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large egg yolks, at room temperature
1/3 cup
granulated white sugar
2 cups
heavy cream
4 ounces
Ghirardelli White Chocolate baking bar, broken or chopped into 1-inch pieces
1/2 teaspoon
pure vanilla extract
4 teaspoons
granulated white sugar
I gave this recipe 5 stars although I changed a primary ingredient - white "chocolate" (IMHO- a crime against real chocolate lovers everywhere :) to 4 oz of Ghirardelli's Semi-Sweet chocolate chips. The baking time was dead-on for the 4 small baking dishes that I used (just split it evenly between them, about 6 oz each). They were chilled for almost 24 hours before eating. Used raw sugar for the topping & my culinary torch instead of the broiler so it didn't really need to be rechilled. Kept one of these, before topping, in the frig for 3 days before eating and it was just as good, possibly better, then the first time around. Chocolate bliss!
This recipe was terrible. The egg curdled. Maybe I baked it for too long, or maybe it scrambled while I mixed the chocolate mix to the egg whites. Regardless, I will probably not try it again.
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Great recipe and my new favorite dessert! The water bath works great. I used a pancake turner to lift the ramkins out of the water. And used my toaster oven on broil to carmelize the sugar and it took less than one minute. Stay with it during the carmelizing process to make sure it doesn't burn. Since I had a big dinner group, I carmelized the sugar and left them in the fridge for three hours before serving and they were delicious chilled all the way through. Added strawberries right before serving. My guests loved every morsel. Rave reviews with many requests for the recipe.
this is my go-to creme brulee recipe (i'm a beginner creme brulee maker). i've made three flavors with this recipe: this flavor, caramel chocolate, and peanut butter chips in place of chocolate. they've all been delicious but this flavor was the best. the only changes i would recommend are: use boiling or near boiling water around the ramekins and have the pan in the oven already- otherwise when you go to move it some of the water might slosh into the ramekin. also, i cooked mine at 325 degress for 35 minutes and they came out perfect! let them cool a couple hours before adding sugar and torching. and they get better after a night in the fridge. no need to rechill after torching either. i might use half and half next time- it makes enough for 7 small ramekins and that's a lot of calories if you aren't sharing with a lot of people! cutting the recipe in half would work too.
This was terrific! Very rich but wonderful. It was very easy to make. Will make for after dinner dessert again, thanks!
I made these for dessert Christmas Eve and they were a big hit. Very easy to make and delicous. They are a new family favorite.
It was easy to make and delicious. To caramelize the sugar better, I mixed equal parts brown and white sugar and then put it in my toaster oven for about 3 minutes. It had to be refrigerated again after being caramelized, so in the future, I will use a blowtorch to caramelize.
What a fantastic desert. Made this yesterday had some today and if you love chocolate your gonna love this rich and creamy brilliant desert. Use only the best heavy cream, ( land o lakes) organic heavy cream, and place a towel on the bottom of your roasting pan. fill with boiling water to the half way point of the ramekin. Great tip to get rid of those bubbles pour through a strainer before you pour into ramekins. If you still have a few bubbles use your brulee torch on em and they will disappear. if you dont have a brulee torch trust me buy one at bed bath and beyond. good luck.... :)
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Ghirardelli(R) Classic White Chocolate Creme Brulee
Serving Size: 1/4 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 701
Calories from Fat: 521
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(March 28, 2012) - "Well everyone, we are back from Daytona and the Homestead test and everything went awesome for my first AMA Pro race! My family and I headed down for Daytona on Monday night and got there Tuesday afternoon. We had a good trip and got to hangout by the ocean before the intense weekend at the track. All of my family and a lot of my friends came down to watch my first race at Daytona. The first race with my RidersDiscount Vesrah Suzuki team went awesome and I ended up second by just .032 behind the defending champion! It was special to stand on the Daytona podium in my first race after all the hard work put in over the off-season and my amateur career. The second race didn't go so well, as I had to switch to my back-up bike after a red flag which meant I had to start from the back of the 53 rider grid. I made my way up to fifth and set the fastest time of the race and a new Daytona SuperSport lap record, which was cool. I unfortunately had a mechanical issue that ended my race. All in all, it was a great experience and I was really happy with how I rode and performed during the weekend.
