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"We have quite a few from Allen County. This is really close to Allen county so we have a lot of horse and buggies and the Amish from over there that's traveling through. They come and sell products so they go to town and different things," says Simpson County Sheriff Chris Cline.
Police say the Amish buggy was traveling southbound toward Allen County and the car drove around the curve heading northbound hitting the buggy.
"As it came around the corner it struck the horse and buggy on the front left side around where the front wheel is and the two passengers in the horse and buggy were ejected," Sheriff Cline says.
Police say the passengers were Leah Kraley, 68, and Eric Kraley, 71.
"We were notified from the Simpson County coroner's office that they had pronounced Miss Kraley at the Medical Center here in Franklin that she had passed away from the accident," says Sheriff Cline.
Eric Kraley is also in the Medical Center and his condition is stable.
The horse pulling the buggy was also hurt.
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Hi all, I need these settings! Someone knows? I appreciate the help!
Hi all, I need these settings! Someone knows? I appreciate the help!
Use these two tutorials to find the settings for yourself.
Hi Vedder,
you have to get used to these two tutorials and the workflow of the links Andrew has placed. Because you always have to check the settings with your own equipment.
LRS for D7000 with Nadir Adapter is 50 on NN3 MKII, without Nadir Adapter it is 56.
URS for 10.5 is 83 for D7000.
Test with your own equipment. Otherwise you are not sure basic settings are ok and stitching errors do not occur from wrong settings.
Hi hindenhaag,
trying to finetune my NN3-D7000-Nikkor 10.5 setup.
I am still far off my previous accuracy with the D90... not sure what is wrong....
Ran about your settings and don't get it, cause your LRS at 56 without Nadir Adapter is miles away from what I need. Looks like I might end around 48. Is there a mistake in your post? Just wondering if I am doing something totally wrong...
Hi Ralf,
I'll check this for you.
Hello Ralf,
Set you D7000 and Nikon 10.5mm so that the vertical axis or rotation passes through the center of the lens when viewed from the front and is coincident with the gold ring on your lens when viewed from the side.
http://hugha.co.uk/Acrobat%20PDF%20F...int-Clouds.pdf (Page 7).
This should give you a good starting point, but should actually provide the right set up.
Best regards, Hugh.
Hey Hugh,
your second link is showing as a 404 here....
Hello Ralf,
Sorry for that.
It would seem that the URL is too long and has been shortened in the posting.
You can get to the page by using
and clicking on the 6th button down - Spherical Panoramas for HDS Point Clouds
Best regards, Hugh.
Hello Hugh,
thanks a lot for your input! Will check this tonight and post back...
Hello Ralf,
You are welcome to email me if you have specific questions.
Hello Ralf,
I mixed my numbers on the pics per accident in the first post. I rechecked it. D7000_10.5_NN3 MKII_Nadir Adapter LRS is 49mm with use of Nadir Adapter. Without Nadir Adapter it will be +6mm because of offset of the reference point of the Nadir Adapter 55mm. URS 10.5 I used is 81.
48mm cuts to the right = move to the right, 50mm cuts to the left = move to the left.
I used a 9cm diameter hard paper on top of tripod below rotator base. Hole punched in center for 3/8" screw of Tripod Top Plate Screw. F22, pitch -15º, 6 shots around, stitched in PTGui Pro, pano settings 360 x 180, output .mov file. Moved down to nadir, zoomed in, Screenshot with SkitchPlus. skitch.com
Hope it helps.
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Thanks guys for your input.
You have been a great help to get me back to perfect stitching results.


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Monads are neither good nor bad. They just are. They're tools that are used to solve problems like many other constructs of programming languages. One very important application of them is to make life easier for programmers working in a purely functional language. But they are useful in non-functional languages; it's just that that people rarely realize they're using a Monad.
What is a Monad? The best way to think of a Monad is as a design pattern. In the case of I/O, you could probably think of it as being little more than a glorified pipeline where the global state is what is getting passed between the stages.
For instance, let's take the code you're writing:
There's a lot more going on here than meets the eye. For instance, you'll notice that
Think about it this way: let's pretend (for simplicity's sake) that stdout and stdin are the only files we can read and write to. In an imperative language, this is no problem. But in a functional language, you can't mutate global state. A function is simply something that takes a value (or values) and returns a value (or values). One way around this is to use the global state as the value that's getting passed into and out of each function. So you could translate the first line of code into something like this :
...and the compiler would know to print anything that's added to the second element of
So why do you care? Well, the advantages of functional programming over imperative program have been debated to death in several places, so I'm not going to answer that question in general (but see this paper if you want to hear the case for functional programming). For this specific case though, it might help if you understood what Haskell is trying to accomplish.
