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A delicious pie made with Aberdeen Angus beef cooked in a rich ale sauce and topped with golden mashed potato. Served with carrots, Romano beans and celeriac mash.
These dishes are perfect for when you fancy a larger portion.
|540g per portion
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|Milk Free, Egg Free, Cheese Free, Soya Free, Mushroom Free, Mustard Free, Fish Free, Shellfish Free, Sulphites Free
Mrs walton, Sheffielod
"Very enjoyable, the potatoes were a bit salty though."
Mrs Baillie, Shrewsbury
"Superb. Very tasty, the celeriac mash gave this dish an interesting twist. Lots of flavours. Ten out of ten to the chef who created this one. Will buy again and again."
Mr Bell, Leeds
"This was the first meal that I tried and found it to be very enjoyable. I wasn't sure if the actual meal on my plate would reflect the picture in the brochure but it did. Once again, excellent. phillip bell, leeds "
Mr Cranson, Orpington
"Excellent meal! Not a big eater but building up for the winter this is one good dinner! i buy three weeks food for one delivery - saves time, can clean freezer, job done. A scattering of smaller meals can provide balance. john cranson, orpington."
Mr Pursey, Hornchurch
"First timer, delivered very very quickly to help me out, food is delicious, puts expensive meals on wheels to shame, these Wiltshire farm meals you can just microwave when you want to eat. Super value too next delivery is tomorrow for me. "
Ms Barry, Borehamwood
"This was a good meal, however I looked for the 'pie crust'!!! Any chance you could put some in instead of the usual potato? Can you offer a few meals with sweet potato? I believe they are more nutritious than normal mashed potato without skin. RoseB"
Mrs Egerton, Northwich
"great meal and loved the celeriac mash. found the potion a little large so sticking with the standard meals."
Miss Hackett, Bridge of Cally, Blairgowrie
"The celeriac mash was the best part of this dish. THe actual pie was good but the plain vegetables rather boring."
Mr Eccleston, Bootle
"Nice meal but just one problem carrots not cooked to my liking rather hard a little undercooked otherwise its a 8/10"
Mrs wallace, Scunthorpe
"very tasty"
Mr Reed, Rochester
"Very nice and i enjoy just wish they would produce more of their meals in the hearty range. Getting older does not mean we don't want to eat "
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|water, Aberdeen Angus beef (22%), mixed vegetables (20%) (carrot, green beans), celeriac (celery) (14%), ale (5%) (contains malted BARLEY), onion, dehydrated potato (3.5%), leeks, modified potato starch, tomato puree, vegetable oils (rapeseed, sunflower), salt, potato starch, garlic, yeast extract, burnt sugar syrup, sugar, maltodextrin, thyme, emulsifier (E471), pepper, dextrose, beef extract, palm fat, onion powder, spice extracts (roasted onion, CELERY, nutmeg, pepper, lovage root), caramelised sugar, natural flavourings, acidifier (E330), antioxidant (E223), nutmeg, mace, curcumin, dried parsley. , Allergy Advice: For allergens see ingredients in CAPITALS, Made in a factory that does not handle nuts. Not guaranteed free of nut traces
|Per 100g
|Per 540g portion
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Cooking guidelines (all ovens may vary): Pre-heated oven 160°C/325°F/Mark 3-4. If fan assisted 150°C/300°F. Typically 55 mins or until piping hot. Cook from frozen.
Cook from frozen. Position the plastic container in the centre of the microwave oven. Cook on FULL power.
|Power rating
|Cook time
|Standing time
|700 Watt/Category D
|14 mins
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Anderson Rallies to Defeat Queens on Hash's 3-PointerJanuary 25, 2014
ANDERSON, S.C. – Senior Chandler Hash's 3-pointer with 1.1 seconds remaining provided the winning margin, as Anderson won its fourth consecutive game by rallying to edge Queens University, 85-84, in South Atlantic Conference men's basketball action Saturday afternoon at the Abney Athletic Center.
With the score knotted for the 12th time of the contest – and the 11th time of the second half – and just moments left in the game, junior guard Myson Jones drove to the left side of the lane and found Hash open at the top of the circle. The 6-foot guard buried his sixth 3-pointer of the contest, and fifth of the second half, to give the Trojans an 85-82 lead.
Following a timeout by Queens, the Royals inbounded the ball the length of the court to 7-foot forward Nkosi Ali who stepped toward the 3-point arc and launched a potential game-tying attempt. The ball bounced on the rim and fell through, but Ali's foot was inside the arc and the Trojans opened the second half of their conference slate with their fourth consecutive win.
Anderson (13-5, 8-4 SAC) moved into a tie for second place in the conference standings and equaled its longest win streak of the season, while Queens fell to 8-8 overall and 6-6 in the league with its third loss in its last four outings.
"I am really proud that we made plays to get the win," said Anderson head coach Jason Taylor. "We rebounded the ball well the second half and the guys played together."
The first meeting between the two programs since the 2009-10 season when both were members of Conference Carolinas, saw the Trojans overcome early shooting woes. AU connected on a season-best 13 treys, while attempting a season-high 37 free throws. The Trojans won the battle of the boards, 40-37, with Queens shooting 45.6 percent from the field and the Trojans recording 40.7 percent from the field. The Anderson defense also equaled a season high with six blocked shots, marking the second time in four games that the Trojans reached the plateau.
Hash finished the afternoon with a game-high 32 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the field, and went 12-of-12 from the free throw line. His six 3-pointers matched his earlier season-best long range effort. Jones added 17 points on the strength of 4-of-8 shooting from beyond the arc and dished out a game-high six assists. Senior guard CJ Gleaton nearly recorded his sixth double-double of the campaign with 12 points and shared game-high honors with eight rebounds. Junior center Chris Ross added seven points, seven boards and two blocked shots.
Senior guard Jarrett Stokes led four Royals in double figures with 26 points, including 19 in the first half. Ali added 18 points and a team-best eight rebounds in 18 minutes, while guard Joby Glymph tallied 17 points. Senior forward Brent Evans netted 12 points.
Queens converted three early AU turnovers into seven points and doubled up the Trojans, 12-6, less than four minutes into the contest before Gleaton sparked an 11-1 run with three consecutive points. Freshman Tony Dargan and Hash followed a Queens' free throw with back-to-back 3-pointers and sophomore Steven Faust capped the outburst with a putback that gave Anderson a 17-13 edge at the 12:38 mark of the opening frame.
But Stokes countered with back-to-back treys of his own to quickly regain the lead for Queens, as the Royals built their largest lead of the contest, at 36-24, over the next five–plus minutes. Both teams then struggled through a scoring drought of nearly three minutes before Jones slowed the Royals with a rare four-point play that trimmed the Queens lead to single digits with 3:18 remaining in the half.
Jones and redshirt freshman Lex Davis accounted for the Trojans' final 11 points of the frame, as AU went to intermission trailing 40-35.
AU whittled away at the deficit and Ross' traditional three-point play with 15:59 on the clock gave the Trojans their first lead, 49-47, since the 12:26 mark of the first half. Less than two minutes later, Ross added a pair of free throws to boost AU's lead to four, equaling their largest advantage of the afternoon.
The contest featured nine ties and eight lead changes over the final 12 minutes of action, with neither team able to build more than a four-point lead.
With Queens clinging to a 74-72 lead following two free throws from Ali, Hash drained a 3-pointer from the right wing at the 3:02 mark and the Trojans would not trail the rest of the way. AU led by four on three occasions over the next two minutes, but Glymph and Evans combined for four straight free throws inside the final minute to even the score at 82 apiece with 20 seconds remaining to set up the final frantic moments.
Anderson will look continue building momentum when the Trojans welcome Carson-Newman to the Abney Athletic Center on Wednesday, as the two teams meet for the first time this season. Tip-off versus the Eagles is slated for 8 p.m.


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I enjoy the holidays and seeing people who I don't encounter in my daily or weekly activities, and this happened many times this past week. Plus, Lamont and I got to spend time with the five grandchildren on our three-day visit to the Columbus area.
At the first event, I got to see Irene Hajny Sabo, who was at the Jefferson County Farm Bureau Christmas Luncheon. Irene and I were close friends from the sixth grade all through high school and beyond. Work, children and other things keep us from seeing each other often, but it is wonderful when we do get together.
The luncheon was on my birthday, so Irene brought me a tray of cupcakes decorated in colorful Christmas designs. She also gave me a dozen of her wonderful dinner rolls that I plan to keep for Christmas. This decision was made after facing much temptation to dig in. I think yeast products are my favorite type of food, and these were shaped in what I think is called a twist - fancy shapes anyhow.
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GIFT TIME — Ann Marie Grayzar, left, opens a Christmas gift while Amy Hajny, middle, and Lisa Cline watch. This was at the Jefferson County Farm Bureau Christmas luncheon and "trading" gift exchange.