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Greetings DGRUS World,
Cassidy aka "Wicked Dyes" started something interesting. He created "The DGRUS Great Disc Adventure". With this concept he asks " A club to track the Great Disc Adventure. If a disc labeled with The DGRUS Great Disc Adventure is found please take a photo and post it on here along with your name/ date/ and location found then leave it for another to find".
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How to prepare a disc for its adventure!
On the underside of the disc put:
The DGRUS Great Disc Adventure
Take photo of you using the disc
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Once you have sent out a disc for the first time please create a discussion with the Disc Name, Color, Stamp (distinguishing marks) as the tittle.
This is a great concept. A way to track a lost disc. But I would like to start something similiar yet different. I am taking Cassidy's idea and taking it a step further. I am stuck here in Florida. And realistically, will be for a long time. I would love to travel and experience many different places and Disc Golf Courses. But since I can not, there is nothing that says that I can't sent a disc of mine all over the place. What am I talking about ?
"The Brotherhood of the Traveling Disc"
There are fifty states in the United States. For those who do not know here is a list...............
I will need to find a friend in each state. This DGRUS Friend has to befriend me, send me their address via private mail (I will not spam it, and I'll only send it to the person needing it) and promise to do the following.......
* Upon receiving the disc, take it to their local Course.
* Take a picture of themself holding the Disc in front of their Course Sign
* Play the course using the Disc when possible
* Upon returning home, go to this discussion, post the picture, and write a little story about it at their course
* Mail the Disc to the Next person on the list.
So far, I would like the following people (Currently on my Friend's list) to participate :
Ed Horst..................... Mr Ed Florida
Cassidy......................Wicked Dyes Michigan
Mark Ellis....................Mark Ellis Michigan
Shawn West.................Dookville California
Donny Olow..................Donny Olow Morley Field California. First place I ever played
David Reisner............... Kirk Hawaii
Steve West..................Steve West Minnesota
Tim...........................Tim York New Mexico
Monte........................ Moe Dee New Jersey
Brett..................... email@example.com Wisconsin
If they all accept, all I'll need is 42 more friends. If they do not accept, I'll need someone to step up and take over representing that state.
Would you be willing to be part of the "Brotherhood" ?
I can not make this happen unless I have enough friends to cover every state.
Join the "Brotherhood of the Traveling Disc"
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This series of pictures from Bob Julio are my final offerings for the time the Traveling Disc spent in my custody. Since the Traveling Disc is a Discraft disc (Z glide) I thought maybe it should visit the factory where it was born and pay homage to the mad scientist and his minions who designed and formed him.
I do not believe even a glimpse of the stacks at the Discraft world headquarters has ever been published before in any disc golf media. But since the Traveling Disc had that visit so do you. The stacks are a fantasy playground with thousands and thousands of discs segregated by disc type and weight. So if you need blue 173 gram Soft Challengers you can find them in an instant (or any other Discraft disc for that matter).
When sponsored Team members visit the factory for the first time it is a bit overwhelming. You know how it feels when you can pick among a small box full of your favorite discs. Now think about being surrounded by thousands of your favorite discs in every model which you can inspect and feel and compare (and take home with you).
Jim Kenner is the owner of Discraft and has designed every disc ever produced by his company. He hosts a league at his home which features a world class disc golf course on site. One night the Traveling Disc visited the league and posed for pictures. This picture was taken by Bob Julio (Discraft shipping department). In the foreground is Kyle Amatucci ( Discraft master-ofall-trades) and Max Kenner (dog).
From left to right: Mark Kerns, Jay Moldenhauer, Paul Boldovich, Adam Weiss (all league members), Jim Kenner, me (Mark Ellis) and far right Mike Wagner ( Discraft General Manager or Director of Operations or whatever his title may be. He runs the show these days except for the times Jim wants to run the show).
Thank you for taking "Dad" (Discraft Glide) back to it's creator and place of birth. With the Disc just visiting Ohio (My father's place of birth), combined with the Discraft Factory (Disc's place of birth), there is a full circle.
Very nice! On a side note I got "Dad" in the mail last night, I'll be taking him out this weekend. Sadly I won't be taking him anywhere as cool as the discraft factory, but I'll take him out on the course.
