.
This is an amazing cake. I doubled it for two 9" layers, adding 25% more sugar and 50% more butter (salted), as other reviewers suggested. With three sticks of butter and all of four eggs, it was practically torte! Light, crumbly and heavy all at the same time. Add to that the butter cream icing and… well, they loved it. Even so, I would say it's flavor was pretty mellow due to all the eggs and butter. I think you could fix this cake's flavor problem, as noted by other reviewers, by doubling the salt. My best yellow cake recipe calls for lots of eggs and butter, as well, but about double the salt. A little extra vanilla or higher quality vanilla will round out the flavor, as well. Next time, I will use salted butter again, just not so much of it, and double the salt, add a little extra vanilla and no extra sugar. Oh, and one more thing—I am a purist about presoaking baking flour before cooking with it (or using sprout flour), so for this recipe, I mixed the flour, milk and salt in the evening around 7 p.m. and let it sit at room temperature overnight. The next morning, I mixed the remaining ingredients in a separate bowl, added the flour mixture to it, and baked it in two insulated 9" round pans for about 45 minutes. Worked out awesome.
Perfect excellent best cake I ever had I don't know what those other people are talking about It's not flat and it's sweet enough for me they must of made it wrong bacause I loved it infact I'm going to make it for my birthday with whipped cream. Like i said It's the Best Cake Ever!!!
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Marble Cake I
Serving Size: 1/10 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 10
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 280
Calories from Fat: 100
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I did a search on the forum and didn't see it mentioned, so I figured I would share something that I use everyday.
Do you have multiple computers on your desk with each comuputer uses its own monitor?
Do you have a desktop but also have a laptop that sitting next to it?
Do you have a Linux/Mac machine on one side and a Windows box on the other?
Do you need the resources of mulitple computers but want to work with them as if they were a single unit?
Do you want to keep an eye on other things while playing your favorite MMORPGs on one monitor while the game runs on the other without any slow-down? (or control 2 characters at once?)
If your answer is YES, and you want to control multiple computers with a single keyboard and mouse, then Synergy is for you. It is an application that lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, without special hardware (all it needs is TCP/IP).
At my workplace, I typically use 3 computers. Two desktops and one laptop (each have its own display). Before I discovered Synergy, if I want to control the other systems other than my primary, I typically remote control (vnc, funk proxy, rdp, you name it) to the box so I could use the same mouse and keyboard. That might be good enough for most users, but Synergy allows you to do much more!
Redirecting the mouse and keyboard to another system is as simple as moving the mouse off the edge of your screen (with no lag time whatsoever!)
Playing a game and doesn't want it to jump screens? No problem, just toggle the Scroll Lock key.
Another nifty feature is the sharing of clipboards of all systems, thus allowing cut-and-paste (text and image) between systems. Copy a block of text in your Windows box and paste it to your Linux/Mac machine, no problem. It even converts the newlines to each computer's native form so cut and paste between different OS works seamlessly. It does it all in Unicode so any text can be copied.
On top of that, it also synchronizes screen savers so they all start and stop together. If screen locking is enabled, only one screen requires a password to unlock them all.
I have been using this fantastic piece of software every day for almost a year and it definitely WOWs my coworkers. I wouldn't say I haven't encountered any hiccups (it loses the SHIFT, CTRL key once in a while), but moving the mouse back and forth from the primary screen to the secondary usually solves the problem. You may find the setup process is a little complicated at first, but try sticking with it. It's free, open source, and I strongly recommend you to try it out and donate to the author if you found it useful. Believe me, until you have used it, you don't even realize what you have been missing.
Note that Synergy is not a remote desktop application. Each system continues to need its own monitor to display that machine. Synergy just allows you to seamlessly move between the screens with just a single keyboard and mouse.
System Requirements
* Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me (the Windows 95 family)
* Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP (the Windows NT family)
* Mac OS X 10.2 or higher
* Unix
o X Windows version 11 revision 4 or up
o XTEST extension
(use "xdpyinfo | grep XTEST" to check for XTEST)
View the Full Features at http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/about.html
View What's new at http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/news.html
Download at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=59275&release_id=379175
Before I end this mini-review, I would like to mention some alternatives that I have tried. AFAIK, Synergy is the ONLY one that has full support on all three major platforms: Windows, Linux/Unix and Mac.
Stardock's Multiplicity http://www.stardock.com/products/multiplicity/
This is NOT free and it currently supports Windows only. OS X client is in development. It has a very simple interface for setting up. The Pro version costs $69.95 but it lets you copy files/folders (in addition to text/image) between machines (something that synergy couldn't do). It allows you to control up to 7 computers (primary and up to 6 secondaries). Standard version costs $39.95 and can only support 3 PCs in total. Too expensive for my liking.
MaxiVista http://www.maxivista.com/ (what a strange name *grins*)
This app actually does a little more than the rest as it installs a virtual display driver on your primary PC, and allow you to "EXTEND" the screen of your primary PC to another one. However, although you could drag an application or a window to another PC's screen, it's still taking up the processing power of your primary (so not good for my use). http://www.maxivista.com/multi_monitor.htm
Win2VNC http://fredrik.hubbe.net/win2vnc.html
This one is also free and supports multiple platforms. But it's not as stable last I tried.
KMRemoteControl http://www.derman.com/KMremoteControl/KMrC-Overview.html
Costs $24.95. I have not tried this one.


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