-- Esther McCoy
OFFICERS — The slate of officers for the 2013 year were introduced at the Jefferson Ruritan Christmas dinner. They are, from left, Lester Grimes, secretary; Glen McLain, treasurer; Don Clarke, president; Robert Meyer, chaplain and board member; Warner Sanders, board member; and Fred Ramsey, board member and past secretary.
-- Esther McCoy
KEEP OR TRADE — Emilee Wood, seated, shows off her gift while Sherry Finney checks to see if she wants to trade for it.
-- Esther McCoy
LAVISH COSTUMES — Lavish costumes were part of the Living Christmas Tree pageant held at Grace Polaris Church in Worthington. Young girls who were attendants to the king who paid homage to baby Jesus were, from left, Sarah Myers, Jessie McCoy and Alize Raptou.
-- Esther McCoy
HAPPY HOLIDAYS — Orega Yanik holds up a reindeer yard decoration she received as her gift at the Jefferson County Farm Bureau luncheon.
-- Esther McCoy
Mary Ellen Grafton is always great with thought-rendering games.
She had a game with words meaning the same thing as Christmas carols, but they had to be deciphered.
Marian Houser, who was there as my guest; Karen Morroco; Janine Yeske and I managed to get them all. And honestly, although Marian and I were seated side by side, we did not cheat.
Lamont and I attended the Jefferson Ruritan Christmas dinner at the Hilltop Presbyterian Church next. We had not seen Lester and Kathy Grimes since working the concessions trailer at the Toronto Arts Festival, where I learned how to make a decent funnel cake after much instruction from Lester.
Don Clarke always keeps me on my toes. "We are going to get you to talk about spaghetti tonight" was his greeting as we entered the church social room.
Having forgotten what my food column was about that week, as I sometimes work ahead, I looked at him with a very blank look. "Don't you even know what you write about in your column?" he asked.
It was great seeing Ruby Grimes, Marge Burns and Phyllis Patterson as guests at the dinner. I don't see them very often either. And we sat beside Ann and Bill Bray.
Last Saturday, Sunday and Monday were filled with grandchildren activities in Lewis Center, Worthington and Columbus, and I got to see Jackson and Maggie as well.
We went to the Worthington Christian High School basketball game to see Amber cheer at Olentangy High School on Saturday. Cheerleaders have to be gymnasts, dancers and know how to project their voices these days. I am amazed at all they do. Some of the cheerleaders were doing back flips clear across the gymnasium.
Jessie cheers with the varsity squad, too. She made it in her sophomore year, but she was in the Living Christmas Tree pageant and had to be there instead. That is where we went Sunday afternoon.
That presentation amazes me each year, but I think that this, the Grace Polaris Church's 26th year, topped them all.
It was called "Brewed Awakening" about a Christian Teen Youth Group that operates a coffee shop of the same name being asked to take on the presentation of the church Christmas pageant.
Danny, a member of the church youth group, asks his friend, Josh, to help with the production, and it takes much coaxing to get him - a young man who thinks church people are weird - to become part of the presentation. At one point, Josh says, "I don't want to be part of the giving of Frankenstein, gold and fur."
As time goes by, there is a turn-around as Danny, who was raised a Christian, starts disbelieving and runs with the wrong crowd. Josh, the party animal, is going in the opposite direction and finding answers in the faith.
In act one, the youth show off the acts they think will find appeal in the pageant. There are children singing, dancing and then playing the bongos to "Jingle All the Way Medley." Jessie, her friend, Alize Raptou, and two other dancers performed a ballet number to "Angels We Heard on High."
There was a full orchestra of violins, piccolos, flutes, cymbals and other instruments playing "Hark the Herald Angels Sing," and the most impressive performance came from children, young people and adults in a scene reminiscent of "The Lion King."
There were three teens inside of and holding erect giraffe heads and swaying them coming down the aisle. Many people were holding up antelope figures and making them look as if they were galloping down the aisle. There also was a lion; a yak with two people inside, led around because it was having trouble seeing; and people holding large, beautiful butterflies, parrots and other exotic bird figures on sticks and swaying with them to the music of "Yesu Klisto is Born."
Jessie was called upon in two performances to be part of the herd of antelope and said the muscles in her arms were burning from lifting the figures up and down for so long. That portion of the act was absolutely beautiful.
A barbershop quartet auditioned and sang "Glory to God in the Highest," but some teens thought it to be too old- fashioned for the pageant.
In the talk between Danny and Annie, they realize that music is the universal language. The world would be very empty without it.
It is at this point that Danny tells Josh he wants to go to the college frat party, while Josh decides he doesn't want to do this type of scene anymore. Part of Danny's problem is that he never knew his father, a man who took no interest in his life. He decides that he doesn't want to play the part of Joseph in the pageant, and a frantic Josh tells him that the play is nothing without Joseph so he relents.
There is the scene where a pregnant Mary comes riding into the auditorium on a donkey, and they try to find room in the inn, to no avail. Then the night scene is when a baby's cry is heard, and the baby Jesus is born. Two live camels, with one having issues with the noise in the room, carry kings from afar, and a white horse carries in another king. Mary sings "Be Born in Me" and says that she will hold him in the beginning but he would hold her in the end.
Then the scene switches to the trial and crucifixion of Jesus. The stone is rolled away, and only the shroud remains. Jesus then appears and a magnificent scene with angels, people rejoicing and a bright light on the one who provides his own special light. The singing of "Great Day" concludes the scene.
At the end of the pageant, Danny learns that while he did not have a real dad to make proud with accomplishments in his youth, he did have a father in Jesus Christ.
Our last visit was to the Worthington Christian School on Monday night to view and hear the "Winter Choir and Strings Concert" with Amber and Jessie as part of the event.
Again, there was a magnificent orchestra combining students, alumni and teachers.
I was most impressed and terribly proud when Amber had a solo, one of only two with girls, where she sang "Gloria in Excelsis" and "Laudamus te" all in Latin. It was absolutely beautiful, and I don't know how she learned all those words.
Again, there was dancing, singing and playing instruments by students who receive wonderful guidance at the school.
(McCoy, a resident of Smithfield, is food editor and a staff columnist for the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times. She can be contacted at email@example.com.)


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Depending on LNG composition, N2 content and plant operating mode, an operating pressure of 7 barg to 8 barg was found by the study to be the optimum pressure range.
[boil-off gas]
[natural gas]
[engineering and design]
Boil-off gas (BOG) generation is an inherent part of natural
gas liquefaction, transportation and gasification. It varies
depending on site temperature, climate condition, integrity of
insulation and plant operating mode.
Optimization of a BOG system focuses on the optimum
operating pressure of the BOG handling system, which affects
BOG compressor configuration, process and flare systems design,
operating philosophy, startup procedures, line sizes and plant
performance. In this examination, different case studies were
performed to minimize
hydrocarbon loss, flaring and energy
To generalize the results, two extreme compositions (lean
and rich) were considered in the case studies. Three scenarios
for regasification terminal send-out pressure were considered
(40 barg, 70 barg and 100 barg). Two BOG generation scenarios
were assumed:
These scenarios resulted in maximum and minimum BOG
generation, respectively. Operating expenditure (OPEX)
increased slightly at higher operating pressures; however, BOG
recondensation capacity improved significantly.
Depending on LNG composition, nitrogen (N2)
content and plant operating mode, an operating pressure of 7
barg to 8 barg was found to be the optimum pressure range at
which minimum hydrocarbon loss would occur.
Regasification terminals can receive LNG with different
compositions and specifications. A range of hydrocarbon
components, plus N2, exists in LNG. Due to heat
absorption by piping, tanks and equipment, a part of the LNG is
continuously turned into vapor. The amount and composition of
BOG varies over time.
Vaporized LNG is mainly methane (CH4) and
N2. The hydrocarbon content of BOG varies between 75
mol% and 95 mol%, depending on the mode of operation and the
LNG composition. Therefore, vaporized hydrocarbons should be
recovered to minimize hydrocarbon loss and BOG flaring.
The amount of BOG generated in terminals depends on the
capacity of the plant and can be as high as 100 million
standard cubic feet per day (MMscfd). Thus, recovery of BOG is
a crucial operation in every LNG receiving terminal.
Different process schemes are applied in LNG receiving
terminals around the world. The regasification process on which
this study was based uses seawater and a circulating medium
(propane) to warm up and vaporize the LNG. Fig.
1 shows a schematic of the system. Regardless of the
process applied, the concept of BOG recondensation remains the
During front-end engineering and design (FEED), a survey was
conducted to select the appropriate BOG handling configuration.
Using lessons learned from existing plants, a combination of
heat exchangers and direct LNG BOG contactors was applied to
maximize BOG condensation. Fig. 2 illustrates
the details of the system that was designed.
Fig. 2. Proposed
configuration of BOG
recondensation system.
A simulation platform was used to run case study scenarios,
and the Peng-Robinson equation of state was utilized as a base
correlation for the fluid package. The rest of the options in
the fluid package were maintained at default values.