The main purpose of the "Brotherhood of the Traveling Disc" is to have "Dad" travel to as many States and Courses as possible. Everyone who is part of the "Brotherhood" is suppose to take him to their local course, take pics and write a story. In the end, I plan to take all the pics, and stories to make some type of book. Or a Calendar. Yah, a Calendar would be easist. If the Calendar takes off, then a book. Purpose of this event besides "in memory of my father", is to show the common people the World of Disc Golf.
Yes I'm with you, I just wish I could tour the Discraft factory, we have nothing even remotely that cool around here. We do have some fairly decent courses though, and loads of friendly golfers, I've been messaging with Lee and I think I'll meet him at a course about the same distance from him as from me, we'll play a round together then transfer "Dad" to his care from there.
Multiple courses.
Multiple players meeting to play.
Transfering of Discs.
Can't wiat for the Stories and Pics.
Met Jeff Nugent at Deming Park in TERRE HAUTE today.Very nice weather for Christmas eve in Indiana.He brought some friends we enjoyed a nice 18 holes.Great guys look forward to playing with them in the future.Dad is now in Illinois to spend what looks to be a great Christmas with my family and me.Gonna put him on santa watch under the tree tonight.Will take him out soon as possible so he can continue his great journey.I do need the next address to send him to when you can.Merry x mas.
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Question 1. What is Immutable Object? Can you write Immutable Class?Immutable classes are Java classes whose objects can not be modified once created. Any modification in Immutable object result in new object. For example String is immutable in Java. Mostly Immutable classes are also final in Java, in order to prevent sub classes from overriding methods, which can compromise Immutability. You can achieve same functionality by making member as non final but private and not modifying them except in constructor. Apart form obvious, you also need to make sure that, you should not expose internals of Immutable object, especially if it contains a mutable member. Similarly, when you accept value for mutable member from client e.g. java.util.Date, use clone() method keep separate copy for yourself, to prevent risk of malicious client modifying mutable reference after setting it. Same precaution needs to be taken while returning value for a mutable member, return another separate copy to client, never return original reference held by Immutable class. You can see my post How to create Immutable class in Java for step by step guide and code examples.
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Question 3. What is the difference between creating String as new() and literal?When we create string with new() Operator, it's created in heap and not added into string pool while String created using literal are created in String pool itself which exists in PermGen area of heap.
String str = new String("Test")
does not put the object str in String pool , we need to call String.intern() method which is used to put them into String pool explicitly. its only when you create String object as String literal e.g. String s = "Test" Java automatically put that into String pool. By the way there is a catch here, Since we are passing arguments as "Test", which is a String literal, it will also create another object as "Test" on string pool. This is the one point, which has gone unnoticed, until knowledgeable readers of Javarevisited blog suggested it. To learn more about difference between String literal and String object, see this article.
Question 4. How does substring () inside String works?Another good Java interview question, I think answer is not sufficient but here it is "Substring creates new object out of source string by taking a portion of original string". This question was mainly asked to see if developer is familiar with risk of memory leak, which sub-string can create. Until Java 1.7, substring holds reference of original character array, which means even a substring of 5 character long, can prevent 1GB character array from garbage collection, by holding a strong reference. This issue is fixed in Java 1.7, where original character array is not referenced any more, but that change also made creation of substring bit costly in terms of time. Earlier it was on the range of O(1), which could be O(n) in worst case on Java 7. See my post How SubString works in Java for detailed answer of this Java question.
Question 5. Which two method you need to implement to use an Object as key in HashMap?In order to use any object as Key in HashMap or Hashtable, it must implements equals and hashcode method in Java. Read How HashMap works in Java for detailed explanation on how equals and hashcode method is used to put and get object from HashMap. You can also see my post 5 tips to correctly override equals in Java to learn more about equals.
Question 6. Where does equals and hashcode method comes in picture during get operation?This core Java interview question is follow-up of previous Java question and candidate should know that once you mention hashCode, people are most likely ask, how they are used in HashMap. When you provide key object, first it's hashcode method is called to calculate bucket location. Since a bucket may contain more than one entry as linked list, each of those Map.Entry object are evaluated by using equals() method to see if they contain the actual key object or not. See How get method of HashMap works in Java for detailed explanation.
Question 7. How do you handle error condition while writing stored procedure or accessing stored procedure from java?This is one of the tough Java interview question and its open for all, my friend didn't know the answer so he didn't mind telling me. My take is that stored procedure should return error code if some operation fails but if stored procedure itself fail than catching SQLException is only choice.
Question 8. What is difference between Executor.submit() and Executer.execute() method ?This Java interview question is from my list of Top 15 Java multi-threading question answers, Its getting popular day by day because of huge demand of Java developer with good concurrency skill. Answer of this Java interview question is that former returns an object of Future which can be used to find result from worker thread)
By the way @vinit Saini suggested a very good point related to this core Java interview question
There is a difference when looking at exception handling. If your tasks throws an exception and if it was submitted with execute this exception will go to the uncaught exception handler (when you don't have provided one explicitly, the default one will just print the stack trace to System.err). If you submitted the task with submit any thrown exception, checked exception or not, is then part of the task's return status. For a task that was submitted with submit and that terminates with an exception, the Future.get() will re-throw this exception, wrapped in an ExecutionException.
Question 9. What is the difference between factory and abstract factory pattern?This Java interview question is from my list of 20 Java design pattern interview question and its open for all of you to answer.
@Raj suggested
Abstract Factory provides one more level of abstraction. Consider different factories each extended from an Abstract Factory and responsible for creation of different hierarchies of objects based on the type of factory. E.g. AbstractFactory extended by AutomobileFactory, UserFactory, RoleFactory etc. Each individual factory would be responsible for creation of objects in that genre. See here for detailed answer of this question.
Question 10. What is Singleton? is it better to make whole method synchronized or only critical section synchronized ?Singleton in Java is a class with just one instance in whole Java application, for example java.lang.Runtime is a Singleton class. Creating Singleton was tricky prior Java 4 but once Java 5 introduced Enum its very easy. see my article How to create thread-safe Singleton in Java for more details on writing Singleton using enum and double checked locking which is purpose of this Java interview question.
Question 11. Can you write critical section code for singleton?
This core Java question is followup of previous question and expecting candidate to write Java singleton using double checked locking. Remember to use volatile variable to make Singleton thread-safe. check 10 Interview questions on Singleton Pattern in Java for more details and questions answers
Question 12. Can you write code for iterating over HashMap in Java 4 and Java 5 ?
Tricky one but he managed to write using while and for loop. Actually there are four ways to iterate over any Map in Java, one involves using keySet() and iterating over key and then using get() method to retrieve values, which is bit expensive. Second method involves using entrySet() and iterating over them either by using foreach loop or while with Iterator.hasNext() method. This one is better approach because both key and value object are available to you during Iteration and you don't need to call get() method for retrieving value, which could give O(n) performance in case of huge linked list at one bucket. See my post 4 ways to iterate over Map in Java for detailed explanation and code examples.
Question 13. When do you override hashcode() and equals() ?
Whenever necessary especially if you want to do equality check based upon business logic rather than object equality e.g. two employee object are equal if they have same emp_id, despite the fact that they are two different object, created by different part of code. Also overriding both these methods are must if you want to use them as key in HashMap. Now as part of equals-hashcode contract in Java, when you override equals, you must override hashcode as well, otherwise your object will not break invariant of classes e.g. Set, Map which relies on equals() method for functioning properly. You can also check my post 5 tips on equals in Java to understand subtle issue which can arise while dealing with these two methods.
Question 14. What will be the problem if you don't override hashcode() method ?
If you don't override equals method, than contract between equals and hashcode will not work, according to which, two object which are equal by equals() must have same hashcode. In this case other object may return different hashcode and will be stored on that location, which breaks invariant of HashMap class, because they are not supposed to allow duplicate keys. When you add object using put() method, it iterate through all Map.Entry object present in that bucket location, and update value of previous mapping, if Map already contains that key. This will not work if hashcode is not overridden. You can also see my post on tips to override hashcode in Java for more details.
Question 15. Is it better to synchronize critical section of getInstance() method or whole getInstance() method?
Answer is only critical section, because if we lock whole method than every time some some one call this method, it will have to wait even though we are not creating any object. In other words, synchronization is only needed, when you create object, which happens only once. Once object has created, there is no need for any synchronization. In fact, that's very poor coding in terms of performance, as synchronized method reduce performance upto 10 to 20 times. By the way, there are several ways to create thread-safe singleton in Java, which you can also mention as part of this question or any follow-up.