In LNG receiving terminals, generated BOG can be recondensed
using high-pressure LNG before being regasified. The dewpoint
of BOG is a function of its composition. In turn, the
N2 content of BOG has the greatest impact on
dewpoint, as N2 is the most volatile component in
BOG composition.
The nitrogen mole fraction in BOG is directly related to the
N2 content of LNG. The higher the N2
content in the LNG, the more the N2 vaporizes with
BOG. In the performed case studies, the N2 mole
fraction in BOG is in the range of .05.25. (LNG
N2 mole percentage is a maximum of 2%; most LNG
specifications contain less than 2 mol% N2.) Higher
N2 content in BOG shifts the multiphase area to the
left in a phase-envelope diagrami.e., full condensation
can be achieved at higher BOG pressures.
Keeping this fact in mind, at certain LNG compositions,
greater BOG generation will result in a lower concentration of
N2 in the vapor phase. It is, therefore, common to
see maximum N2 mol% in lean LNG BOG compositions,
along with minimum BOG generation in a facility, as can be
inferred from Figs. 46. The higher the
N2 content, the more energy is required to
recondense the BOG. Two phase-envelope diagrams are shown in
Fig. 3, wherein the phase-change behaviors of
different compositions and BOG generation rates are
Fig. 3. BOG phase envelope
charts for
two extreme cases.
Fig. 4. High-high pressure
(LNG pressure
of 100 barg) condensation performance
for different cases.
Fig. 5. High-pressure (LNG
pressure of
70 barg) condensation performance
for different cases.
Fig. 6. Low-pressure (LNG
pressure of
40 barg) condensation performance
for different cases.
Although BOG condensation can start from BOG pressures as
low as 3 barg, the majority of the BOG will be turned into
liquid only at pressures higher than 6 barg (Figs.
46). Setting BOG operating pressure at the
highest possible level will ensure full condensation, but it
may not be a cost-effective or energy-efficient option.
An OPEX study was performed to discern the optimum operating
pressure range. The main items considered in the OPEX
calculations were electricity and fuel gas cost (Table
1 and Fig. 7).
Fig. 7. OPEX comparison for
operating scenarios in high-pressure
It is advisable to design a BOG handling system for a
maximum operating pressure of 8 barg. At an operating pressure
of 7 barg to 8 barg, both BOG flaring and OPEX are kept to a
I would like to take the opportunity to express my thanks to
the entire project team at Ranhill
Worley-Parsons, which supported me during this
studyespecially Jag Ghantala (project manager) and Viren Vartak
(process lead), who reviewed this article and encouraged me to
publish the study results. HP
Majid Zolfkhani holds degrees in
chemical engineering from Sharif University of Technology (BSc) and Iran
University of Science and Technology (MSc), both in
Tehran. Mr. Zolfkhani is a chartered member of the
Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), as well as
a chartered member of Engineers Australia, with 12
years of process engineering experience. He has worked
with Ranhill WorleyParsons since March 2008 as a senior
process engineer, accepting technical and leadership
roles for a variety of brownfield, greenfield, offshore
and onshore projects.
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Warner Bros. // 1987 // 86 Minutes // Rated PG
Reviewed by Judge P.S. Colbert // July 1st, 2013
Lapping up luxury, and rapping up a storm.
August 1987 was a memorable time for me. I had a girlfriend who looked like Belinda Carlisle. We vacationed in Las Vegas, and we couldn't wait to see our favorite Brooklyn rappers, then starring in the first (and only) Fat Boys movie.
Fast forward one quarter century and change: the girlfriend stomped my heart on her way out; Vegas morphed into a garish, overpriced theme park, and amazingly, Disorderlies remains.
I say amazingly, as I clearly recall watching a film so flimsy and forgettable that I half suspected at the time that it might evaporate from the screen before the final credits had a chance to roll.
By that point, we'd endured nearly an hour and a half of painful unfunniness concerning a trio of brain donors (The Fat Boys) hired by the greedy and villainous Winslow Lowry (Anthony Geary, General Hospital) to "take care" of his elderly, bed-ridden Uncle Albert (Ralph Bellamy, The Awful Truth).
I hereby throw myself upon the court's mercy, pleading sheer mental fatigue at the notion of relating the extremely tired sequence of events transpiring over eighty-six seemingly interminable minutes (as per a nearly comatose screenplay by Mark Feldberg and Mitchell Klebanoff -- the team who'd later co-write Beverly Hills Ninja). For those details, I'd suggest you check out Judge Patrick Naugle's eloquent review for a blow-by-blow account of what goes on between curtains rising and falling.
Though we are in general agreement regarding our appraisal of Disorderlies, I must quibble with my distinguished colleague's contention that "the film is crushed under the weight of the Fat Boys' personalities."
On the contrary. I believe that it's the very lack of same that doomed this once-promising group's chances of achieving big screen stardom. Rather than expanding on their unique sense of humor and poetic dexterity (borne out in a series of clever music videos), the tubby trinity -- known individually as Mark (Prince Markie Dee) Morales, Damon (Kool Rock-Ski), and Darren (Buff Love, the Human Beatbox) -- are reduced here to an extremely pale imitation of the Three Stooges, albeit tres nyuckleheads sporting Kangols, Adidas sneakers and Swatch watches.
Naturally, there's an abundance of cartoonish buffoon-on-buffoon violence throughout. Face slapping in tandem? Check. A frying pan to the forehead? Check. A big box (labeled "Explosives") rigged to a long fuse? Check. Stumbles? Pratfalls? Hanna-Barbera sound effects, and knockabout scrambled exits? Check, please!
Technically speaking, the differences between the previous catalog release and the current V.O.D. archive presentation (both from Warner Bros.) are very slight: The aspect ratio has gone from 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen to 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen, and the movie's theatrical trailer has been dropped as a "bonus feature."
The picture shows some signs of age, but extremely rarely, and inconsequentially. Colors seem slightly faded, but remember, this is a relic from the '80s -- the decade so bright one had to wear shades to get through it. The 1.0 mono mix is functional; no more, no less. English, Spanish, and French subtitles are optional.
Bottom line: There's nothing to see here, folks -- that is, nothing you haven't seen done better elsewhere. Ironically, what these boys do best is given the shortest shrift -- there's but one Fat rap number (which comes fifty minutes in), and it turns out to be nothing but a needless desecration of the Beatles' classic "Baby, You're A Rich Man."
Aaawww, hell nah!
Guilty, straight up. Word.
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Judgment: 59
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Studio: Warner Bros.
Video Formats:
* 1.78:1 Anamorphic
Audio Formats:
* Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono (English)
* English
* French
* Spanish
Running Time: 86 Minutes
Release Year: 1987
MPAA Rating: Rated PG
Distinguishing Marks
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* IMDb
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McDuff proved that there exist continuum many non-isomorphic (separable) II${}_1$ factors. I would like to politely ask whether it is known/open if one can find $2^{\mathfrak{c}}$ (or at least $\mathfrak{c}^+$) many such factors.
My feeling is that this is not possible to construct more than $\mathfrak{c}$ separable von Neumann algebras by a simple cardinality argument. The ball of $B(H)$ for $H$ separable, is metrisable under the ultraweak topology, so it has at most $\mathfrak{c}$ ultraweakly closed subsets. So we cannot have more than $\mathfrak{c}$ different balls, and consequently, have more than $\mathfrak{c}$ non-isomorphic algebras. Is this correct?


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SAN ANTONIO (April 14, 2013) – Rookie Jared Gomes extended his point-scoring streak to three games, but the Texas Stars (42-20-5-6) tallied five goals in the span of 10:55 en route to a 8-2 victory over the San Antonio Rampage (29-36-2-6) on Sunday afternoon at AT&T Center in front of 7,673 fans.
The defeat dropped the Rampage to 2-9-0-0 against their I-35 rivals on the season. The eight goals surrendered by San Antonio was the most given up by the club since Oct. 18, 2008 at Houston.
Forward Jack Combs lit the lamp for the Rampage in the first period, marking his 14th point (nine goals, five assists) in his first 15 games in the Silver and Black since being acquired from the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on March 15. With his goal in the second period, Gomes is now on a three-game point scoring streak (two goals, one assist).
For the fifth-straight game the Rampage surrendered the first goal. Texas forward Reilly Smith lit the lamp at 10:13 of the first period with a wrist shot that beat Rampage netminder Dov Grumet-Morris blocker side. When scoring first, Texas owned a 21-4-0-5 record entering the game.
Combs tied the game at 1-1 at 16:11 of the first period when he charged the net down low and pulled a smooth forehand-to-backhand move before depositing the puck into the back of the net. Jon Rheault and Scott Timmins collected assists on the goal.
However, only 1:15 later, the Stars had a 3-on-2 odd man rush, and after two bang-bang passes, Colton Sceviour fired the puck in the net. With the goal, Sceviour has four goals and seven assists in nine games against the Rampage this season.