Question 16. What is the difference when String is gets created using literal or new() operator?
When we create string with new() operator, its created in heap only and not added into string pool, while String created using literal are created in String pool itself which exists in PermGen area of heap. You can put such string object into pool by calling intern() method. If you happen to create same String object multiple times, intern() can save some memory for you.
Question 17. Does not overriding hashcode() method has any performance implication ?
This is a good question and open to all , as per my knowledge a poor hashcode function will result in frequent collision in HashMap which eventually increase time for adding an object into Hash Map.
Question 18. What's wrong using HashMap in multithreaded environment? When get() method go to infinite loop?
Well nothing is wrong, it depending upon how you use. For example if you initialize the HashMap just by one thread and then all threads are only reading from it, then it's perfectly fine. One example of this is a Map which contains configuration properties. Real problem starts when at-least one of those thread is updating HashMap i.e. adding, changing or removing any key value pair. Since put() operation can cause re-sizing and which can further lead to infinite loop, that's why either you should use Hashtable or ConcurrentHashMap, later is better.
Question 19. Give a simplest way to find out the time a method takes for execution without using any profiling tool?
this questions is suggested by @Mohit
Read the system time just before the method is invoked and immediately after method returns. Take the time difference, which will give you the time taken by a method for execution.
To put it in code…
long start = System.currentTimeMillis (); method (); long end = System.currentTimeMillis (); System.out.println ("Time taken for execution is " + (end – start));
Remember that if the time taken for execution is too small, it might show that it is taking zero milliseconds for execution. Try it on a method which is big enough, in the sense the one which is doing considerable amount of processing
Question 20. How would you prevent a client from directly instantiating your concrete classes? For example, you have a Cache interface and two implementation classes MemoryCache and DiskCache, How do you ensure there is no object of this two classes is created by client using new() keyword.
I leave this question for you to practice and think about, before I give answer. I am sure you can figure out right way to do this, as this is one of the important decision to keep control of classes in your hand, great from maintenance perspective.
I am also very grateful to my readers who have generously contributed several good questions from Java Interviews for both beginners and experienced developers alike. I have already answered many of these question in this blog and you can easily find relevant post by using search box at top right corner of this page.
Recommended Books to Prepare Java InterviewsApart from blogs and articles, you can also take help of some books, which are especially written to help with programming interviews, covering wide range of questions starting from object oriented design, coding, Java basic concepts, networking, database, SQL, XML and problem solving skills. Following books are from my personal collection, which I often used to revise before going for any interview.
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Black Hills SD > Devils Tower > Climber's Log
Devils Tower Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|Liba Kopeckova
|Durrance route
|Beautiful day. It was raining the night before, so we started late, and ended up having a wonderful day. I hired a guide (I was traveling alone with my son, who was waiting for us) Andy Petefish, and he flew up the Durrance. He knew the route so well, and was placing minimal gear. I think we were at the top in 2-3 hrs? and drinking beer in 3 hrs...
|Posted May 20, 2010 9:08 pm
|El Cracko Diablo
Date Climbed: May 20, 2008
|First time crack climbing, I got to the top, but not easily :) Meeting Frank Sanders made it all worth it...
|Posted May 6, 2010 5:37 pm
|Durrance- Amazing Place
Date Climbed: Apr 17, 2010
|Amazing Day, great way to spend my Birthday weekend. Amazing tower, great climbing, great fun. Thanks to Frank (Bigwally) for his hospitality as well, really made the trip for me!
|Posted Apr 27, 2010 10:42 am
Date Climbed: Jul 31, 1996
|very cool. A must visit.
|Posted Apr 25, 2010 2:58 pm
|Falcon Closure
|National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior Devils Tower National
PO Box 10
Devils Tower, WY 82714
307 467-5283 phone
307 467-5350 fax
News Release
April 20, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2010-06
Devils Tower Climbing Routes Temporarily Closed to Protect Nesting Falcons
To protect nesting sites currently being used by prairie falcons (Falco mexicanus), the National Park Service (NPS) will temporarily close climbing routes along the west face of Devils Tower beginning April 20, 2010. When necessary, such closures are an annual occurrence established under the monument's 1995 Climbing Management Plan, with authority from the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The areas to be closed include climbing routes on the west face between and including the "Vulture" and "Abject Cathexis" (routes #154-176 in the Devils Tower climbing handbook). The "Tulgey Wood" and "El Matador" rappel routes are also closed. The west edge of the Tower summit is closed to climbers. The "Meadows" rappel route remains open and is the recommended rappel route for climbers in this area. Climbing and rappel route closures may change based on the location and behavior of the nesting falcons.
The closure is implemented not only to protect the birds, but also to protect climbers, as prairie falcons are known to defensively dive in order to protect their nests. Prairie falcons are extremely defensive of their nests and are easily driven from an area. The presence of climbers near or above falcon nests is distressing to parent birds. Too much disturbance from climbing activities may force falcons to abandon eggs or chicks.
More than 190 other climbing routes on the Tower remain open. Climbers can find a list of currently closed routes at www.nps.gov/deto/planyourvisit/currentclimbingclosures.htm, the park climbing kiosk, climber registration office, visitor center, or administration building.
NPS staff will continue to survey the Tower to determine presence or absence of nesting prairie falcons. Areas without nesting falcons will be reopened by May 15. Areas with falcon nests will remain closed until young falcons fledge, generally between July 15 and August 1. The closure areas may change based on the location of nesting pairs.
Prior observations suggest prairie falcons use the Tower with an affinity for the west and northeast faces, where pairs nested from 2005 to 2007. In 2008, falcons were observed nesting on the south face of the Tower. In recent years, young falcons were observed to have fledged from nests on the Tower in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2006, and 2007. In 2009, the falcons nested and fledged away from the Tower.
For further information on the climbing closures, please contact the monument's chief of resource management, Mark Biel, at (307) 467-5283 ext 212.
|Posted Apr 23, 2010 1:44 pm
|Back in the Saddle, again
Date Climbed: Apr 15, 2010
|After a Great Winter of climbing/guiding/teaching/learning in Southern California, it is still Wonderful to get back to this Tower. Climbed with Virginia's son, Richard. Yup, did the Durrance in some chill temps. The winter has moved a significant amount of loose rock onto the ledges; some poor potential outcomes, for sure. Smile, have a Great Time, and be careful with the kicking off the loose stuff. See Ya when You get here !!!
|Posted Apr 23, 2010 1:42 pm
|Durrance Route
Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2009
|This route really isn't climbing and mostly involve chimneys. The pitches are really really short and the rock is greasy. I won't be doing this route again. It sucks.
|Posted Aug 4, 2009 3:32 pm
|Will climb someday
Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2003
|Was to young to climb, but I will be back for sure to dominate it!
|Posted May 12, 2009 1:06 pm
|on Durrance...RAP OFF THE NOSE
Date Climbed: Nov 1, 2008
|not very fun descending in the dark much less have to ASCEND twice! first to undo the knot from a crack, then just to flip it over the nose rather than the f'n side of it...exactly as the new guide book highlights! oh well, I like tobasco on my eggs, too. just waiting for those aliens to abduct us...but, alas, the burger at the restaurant a bit later was even tastier.
|Posted May 3, 2009 4:30 pm
|El Matador and Durrance
Date Climbed: Apr 12, 2009
|This turned into an epic. We got a late start (1:30 pm), looked up at the route and thought to ourselves "oh, that doesn't look too bad...". It was a tough route! My leader aided some moves, while I struggled following. We got to the summit in the dark, could not find the rap station, and decided to huddle for warmth and spend the night up there. In the morning we rapped down and was confronted by a ranger about our bivy. Turned out Bivying was not allowed, which we didn't know and weren't planning on doing, but he gave us a warning. It was an epic climb.