The Stars cashed in again 33 seconds later when Mike Hedden found a rebound at the bottom of the right circle and took a quick shot past Grumet-Morris before he was able to recover from the initial shot.
Texas tallied three-straight goals to open the second period. Travis Morin extended the Stars' lead at 2:33 of the second period and Scott Glennie followed suit at 6:07 of the middle frame. Foster entered the game in relief of Grumet-Morris after the Rampage netminder had surrendered five goals.
Justin Dowling lit the lamp at 8:31 of the second period with a deflection in front of the net before Gomes scored on a slap shot from the left boards to make it a 6-2 game. Dowling cashed in again to wrap up the scoring in the second period on a breakaway after sneaking behind the Rampage defense at the blueline. San Antonio trailed Texas, 7-2, after 40 minutes of action.
Hedden scored the lone goal of the third period, his second of the game, at 11:36 of the final frame to wrap up the scoring on the afternoon.Grumet-Morris stopped 12 of the 17 shots he faced before Foster entered the game in his relief. Foster turned aside 12-of-15 shots fired his way.
Texas finished the game 1-for-3 with the man advantage and has now recorded a power-play goal in five-straight games against the Rampage (8-for-23). San Antonio was 0-for-1 on the power play on the night.
The Rampage and Stars will square off for the final time this season on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. on an All-You-Can-Eat Night at the AT&T Center. Tickets for all remaining Rampage home games start at $10 and can be purchased at the AT&T Center Southeast Box Office, by calling a Rampage representative at 210-444-5554 or online at sarampage.com.


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A variety of productivity systems and techniques are discussed on this site (e.g. GTD, Inbox Zero, FTF, Pomodoro, etc.); however, lots of folks probably land here because they're looking to learn more about productivity in general or only know one or two systems well.
What are the fundamental behaviors that cut across multiple productivity systems or that represent personal productivity best practices in general, even if they aren't codified in a named system?


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Our windows in the back of our house receive a lot of wind. When it's windy or very cold, the air is coming in through various crevices: window track and space between window. The windows are about 7 years old and the fuzzy insulation looks okay. I've tried to install insulation, but it didn't seem to resolve it.
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I recently unlocked the Sandman for the Scout and have been using it but I don't really see the advantages. The -15 health does not seem to make up for the fact that I am just able to stun a player for just a few seconds. Is the Sandman only used to make a quick get-away or is it used effectively in combat?
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There are more uses than that but, that is my main usage of it. I've found it pretty useful in certain circumstances.
When fighting alone, the Sandman is a wash at best, because the small window of opportunity you get from the stun is offset by your reduced survival rate due to the health drop.
The Sandman is much more effective when used as part of a team push, or even only sniper cover, as stunned foes make excellent targets for Rockets, Grenades, or Headshots.
Target also matters -- If there's an enemy heavy parked on a control point, he makes a much better target (both in terms of ease of hitting and in terms of net effect) than a scout or spy.
If you primarily play the scout as a harasser, you may also find more use for the sandman, because getting stunned is, if nothing else, quite annoying to the recipient.
It's somewhat useful on melee-only maps, since the bat counts as melee, but you still get a ranged attack out of it.
Recent patches have added the Flying Guillotine, a ranged secondary that deals damage based on distance thrown. The biggest pro of it is that it will deal critical hits (150 base damage including crits) on stunned players.
I've found it extremely useful in taking down Heavies. First you stun them, then lob a guillotine into them. That's 150 damage instantaneous damage, not to mention the bleed damage the guillotine causes. A couple scatter shots into them, and you're good to go.
Essentially, paring the Sandman with the Guillotine is a devastating combo on unexpecting players. Here's a video of it in action.
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Keith Newman, Grain Division Manager at New Vision Cooperative, explains many of the aspects of soybean handling and processing to members of a Chinese delegation.
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A large delegation of Chinese swine technology specialists visited New Vision Cooperative in Brewster on Friday afternoon. They toured the feed mill as well as the fertilizer plant located along Minnesota State Highway 60 just west of Brewster.
During the tour at the feed mill, Keith Newman, New Vision Coop Grain Division Manager, answered many questions from the Chinese delegation regarding New Vision Cooperative and its part in Minnesota soybean and soybean-based product production.
Following the tour at the Brewster facility, the group went to the Bill and Dawn Gordon farm located on Palm Avenue, Worthington, MN.
At the farm, the delegation was greeted by a number of neighboring farmers, as well as the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council Chair, Paul Simonsen, Worthington Mayor Al Oberloh, the President of Minnesota West Richard Schrubb and Senator Bill Weber along with the Gordon family. "The delegation members had time to have a conversation with the farmers and guests who were at the Gordon Farm, and contact information was exchanged," Sam Ziegler, Director of Marketing Programs with Minnesota Soybean explained. "The delegation has been on the road from the World Pork Expo to SDSU for some training courses and then spent a couple days in Minnesota. This is a very important market for Minnesota soybeans as 1 out of 4 rows of soybeans are purchased by customers in China."
The goal of the members of the Chinese delegation was to learn more about soybean production and technology, and about the high quality soybean-based products raised and made in the state of Minnesota. The information garnered included discussions about seed, fertilizer and soybean storage. Many questions were asked about the machinery that is used at the feed mill and the fertilizer plant. At the Gordon farm, there was discussion regarding farm machinery and farming technologies that are being used today.
The Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council and South Dakota State University are making an effort to connect international food industry leaders with Minnesota soybean farmers.
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Swisslog, Intelligrated share details about strategic alliance
March 22, 2011 - MMH Editorial
In a joint press conference held yesterday, Swisslog Logistics Inc. (Booth 2323) offered details about the strategic alliance the company has formed with Intelligrated (Booth 2903).
Markus Schmidt, senior vice president and head of North America for Swisslog, and Chris Cole, CEO of Intelligrated, spoke about their expectations for the partnership and the value it will bring to the companies' customers.
Additionally, Swisslog announced a new order for the company's AutoStore system, and an order for a frozen, automated warehouse installation in Europe.
AutoStore features a dense 3D grid of self-supporting bins moved to pick stations by a series of independAent robots. Ideal for high storage density and enhanced picking efficiency of small case, piece picked items, the fully automated system expands to accommodate changing demand patterns.
Intelligrated and Swisslog announce strategic alliance
Alliance offers highly integrated comprehensive automated material handling solutions for food, beverage and retail markets
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Mariah Carey Flaunts Her Bikini Body In The Snow
The sassy pop star has no fear of hypothermia in Aspen
There's a lot of Christmas attire that we're comfortable with -- Fair Isle sweaters, oversized sweatpants, sparkly party dresses, and bathrobes are all fair game. But unless we're jetting off to a tropical climate for the holidays (we wish), it's safe to say we'll be leaving the bikinis at home.
This is apparently not the case for the inimitable Mariah Carey, who took to Instagram over the week to show off her amazing bikini bod... in the snow. That's right: Mimi posted a photo of herself wearing a red bikini to walk her dog in snow-covered Aspen, Colorado. We don't know the exact temperature out there in the mountains, but we do know that we're getting chilly just looking at this photo.
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"Take me out to the ball game" was the theme for those boarding the two buses chartered by the Herald-Star/Weirton Daily Times to give readers a chance to get to a game without the hassle of driving and parking on Aug. 2.
There had been another bus excursion on July 13 with seven buses following each other to PNC Park, and it was so much fun that Cindy Kotsch, the newspapers' director of marketing and special events, decided to do it again.
We were teamed up with friends, Mary and Kenny Emery, and adopted Cindy Ware and her sister, as this was their first trip, and they were sort of hesitant at first. The trip was part of Cindy's July 28 birthday gift. A pretty nice gift!
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VETERAN — Howard "Red Bird" Straight, 85, of Weirton was wearing his commemorative Air Force B-29 baseball cap at the Pittsburgh bus trip game. He is a Korean War veteran.
-- Esther McCoy
GAME GOERS — Irene Sabados and John Skrabak of Steubenville hit the concession stand early on the Herald-Star/Weirton Daily Times bus trip to the Pittsburgh Pirates/Colorado Rockies game.
-- Esther McCoy
FOOD RUNS — Jonah Moro, 14, of Steubenville made many of the bus trip baseball fans happy by making food runs to the concession stands for them.
-- Esther McCoy
CHEERS — Pauline Roudenbush of Bergholz seems to be saying cheers with her soft drink from the all-you-can-eat concession stand at the Pirates game. She is accompanied by her husband, Jack.
-- Esther McCoy
SUPPORTERS — Nearly 40 members of the Brilliant Fire Department stepped in to help with the benefit for Yvonne Fair who has been battling stage 4 melanoma. Yvonne is the fourth person from the right in the second row. She is between her parents, Donna and Harry Fair. Helpers wore pink shirts in a show of support for Yvonne.
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Lamont found that one of our park seating companions was Lois King of Toronto, a TIMET employee when he was still working there. Other TIMET compadres were Sam Geddis and Ward Steele.