Came back a year later and did Durrance, as well as redeemed ourselves on El Mat. Still didn't get the crux pitch clean, but led P1 and 3 and stayed with Frank.
|Posted Apr 13, 2009 8:48 pm
|finally climbed it
|Ever since I was in 2nd grade, I'd wanted to climb Devil's Tower. We were living in Michigan at the time, and my dad had me read an article about a man stranded on top. I don't remember the guys name or even the whole situation. All I remember is thinking "I want to be on top of there some day." Well, I made it. It was a wonderful June day. It wasn't too hot or too cold. We met a chipmunk half way up and he escorted us the rest of the way. Although there were other climbers, we had the top to ourselves. It was definately an enjoyable day.
|Posted Mar 26, 2009 1:53 am
Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2008
|top of fourth pitch of Durrance, got baked off though...
|Posted Sep 25, 2008 11:39 am
|Brian Kalet
Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2008
|Rated as a 5.8 in Devils Tower Climbing.
|Posted Sep 13, 2008 4:40 pm
|Thomas Gurviez
|just the touristic tour by hiking
Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2008
|amazing peak, but not climbed because of lacking material and hurt co-climbers, that's a pity...
|Posted Aug 28, 2008 11:08 am
|Dave S
|Durrance and others
Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2008
|Climbed the Durrance route, Tulgey Wood, and El Cracko Diablo with Justin Mages. Great climbing!
|Posted Aug 19, 2008 6:23 pm
|Rocker Paully
|via El Cracko
Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2008
|led the second pitch of El Cracko then shot up to the top and rapped off, I'll bring water next time!
|Posted Jul 14, 2008 8:07 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 14, 1987
|First rockclimb ever. A great introduction to what has been a fun hobby.
|Posted Jun 27, 2008 8:25 pm
Date Climbed: Apr 18, 2008
|Climbed with Brian F. Sight tubes approach woulda been fine...had we stayed on the route. I did the whale move to get into the 1st pitch chimney. I pulled over expecting room to turn - dang that thing was narrow :) Brian missed the first placement on Cussin Crack and wound up placing nothing - lesson learned about that first placement :) Durrance Crack seemed easier than expected but still 5.7ish. Took the Bailey Direct finish - my favorite pitch. Rapped the route. Perfect wheather window. Saw bigwally at the base heading off to do a project with an 800 pound big-wall bag. Drove straight through from Spokane then back - brutal.
|Posted May 11, 2008 7:27 pm
|Close Encounters
|First climbed Devil's Tower on Soler in 1995.
|Posted Jan 14, 2008 12:32 am
|Ice Man Jerry Van
|Durranc Route
Date Climbed: Aug 10, 1981
|First climbed Devils Tower with Big Wally in 1981.He was a wonderful climber then and one now
|Posted Nov 12, 2007 9:34 pm


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About 40 people were rescued or safely escaped from a Hobson Road apartment building fire early Sunday morning. One person was in good condition after being taken to a hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation.
The Fort Wayne Fire Department was called at 7:59 a.m. to Building F of Baldwin Creek Apartments,1920 Hobson Road, where fire crews found several people on their balconies and heavy smoke and flames coming from the roof on the south end of the two-story structure, according to a news release.
Crews rescued those outside and went inside to rescue and evacuate more residents, before having the fire under control by 8:22 a.m., according to the release. Residents of the 24 units in the building are being assisted by the American Red Cross.
While the fire was contained to the south end of the building, the entire structure sustained heavy smoke damage. The fire department had no estimate as to when the apartment's residents will be able to return.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.


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Chad Ottoman
Item#: 207452
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We offer many finishes and hundreds of beautiful fabrics to help you express your personal style.
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Chad Ottoman
Dimensions: 20"w x 20"d x 19"h
Item#: 207452
Composition and Construction
Engineered Hardwood frame construction allows for greater durability and strength. Mortise and tenon joints have replaced traditional dowel construction used in frame construction. The mortise (hole or slot) is cut into one member and the tenon or tongue from the adjoining piece fits tightly so that, when glued, these joints act as if the wood has grown together. This method of interlocking joinery provides greater stability with fewer joints. Frames are constructed of 7-ply engineered hardwood panels for increased strength and durability. Frames are glued and stapled.
Webbing construction is used for firm seating comfort in narrow style platforms. Minimal cushioning provides firm yet comfortable seating support.
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Matthew P. Tedesco '91
President, Webb Alumni Association
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A pioneering spirit and proximity to agriculture characterized the young company whose centrifuges and pumps had sold well due to good quality and innovative technique. Historical reports indicate that Condor developed and manufactured one of the first milk machines. Production of piston pumps in the 1930s lead to the world's first patent on a diaphragm pressure switch. ...
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based in Münster, GERMANY
Measurement and control systems have been developed, produced and installed worldwide for over 90 years with the IGEMA trademark. We offer you a complete range of technologies and products for the safe and economical operation of your plant. In particular in the steam and condensate sector. We take care of both the modernisation of steam boilers, that are equipped ...
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This is External Level meter and external level switch manufacture from China. New and high tech.Non intrusive level meter. No need to drill the tank. No need to contact the liquid. Safer and more convenient. External Liquid Level Gauge / No need to drill the tank. Non intrusive. Measure range: 20M. Power supply: DC 24V. Accuracy: 0.1%. Power: 10W. Signal output: 4-20mA. ...
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Among Oahu Hotels, The Kahala's rooms are 'immediately embracing.
All the things that make a person feel happy and balanced - light, beauty, cleanliness, order - greet you when you walk into the room.'
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Room Tip: Beachfront rooms or rooms overlooking the dolphin lagoon are super special.....Susie, Melbourne, Australia - as seen on TripAdvisor July 2014
Complimentary To All Our Guest Rooms
- Welcome "oishibori" cool towel at check-in
- Aloha Lei greeting
- Internet access in guest rooms and public areas (Lobby, Veranda, Pool). Increased bandwidth will be available at a nominal charge.
- Daily newspaper
- 24 hour use of CHI Health & Fitness Center's work out facilities, jacuzzi, steam room and sauna
- Resort Shopping Shuttle to Ala Moana Shopping Center, Waikiki and Kahala Mall
- Business Center computer work stations with Free Internet access (30 minutes)
- Twice daily maid service
- 2 Complimentary bottles of water in room daily at turndown
- Jogging Station at the front desk providing bottled water, cold towels and a jogging map
- Introductory Surfing lessons and Stand up paddleboard clinics (Wednesday to Friday)
- Free Locksafe system in the room
- In-room tea and coffee making amenities, as well as complimentary morning coffee or tea in Lower Lobby between 5:30am to 7:30am
- Free Baby Crib
- Free Beach Towel Rental
- Free Beach Furniture rental (except cabana)
- Free Bicycle rental (rental arranged by concierge)
Property Map & Policies
306 Rooms and 32 Suites with inner and outer connecting rooms available on request. ADA compliant rooms available in select categories.
- Check-in time: after 3pm
- Check-out time: 12 noon
- Overnight parking is $32 per night
- Pet program available for $150, pets must be under 25lbs. Sample pet waiver form required at check in (pdf).
Kahala Family Plan
Rates are based on one or two adults per room. There is no additional charge for children 17 years and under when staying in the same room with the parent and utilizing existing bedding. Bedding type of one king or two double beds may be requested at time of booking but not guaranteed.
All rates are subject to Hawaii state excise and hotel room taxes which currently total 13.962%. All rates and room location requests are subject to category availability. Credit card information is required at the time of booking.
Maximum occupancy
Four (4) persons per room or suite. 3rd adult charge is $100 per night and 4th adult charge is an additional $100 per night. Additional bedding is $75 per rollaway bed daily plus taxes (maximum 2 additional beds).
Six (6) persons for a 2 bedroom suite.
Additional bedding is $75 per rollaway bed daily plus taxes (maximum 2 additional beds).
Two rooms requiring connecting doors must be confirmed in advance by calling Kahala Reservations directly, a $150.00 plus tax one time charge will be applied to guarantee the rooms.
Deposit & Cancellation Policy
For multiple reservations of 3 to 9 rooms, one night deposit at time of booking required. Group agreement required for 10 rooms or more. For individual reservation of 10 nights or more, deposit of 20% of the total stay required at time of booking. Other rates and restrictions apply for Advance Purchase rate plans and the December Holiday stay period.
One-night cancellation charge processed for cancellations and no-shows received within 3 days of scheduled arrival.
Two-night room and tax deposit processed at time of reservation. Two-night cancellation charge processed for cancellations received within 14 days prior to arrival.
Signature Suites
Two-night room and tax deposit due at time of reservation and refundable if cancellation occurs 30 days prior to arrival date. Full nonrefundable prepayment required 30 days prior to arrival. For reservation made within 30 days of arrival, full non-refundable pre-payment required.


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Propellant Operated Wine Cork Remover
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