Pauline Roudenbush, who sat just behind us, said this was her first time to ride the bus to the game. She had seen the advertisement in the paper. They are from Bergholz.
Jonah Moro, 14, of Steubenville, was kept busy during the game. He was making food runs for everyone who did not want to climb down the stairs in the club section to go to the concession stand. He'll be a freshman this year, and if he is not an athlete, he was certainly getting his exercise in Pittsburgh.
Joyce Kiester of Weirton was making a few food runs as well. She brought back five ice cream sandwiches for some dessert hungry fans, and I happened to be one of them.
Joe Harbin and his son, Austin, seem to have a liking for camo. Joe was wearing a camo baseball cap, and Austin had purchased a camo Pirates baseball.
Rosalie Falbo found out just hours before the bus was to leave that she was going to the game with Sam Geddis. He completely surprised her.
Mary Emery and I do our usual giggling about anything and everything. Our husbands just look and shake their heads. We didn't give Kenny a choice on who to select in the pierogi race, as the three of us all selected a color, leaving him with red. Guess what? The red pierogi won.
Howard Straight of Weirton was sitting in front of us at the game, and I noticed that he had on a commemorative Air Force hat that had B-29 on the front. I told him that Lamont was acquainted with B-29s in his years in the Air Force and found that Straight was a veteran of the Korean War. His nickname is Red Bird.
Ron Smith, a Herald-Star buddy and one who supplied me with material to make fried green tomatoes, was along and was in the row in back of us.
Susan Allen and her friend, Kay Garrett, took a picture of me and sent it by e-mail. I don't get my photo taken. I'm the one behind the camera.
It was a grand time even if there was a loss. We did lots of cheering, and my hands were sore from clapping.
They say it takes a village to raise a child, but I have found a new twist on this saying from the benefit chicken dinner and horse race held to help with medical expenses for Yvonne Fair for her stage 4 melanoma.
Yvonne is one of the members of the Brilliant Volunteer Fire Department. She keeps going on runs and does all the work that the other members do. Her firefighting buddies wanted to do something special for her, and there were almost 40 wearing hot pink shirts showing that they were in on Yvonne's fight to battle her disease and the escalating medical costs.
Kurt Creamer told me that on days when he wakes up feeling bad, he remembers the many times that Yvonne has much worse days, and this keeps him going.
With tears in his eyes, Jim Degenhardt said that she is too young to have to face such a struggle. "If she had just given up, she probably wouldn't be here right now," he said.
Everyone is of the same opinion - Yvonne is the greatest, has a wonderful attitude and is determined to go on despite her pain.
Their love for the 27-year-old shows through, and I want to congratulate the fire department, the residents of Brilliant and all who came out to show support. You people are the greatest.
(McCoy, a resident of Smithfield, is a staff columnist and food editor for the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times. She can be contacted at email@example.com.)


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We at MoM Towers love whisky. Can't get enough it. We also love the USA (yes, it's true!), and we have a special place in our collective, malty heart for Craft Distillers. So, when we first heard about an American, whisky-producing craft distillery, our minds were blown. Blown, I tells ya! This was well before we even had a chance to behold the amazing beards of Chip Tate, Head Distiller at Balcones, and Jared Himstedt, the Production Manager at the Distillery. Once we saw what these chaps were sporting and making, we knew we would be hooked.
Chip Tate started up Balcones in 2008 and snatched the glory of producing the very first Texas whisky. Balcones is named for the fault line that runs through the south-western part of the state through Waco, Texas where the distillery is located. A dramatic illustrated interpretation of the Balcones Fault can be found in the logo and is truly representative of some of the flavour profiles found in their whiskies: ground-breaking and earth-quaking.
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In the past year or so Norah and I have been interviewed in many, many places…magazines (Norah in the February 2009 issue of Knit N' Style, and the Winter 2008 issue of Interweave, Cirilia in the Fall 2008 issue of Knitscene) online (Norah at Knitch and on Lolly's blog, and both of us on the Knitting Contessa's Knitting Contrissmas–Day 1 and Day 25). There have been interviews for Berroco (Norah in KnitBits #137 and during the Recession Collection) and for our favorite podcasts (Norah on Cast On, Stash and Burn #50 and Ready, Set, Knit #97 and Cirilia on Stash and Burn #46)…
NOW, I can't imagine that there is anything else you'd want to know about either of us, but if there is I'd like to propose an experiment! We've recently started Twittering–if you're already on Twitter you can follow us @berrocodesign. I'm opening up the Twitter floor (the nest?) to your questions. For the most part I'm the one Tweeting but if you have a Norah specific question just say so (in 140 characters or less, of course) and I'll nudge her.
Speaking of technology, we posted another behind the scenes video in today's KnitBits. I also stumbled across a Berroco related video that Kathy Elkins posted to YouTube, its' from a trunk show event we did last fall.
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hi-in the pics with you and two others-the blonde on the left with the brown sweater–what is that sweater?? the pic is the one with the caption of cirilia saying–"its hard not to laugh or joke….." something like that… thanks!!!!!!!!! maryannMarch 15, 2009
I just love the behind-the-scenes videos. Thanks for posting them!March 15, 2009
Hi Cirilia!
It's so awesome to see you on this website. I check this blog pretty often. Congrats on getting a sweet job!
I really, really, really hate to bother you about this, but I was wondering if you could answer a question for me? I've just finished knitting all the pieces for Norah's Kaari sweater, and now it's time to block them. I'm using the Berroco Pure Merino Heathers yarn. So do you have a recommendation for the best blocking method for this yarn? I couldn't find any info on that in the pattern booklet or on the Berroco website. It's probably an obvious answer, but I'm such a novice! I know about the various blocking methods, but I just don't know which one is right for this. Thanks!March 16, 2009
I'm so thrilled that you're on twitter! I'm always looking for new knitters to follow. (I do daily knitting tips & naughty film trivia on twitter as reelknitting.)
By the way, I'm using Berroco Inca Gold and Berroco Lumina to knit a sweater that I designed for the yarnmarket.com contest. I really love working with them. So beautiful AND dependable.
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Exactly how does Adventurer Conqueror King differ from B/X D&D, Labyrinth Lord, and Pathfinder? If I wanted to begin playing with a system-light D&D, preferred ascending AC, and wanted something "out of the box" without a lot of rules-fixing, what would you recommend and why?
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ACKS is closely derived from B/X by way of Labyrinth Lord. Ascending AC is one of its differences as explained here. The esteemed Mr. Conley does a good job of describing the other things ACKS is designed to do "out of the box", although I think the rules for running a thieves' guild and sending out your underlings to do hijinks are also worthy of mention.
You could separate race from class in Adventurer Conqueror King most easily by allowing any race to become any class. You might then want to define racial bonuses separately - right now they're baked into ACKS' non-human racial classes. (You could also leave racial effects as part of the setting instead of the rules; as it stands, humans don't get bonuses but are much more likely to enjoy positions of power in society.)
It'd be straightforward to adapt racial bonuses from any other D&D-lineage system. If you wanted to get more into it, the ACKS Player's Companion has a class design system that lets you create custom classes balanced for factors like racial bonuses, with a couple of examples of new race/class combos. The assumption is still race-as-class, but you could just as well use the system to design class features and racial bonuses separate of one another.
It's design is basically an expansion of B/X D&D.
It still has race as class but expands the number of racial classes into a section labeled Demi-Human Classes for example there is a Dwarven Vaultguard and a Dwarven CraftPriest.
It adds proficiencies which are skill and abilities mostly non-combat oriented. They represent something that the character is better at than a non-proficient person.
The heart of ACKS is the campaign section where the author add several subsystems that allow the character to impact the setting beyond the usual adventuring locales. These include
The treasure type system has been tweaked to work with the various assumptions on wealth and income outlined in the above subsystems.


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I just started to read about table lock in SQL (from this page)
It saids:
table lock may reduce the overhead of acquiring a large number of row or page locks and save overall locking time
From my understanding it will prevent other query to access the table I have locked, but why will this improve the performance? Isn't it will slow down over roll queries when there is mutiple user trying to use the table? Can someone explain little bit more?


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I downloaded a 3.9MB song (.mp3) and converted it to (.ogg) with this command
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Which sites are banned from deals.woot?
On occasion, I find that deals.woot says that it doesn't accept deals from a specific site. Is there a list of which we should be aware?
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there is no official list. of anything. ever.
As @mooszilla mentioned, there is not a list.
If you have personal buying experience with a site that is currently not allowed, you can post a question to see if it can be reconsidered. Jumbowoot is in charge of those decisions.
@thunderthighs: There is a list but you do not publish it for us to see. How can you ban sites without them being on a list in your database somewhere?
@cengland0: Oh, so you want to be technical about it? =P
There's a list: Yes
You can see it: No
@thunderthighs: I don't think it would be the most disastrous thing to ever happen if you guys actually clued us in on just a couple things like the list of banned tags and banned websites. Yes, I understand and respect yous guys' desire to be super top secret about things, that's your style, I get that...but why not allow wooters who want to be more efficient and streamline in posting deals get equipped? We just want to make your website better :)
It's like crippling the foundation of your own existence when you should be reinforcing it, right?
@thunderthighs: Thank you for making me laugh. :-D Best answer I've seen in days and days.
@thunderthighs: You know, that was very un-Mom-llike. You were supposed to say "because I said so."
@dmaz: I can just about guarantee you that we'll never release a list of sites that aren't allowed. I'm sure there's a multitude of reasons but mostly because we'd be asked to explain each and every one. And really, would you look up each site before posting? Why do that when we can do it automatically for you. Of the ones not allowed, most are selling counterfeit items, sites that were created VERY recently, or spammers. Again, if you have personal experience with a company that is not allowed, speak up and get jumbowoot involved.
As to the tags, not sure what you mean. We've discussed that in numerous threads. It's not that there's tags that aren't allowed, it's just that there may be better ones that support SEO. If you're talking about the Deals tags, disregard all that because I don't know much about those. I be a community moderator (e.g. AtC and comments).
@shrdlu: I can be brutally honest when needed. LOL
@lavinka: But I didn't say so. Someone else said so.
@thunderthighs: Chanks thundzles!
While I do disagree with how some things are done around here, that was straightforward enough of an answer.
I'll try to move on from this ~immediately bursts into tears and is dragged away~
So I suppose the followup would be is there a way to GET a site onto the banned list? You know... if I had a competitor I didn't like... I mean a bad experience with a site....
Yeah, if we can make suggestions for the list, I'd nominate craigslist.org. Not that there is anything wrong with the site itself, but being a classified ad site, not an online site, there should never be a valid deal posted here on deals.woot that links to craigslist. I've seen many a spammer use craigslist as a way to "launder" their spam websites.
@thunderthighs: Would it be censored if we, as a group, start sharing a list of sites we know are banned? I know it's irritating when I spend time putting together a post only to have it blocked at the final "submit" button. Plus, if there are sites that DW doesn't like for some reason, I would like to avoid these.
In any case, I know of two blocked sites and would be glad to post them here and to see what any that other DW folks are will to post. What say?
Devil's advocate here:
Has anyone thought that there may be legal ramifications, if such a list were to be posted?
Think of the silly lawsuits from professional people who were given bad on-line reviews
@belyndag: That's not my call. That would be something to ask @jumbowoot.
Deals.woot is an aggregator. Other aggregator sites are not allowed. Aggregators are sites that list items that can be purchased on other sites. There is not a DIRECT 'Buy' button on that site. Example: I tried to list a link that had 100's of free Kindle books - not allowed because you are linked from that site to Amazon to make the purchase.
@theoneill555: That's what I suspect is the concern. However, if @Jumbowoot will allow us to post the our own list of blocked sites ourselves, that might do the trick.
I don't see it happening anytime soon.


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Big-Block Bruiser -- Engine MastersWritten by on February 9, 2006 Contributors: Johnny Hunkins How Did BES Racing Engines make 838hp from 5008 cubic inches and 91 octane? Very carefully, that's how.
Tony Bischoff and his team at BES Racing Engines are all about making power, and they proved it at the 2005 Engine Masters Challenge. Tony has been a professional engine builder since the age of 22, and a competitor for longer than that. When asked how he liked the competition, he joked, "I liked everybody but Lennart," referring to Lennart Bergquist, who walked away with the top spot. A three-time competitor, Tony is always playing to win. On a more serious note, Tony related that one of the best parts of the Engine Masters competition has been getting to know the other builders, "All the people there are really good, so I really enjoyed that part of it." Tony's BES Racing Engines has been in the competition for the last three years, and their big-block Chevy entry came home in the runner-up spot with a 1265.67 score in the finals, making as much as 838 hp at 6,200 rpm. That's pretty astounding, and made us want to go in for a closer look.
Racers and engine builders aren't too quick to spill their hard-earned speed secrets, and Tony was no exception, but he was more than willing to elaborate on the detailed aspects of his build--after we twisted his arm pretty hard. The toughest part for Tony is managing the day-to-day duties of the business, and working in enough time for adequate testing. This year, the engine was finished only a week before the contest. Tony says, "You don't necessarily start it that late, but end up finishing it that late." Tony doesn't subscribe to a grandiose philosophy when it comes to a combination for the overall engine configuration, "You can get theories on bores and strokes that go both ways, and they're just theories." Tony continued, "I've never done a real small-bore, long-stroke combo. Of course, those are the guys who keep winning, so maybe that's the best way to go, but I'm not really convinced that that's the case." Tony built a bigger bore engine, with a 4.421-inch bore and a 4.140-inch stroke. According to Bischoff, the bore and stroke was arrived at because he already had the crank.Tony does believe that a relatively short rod versus the stroke is a good thing, especially down low at 2,500 rpm.
Tony explained, "I think the rod angle helps torque on the bottom; then there's the thing about the dwell at TDC being faster so it doesn't detonate so bad. I don't know if that's actually true or not, but I do know it makes more torque down low." Tony utilized a 6.300-inch Eagle rod, and conceded that he would have gone with even a shorter rod, but the added piston length and weight can be a problem. Tony pointed out, "It would pull the pin so far to the bottom of the cylinder that short of sleeving the block and hanging the sleeves down lower, it will hurt more than help, so I didn't want to go any shorter."
Bischoff believes the real secret to the competition is getting done with everything you want to do in time and testing extensively. Because the engine was completed so close to the deadline, Bischoff felt additional testing could have made a difference. "Ideally, you'd want to try a bunch of different cams and intakes, but as the timing worked out, we didn't have a chance to try a lot of different parts, and just worked on the tune-up."
The compression ratio was pretty stout at 12.5:1, and that may have been pushing it. Bischoff disclosed, "It may have been a mistake. Lennart was smart enough to test with 89 octane, while I was really thrilled when I was testing, since the engine didn't rattle at all, but that testing was on 93 octane. When we put the 91 [octane fuel] in it in New York, we had 5 or 6 degrees less timing in it than in testing." In the qualifying tune-up period the BES crew worked to dial in the timing for the local conditions and spec fuel with extensive tune-up pulls. Tony relates it can be difficult to tune within the time limitations of the competition: "It's tough to see the gains you're going to get with one- or two-degree changes in timing during the tune-up period of competition, since the (engine) temperature can change."
Competing in an event like the Engine Masters Challenge demands that the total combination is working optimally for the rpm range. Tony was quick to point out that much of the development of his engine was directed at producing power down low, while keeping out of detonation. Here, Tony applied some conventional techniques, as well as some unusual tricks. The fire slots on the pistons were something Tony had little previous experience with, at least that he would admit to. Tony laughs, "I have no idea what they do, this is the first motor I've put together like that, and it wasn't tested before and after, so I don't have any idea of whether it helped." We did note that the engine did not detonate, and upon tech inspection after the competition the pistons and rings didn't show any signs of scuffing.
On a more conventional front, to help control detonation, Tony went pretty tight on the quench clearance, about 0.035 inch, which was about as tight as he was willing to cut it with the weight of the pistons and the stroke length. An area Tony would have liked to explore further is the use of thermal coatings. Pressed by time constraints, there was a worry about getting the parts back in time for the competition. Some thermal management techniques were employed, basically trying to keep heat away from where it hurts, and keep it in where it can help. Here again, the thermal coating would have been a useful tool, but some other tricks were employed. The lower valley tray of the intake manifold was cut out, and a divorced valley plate was substituted to try to keep the heat out of the manifold. As is usually the case, Bischoff had more ideas than time, "I wanted to make some phenolic spacers for it but didn't have time to get it done. I know that stuff works."
The heads, needless to say, are extensively modified, with the work performed in-house at BES Racing. Starting at the chambers, the sparkplug side was filled in to produce a squish zone on both sides of the chamber. A noticeable modification was the use of a very small diameter sparkplug. Bischoff explained, "I moved the plug closer to the center of the chamber, and Brodix runs coolant around their plugs; without knowing exactly where the water is, the smaller plug let me remove less material when moving the plug from one side to the other." Filling out the chamber were large 2.300-inch intake valves and 1.800-inch exhaust valves.
Bischoff saw some room for improvement with the valves, "I originally had Manley No. 424 springs in it, and just before shipping the motor, I took the centers out of the springs. I knocked a bunch of spring pressure out of it, taking the load from 290 closed and 675 open to 220/500. It picked up my score a couple of numbers, so I left it that way, but if you look at my dyno sheet, I believe it was going into valve float at 6,400 or 6,500 rpm. I wish I had put in lighter valves, maybe put 5/16-inch stems in it and it might have let it carry the higher rpm. Peak power changed from above 6,600 to just 6,300 after taking out the inner spring." The Brodix-4 heads were fully ported at BES, but Tony saw more potential there, too, "I think my intake port was a little too big, and the exhaust was way too small; I just left it too small." The final size of the intake port was given as 3.9 square-inches. Asked about what it takes to cut a good intake port for the competition, Bischoff replied, "Make it flow as good as possible without making it too big."
The intake manifold and induction configuration is another vital aspect of a competition engine. Tony finds that the operating rpm range used in the competition adds a level of difficulty to getting the ideal combinations, "What works at 2,500 in the manifold is exactly the opposite of what works at 6,500. All the work we did on the manifold hurt peak horsepower a little, but at 2,500 we picked up 50 to 60 ft-lbs." The BES racing dyno is equipped with individual Lambda sensors for each cylinder, which helped to dial in the air/fuel ratio. Tony continued, "The work we did on the manifold may not have helped or even hurt the top-end. The end cylinders at 2,500 are really lean, and at 4,500 it would cross over and everything would go the other way. Basically you need a lot of air speed to keep the fuel in the air suspended, and at low speed it gets separated. That's why you need to try to direct the fuel where you want it to go. We dammed the center runners at the floor with epoxy to richen the end cylinders at low speeds. The end cylinders were dead lean that low; the air/fuel ratio was in the range of 16 or 17:1. As rpm went up they would even up; it was just at the low-end. Interestingly, the dams were originally just crudely put in there at the four center runners, making a rough 1/8- or 3/16-inch ridge, and that helped the score a bunch. Then I took the manifold off and polished it all out and made it real nice, and it actually hurt my score a couple of numbers. The HVH spacer helped the low-end numbers too, but didn't really make much difference at the top."
To make the most of the induction and heads, the camshaft is a critical component. Here, experience is the key. Tony used a custom 256/268 Comp roller cam with 0.846-inch lift. When selecting lobe profiles, Tony revealed that he was after high intensity: "We looked in the Comp book and found the quickest lobes we could find, and put that in it. I've never seen a quicker cam not make more power everywhere. They may make some faster ones, but that was the quickest one they had in the book." The quick lobes were linked to the valves with Crane 1.8:1 rockers, while a Jesel belt drive provided the spin. Speaking on the cam's timing, Bischoff elaborated, "Originally the cam went in at a 102-degree intake centerline; I would have liked to try putting it in a little more advanced, but it didn't have enough valve-to-piston clearance. Advancing and retarding did exactly what you'd expect; retarding would pick up the top-end numbers, but cost down low."
An extensively modified Eagle crank was the main player down at the bottom end. We asked Tony about the small journals, and how they fit in with his plan. Tony replied, "Oil control is important, but I never use scrapers. I'm a firm believer in controlling the flow of pressurized oil. You have to set the bearing clearances for the oil viscosity you are going to run. The small journals bleed-off less oil with tight clearances, and also help with the slower bearing speed. The roller cam bearings were used primarily to control oil. Restricting the oil to the top end is a big help. I like to spread the drainback though the whole motor instead of putting it all in the front or the back. Unless you can get it completely away from the crankshaft, dumping it all on top of the (No.) 7 and 8 cylinders isn't such a good idea. If your oil is restricted enough to the top end, keeping just enough to keep your pushrods in, there will be very little drainback anyway. The trick is to restrict it right.
Bischoff's big-block carried tricks and custom touches practically everywhere we looked, and probably a few we missed. That's this racer's edge. Most of the modifications were learned with hard work by the builder and his team, and done in-house at BES. You've got to respect the competitiveness of a man willing to work that hard for that little bit of an edge. The BES racing crew's performance at the Engine Masters Challenge proves the point.
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Pop the lid on Tony Bischoff's 508-cube big-block Chevy and start the hunt--there are custom touches everywhere, but don't expect Bischoff to voluntarily give up his game. Look, find, ask, and Bischoff will start to divulge his secrets. The fire slots in the pistons are easy to spot; the relocated deck dowels are more elusive, and it takes an accurate ruler to notice the 0.100-inch milled decks.Tony custom-crafted the chambers to create a dual-quench pad, substantially filling the plug side of the chamber. The plug was moved over toward the apex of the valves. Tiny plugs were used to minimize the potential of breaking into water during the surgery.A closer look at the Ross custom pistons reveals a mirror image of the Brodix head's chamber, and the scrubbed burn pattern gives a hint of the tight quench clearance. Compression rings are 1/16-inch, due to lack of availability of thinner rings for the odd bore size. Tony compensated with a serious back-cut.A look into the chamber with the valves out reveals the hand-ported bowls. The porting was done in-house at BES. Tony ordered Brodix head castings normally used for CNC finishing, and cut them to his liking. His aim? Make it flow as much as possible without making it too big.The heads were re-located on the dowels to move them 0.100 inch inward, to align the valves closer to the bore's centerline.On the exhaust side, Bischoff regrets not going bigger with the port. Bischoff relates, "These ports came really small, and we probably didn't take them out far enough."
This big-block shares the rod journal diameter with a Honda four. Bischoff disclosed that it is to reduce the bearing speed, which reduces drag. Bearing clearances are tight; Bischoff puts it at "under 0.002," which at least narrows down the general range.Reduced bearing diameter follows through to the mains, which is harder to accomplish than at the rods. The clever Bischoff started with big-block Chevy mains, which were installed and line-bored to 400 small-block size. Then 400 Chevy main spacers were installed and line-bored to take 283 Chevy bearings for a final size of 2.300.Edelbrock's 454 R intake manifold didn't escape Bischoff's handiwork. The intake runners were reworked on the dyno to establish effective distribution. A wide-band Lambda in each hole was pretty telling here.A closer look into the plenum shows the extended runners. Asked what they did, Tony disclosed that the low-end numbers were boosted. Epoxy dams were used on the floor at the inside runners, to even-up fuel distribution.Flipping the intake over reveals that the entire bottom of the manifold was cut away. Tony explained, "I wanted to isolate the intake as much as possible from the heat coming up from the valley."As installed in the engine, the separate valley plate creates an air gap under the intake. Less heat transfer equals a cooler intake manifold and more power.Hooker 2 1/8-inch headers were the standard catalog item. Bischoff felt a more elaborate stepped design may have made a difference, but he was reluctant to push the rules here.A Steff's full-length pan was used, with a screen type tray. Tony controls oil flow past the bearings and to the top end, trying to minimize the amount of oil flying around, rather than deal with it using scrapers.
Beneath the carb Bischoff used an HVH two-inch tapered spacer, "The spacer was definitely worth some points, it helped the engine work better down low."Tony's valvetrain looked conventional and if there was any trickery in the Crane 1.8:1-ratio rockers and stud girdle, he wasn't talking. Tony did say that the valves were a little too heavy, and that some power was found by reducing spring loads by removing the inner springs from the assemblies.Up front, Tony went with a Meziere electric water pump, TCI Rattler damper, and a Jesel belt drive. The belt drive put the Comp cam at a 102-degree centerline. Tony says, "I would have liked to advance the cam even more, but the valve-to-piston clearance wasn't there."


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The basic question I guess can be formulated as - given two integers $N_f$ and $N_c$ what are the ways in which the fundamental and the anti-fundamental representations of $U(N_f)$ be combined to get 1-dimensional representations of either $U(N_c)$ or $SU(N_c)$.
Apparently that is what goes into the following classification of particle physics as,
If you have $N_f$ fields in the fundamental representation of $U(N_f)$ then apparently these can't be combined (tensored?) into an $U(N_c)$ invariant (gauge singlet).
But the same $N_f$ fields can be combined into "baryons" - gauge singlets of $SU(N_c)$ as, $\epsilon_{i_1\dots i_{N_f-N_c}j_1\dots j_{N_c}}\epsilon^{a_1\dots a_{N_c}}$ $\prod_{k=1}^{N_c} \phi^{j_k}_{a_k}$
If with the same $SU(N_c)$ the $N_f$ fields happen to be in the adjoint of $U(N_f)$ then there exists forms invariant under $SU(N_c)$ given as $Tr[\prod_{k=1}^n \phi_{i_k}]$ (for any $n$ of these $N_f$ fields)
If one has a pair of fields in the fundamental and the anti-fundamental of $U(N_f)$ then the gauge invariant operators under $U(N_c)$ are given as the "mesons" - $\phi^i_a \bar{\phi}^a_j$ (where $a$ is the $N_c$ index and $i,j$ is the $N_f$ index)
I guess there is an uniqueness about the gauge invariant objects created for each flavour combination given. I guess this "fundamental theorem of invariant theory" in some sense guarantees this uniqueness.
It would be great if someone can explain this.
(.googling "fundamental theorem of invariant theory" didn't yield any clear answer..)


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1 Oct 2011 3:27 AM #11
I am not that really familiar with titanium though I would have to say that I did not really put that much attention to learning on it. So I jumped back to air rather quickly.
Though I have heard that there are some setup to it that makes the use of it really good. There are some components that you can develop through it which you cannot even imagine on the air version.
18 Jan 2012 11:30 AM #12
Interesting discussion...
Air is much better for me
18 Jan 2012 4:57 PM #13
Cool old topic
I just read all the topic and was remebering when I started this topic.
Now that AIR is kind of dead (at least a walking dead), I'm happy that I choose Titanium over AIR.
My desktop app is already at version 2.8, running under Windows and Linux, and smocked out it's VB ancestor.
Now I'm starting 2 Android apps with Titanium mobile,1 in the company and 1 at home.
Things are going well here.
What I have to say is, thanks Appcelerator and RIP Flash/AIR.LAMPE (Linux / Apache / MySQL / PHP / ExtJs)
19 Jan 2012 1:09 AM #14
AIR is dead ?
Where exactly did you got that from that AIR is dead ?
Maybe i missed something.
20 Jan 2012 3:55 AM #15
Flash do not work on Apple iStuff, is a slow pain in the ass on other mobile devices and is swiss cheese of insecurity in any plataform.
Since AIR is Flash dependent... I wold not say it's dead yet, but we need to admit that Adobe is kind of killing it slowly with their incompetence and in favor of HTML5.LAMPE (Linux / Apache / MySQL / PHP / ExtJs)
20 Jan 2012 5:44 AM #16
This is exactly what i m talking about.
Please first get your facts right then make some statements. AIR is NOT Flash dependant. AIR is a runtime in which you can run Flash content AND also non Flash content(like simple HTML/CSS/JS). AIR and Flash are in fact two different type of products. And the last time i checked AIR was working perfectly on any mobile device including iOS. One of the best sold games in the AppStore is even build with AIR.
So please first check then talk.
8 Apr 2012 11:25 AM #17
Adobe AIR worked
In 2011 we worked on an app that had to work on desktops and mobile devices. We really tried to get Titanium to work on the desktop, but it was way too buggy (over a year ago). So We switched to Adobe AIR, and got the job done writing almost everything in HTML/JavaScript, very little FLEX/ActionScript. You will need to download the AIR inspector. We then ported the same code over to iOS using PhoneGap, and later Android - where the test port took just 3 weeks, starting from scratch with no Android experience.
AIR, Titanium, iPhone, Android, Safari, Google Chrome and the MaxThon browser all use some version of Webkit as their page rendering engine. Webkit greatly reduces incompatibilities between platforms. The biggest difference is that the desktop versions, AIR included, allow for iFrame and scrolling inside a frame. The mobile Webiits do not. We used iScroll to deal with the scrolling issue. All the details are written up at www.WebkitWorks.com.
Were I to do the same thing again, I would start by writing Touch2 code in a browser, then port it to Adobe AIR, iPhone and Android.
9 Apr 2012 7:44 AM #18
I've been using Titanium Desktop for a few years now for building ExtJS into a native-like applications. I will admit that Appcelerator products can be a bit daunting to set up and get working but once you do it works well.
One thing I did was write a handful of classes that were analogous to the Ext.AIR package. It was not that hard and allows you to use Titanium resources in an Ext-ified way.
Adding an 'Ext.isTitanium' is very useful. Not hard at all and lets you gracefully downgrade from your Titanium enviroment to the web.
One reason I prefer Titanium is that it is completely open source. You can dig into the nuts and bolts of it and change anything you want. You can even add your own APIs to the underlying WebKit based browser to further extend it's abilities. This is hugely useful for me.
This also provides some security for me. If Adobe decides to discontinue AIR, you are SOL. If Appcelerator goes under, I can update and maintain it myself or hire a WebKit expert to do it for me.
9 Apr 2012 8:29 PM #19
Funny thing is that both are kind of gone now.
Air guyz please don't shoot me just yet, I know Adobe is killing Flash and AIR just on Linux (Android included). But IMHO they are taking that to the rest too with the new nonsense licensing aprouch.
But in the Titanium side we at least have TideSDK.org to go for! :-)LAMPE (Linux / Apache / MySQL / PHP / ExtJs)
10 Apr 2012 12:04 AM #20
You do know that licensing do not apply to AIR applications right ? .
Bottom line is Adobe AIR is still better then TiDesk right now. AIR comes with tons of libraries (PDF, Excel, Native access) not available in TiDesk.
Let s hope that now that TiDesk is community driven we will see a lot more new stuff.
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Let $L=L_1 \cup ... \cup L_n$ be the union of $n$ distinct lines through the origin in $\mathbb{R}^{3}$. I'd like a convincing argument that $\mathbb{R}^{3} \setminus L$ is homotopy equivalent to a wedge of $n$ circles (if that is true). In fact, I especially care about the case $n=2$.
I know this sounds like a homework problem, but I have other purposes in mind (this space naturally showed up as the fibre in a certain fibration) and I don't find typical text-book explanations of such problems very convincing, so I would appreciate a clear answer.


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In a differential geometry paper from 1979 I have come across some terminology which I have not found explained anywhere else.
We have an immersion $x : S^2 \to S^n$. In the paper, it is a minimal immersion but I'm not sure it matters. It goes on to say
"Let $T_k(x)$ denote the real osculating space of order $k$ of $x$".
A) What is the precise definition of the real osculating space of an immersion in moden differential geometric language?
B) What does it mean intuitively?
[The paper is "An Extrinsic Rigidity Theorem for Minimal Immersions of S^2 into S^n" by J.L.M. Barbosa]
(I asked this on Stack Exchange originally)


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I have no idea what to do for this. The equation is supposed to model a solution having salty water dumped into a tank that leaks the solution.
? A tank contains 1000L of pure water. Brine that contains .05 kg of salt per liter of water enters the tank at a ra te of 5L/min. Brine that contains .04 kg of salt per liter of water enters the tank at a rate of 10L/min. The solution is kept thoroughly mixed and drains from the tank at a rate of 15L/min. From Stewart Calculus 7e
I am supposed to find the salt at t minutes and at one hour.
I try to simplify this problem by making it .07kg per lit of water at 5L/m and from here I have no idea how to make an equation for this.


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To those of you that have responded to the article for employment consideration, you're clearly not reading the article. It told you to apply at www.bp.com/flp. Trust me, I've been an employee, and you'll have a very difficult time just by not paying attention to that very simple direction. Rooted deep in BP's corporate and lower management leaders is arrogance and ignorance of valuable people. In many ways, BP has become a company that could be the greatest to work for, but in many more they are blinded to the valuable people they already have.They want those that will make the decisions which indirectly hurt others, just to compete with competitors; at all costs. The best people of BP are not at the corporate level or within the ranks of management. They are the individuals that are called late at night when equipment fail because someone decided the budget couldn't handle a repair or replacement; example being Tony Hayward's arrogant statements that ended his career with BP back in 2010. The best individuals are brow beat every day to keep costs down even though the ability to progress from their location is non-existent. BP hits you with below expectations or non-team player statements in your file, mean while you're not aware it's happening behind closed doors.They've been exorcising this recruitment method for a few years now, and most of the engineers are let go prior to 3 years, or they end up landing jobs as reliability or project engineers. They began taking college graduates, with GPA of at least 3, and then went up to 3.5. Now, I would assume they're not getting what they wanted that way either.BP's corporate HR slogan on Leadership is stemming from business acumen ideals of PROFIT, PROFIT, and PROFIT but then again that's what business is correct? However, at what cost – lives, poor engineering judgment? Since the 2005 and 2010 incidents, BP began rolling out some very robust standards and has struggled to meet them at each operating site. The "leaders" are those that find ways for the sites to be cost efficient. But, the outcome is compromise to good engineering and reliability practices. Beware of the shiny opportunity, you will either make unethical decisions or be pushed out to pasture. Either way, the framework of your demise will appear or sound as though you are a non-team player.
Andre Gurses
BP wants: people with a global perspective and the flexibility to work anywhere in the world.BP wants brave guys to go IRAQ, KUWAIT and ALGERIA.Thanks, but NO, thanks.
natvar vyas
September 5, 2014Dear Hiring Manager:I am interested in the Management Process Engineering position with BP. I have relevant experience in lead process engineering as well as supervisory roles. My process engineering experience ranges from grass roots to modification of existing operating refining facilities, as well as technical design leadership of oil and gas facilities. My supervisory experience ranges from administrative management, defining resource requirements, technology evaluations and overall project supervision. With my global experience working in cross-functional teams, I understand the impact and value teamwork and look forward to the opportunity to be a part of your technical leadership team. Please email me where can I submit my detailed resume with my work history and accomplishments. I look forward to hearing from you about exploring this opportunity further. Sincerely,Natvar G. Vyas
John R
Apparently BP does not feel it has or is hiring the people it wants to develop into its future leaders, so BP must try something else.
Rigoberto Santaella
I´m interested in the request, as you wish look my resume at linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=192006275&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profileBest Regards
Tony H
Good to join BP for 10 years, learn about process, safety and strategy and then leave to a more dynamic and less badly-paying environment.
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