A lot of programmers feel that Haskell tries to prevent them from writing imperative code or using side effects. That isn't quite true. Think about it this way: an imperative language is one that allows side effects by default, but allows you to write functional code if you really want to (and are willing to deal with some of the contortions that would require). Haskell is purely functional by default, but allows you to write imperative code if you really want to (which you do if your program is to be useful). The point isn't to make it difficult to write code that has side effects. It's to make sure you're explicit about having side effects (with the type system enforcing this).
I'll bite!!! Monads by themselves aren't really a raison d'etre for Haskell (early versions of Haskell didn't even have them).
Your question is a bit like saying "C++ when I look at the syntax, I get so bored. But templates are a highly advertised feature of C++ so I looked at an implementation in some other language".
The evolution of a Haskell programmer is a joke, it's not meant to be taken seriously.
A Monad for the purpose of a program in Haskell is an instance of the type class Monad, that is to say, it's a type that happens to support a certain small set of operations. Haskell has special support for types that implement the Monad type class, specifically syntactical support. Practically what this results in is what has been referred to as a "programmable semi-colon". When you combine this functionality with some of Haskell's other features (first-class functions, laziness by default) what you get is the capability to implement certain things as libraries that have traditionally been considered language features. You can for instance, implement an exception mechanism. You can implement support for continuations and coroutines as a library. Haskell, the language has no support for mutable variables: using this combination of features you can implement them, again as a library.
You ask about "Maybe / Identity / Safe Division monads ???". The Maybe monad is an example of how you might implement (very simple, only one exception) exception handling as a library.
You're right, writing messages and reading user input isn't very unique. IO is a lousy example of "monads as a feature".
But to iterate, one "feature" by itself (e.g. Monads) in isolation from the rest of the language doesn't necessarily immediately appear useful (a great new feature of C++0x is rvalue references, doesn't mean you can take them out of the context C++ because it's syntax bores you and necessarily see the utility). A programming language is not something you get by throwing a bunch of features in a bucket.
Programmers all write programs, but the similarities end there. I think programmers differ far more than most programmers can imagine. Take any long-standing "battle", like static variable typing vs runtime-only types, scripting vs compiled, C-style vs object-oriented. You will find it impossible to rationally argue that one camp is inferior, because some of them churn out excellent code in some programming system that seems pointless or even downright unusable to me.
I think different people just think differently, and if you are not tempted by syntactic sugar or especially abstractions that only exist for convenience and actually have a significant runtime cost, then by all means stay away from such languages.
I would however recommend that you at least try to familiarise yourself with the concepts that you're giving up. I have nothing against someone who is vehemently pro-pure-C, as long as they actually understand what the big deal is about lambda expressions. I suspect that most will not immediately become a fan, but at least it'll be there at the back of their minds when they find the perfect problem what would have been oh so much easier to solve with lambdas.
And, above all, try to avoid getting annoyed by fanboy speak, especially by people who don't actually know what they're talking about.
Haskell enforces Referential Transparency: given the same parameters, every function always returns the same result, no matter how many times you call that function.
That means, for example, that on Haskell (and without Monads) you can not implement a random number generator. In C++ or Java you can do that using global variables, storing the intermediate "seed" value of the random generator.
On Haskell the counterpart of global variables are Monads.
Kind of an old question but it's a really good one, so I'll answer.
You can think of monads as blocks of code for which you have complete control over how they're executed: what each line of code should return, whether the execution should stop at any point, whether some other processing should happen between each line.
I'll give some examples of things that monads enable that would be difficult otherwise. None of these examples are in Haskell, just because my Haskell knowledge is a bit shaky, but they're all examples of how Haskell has inspired the use of monads.
Normally, if you wanted to write a parser of some sort, say to implement a programming language, you would have to either read the BNF specification and write a whole bunch of loopy code to parse it, or you would have to use a compiler compiler like Flex, Bison, yacc etc.. But with monads, you can make a kind of "compiler parser" right in Haskell.
Parsers can't really be done without either monads or special-purpose languages like yacc, bison etc.
For instance, I took the BNF language specification for the IRC protocol:
And crunched it down to about 40 lines of code in F# (which is another language that supports monads):
F#'s monad syntax is quite ugly compared to Haskell's, and I could likely have improved this quite a bit -- but the point to take home is that structurally, the parser code is identical to the BNF. Not only would this have taken a lot more work without monads (or a parser generator), it would have had almost no resemblance to the specification, and thus been terrible both to read and to maintain.
Custom multitasking
Normally, multitasking is thought of as being an OS feature -- but with monads, you can write your own scheduler such that after each instruction monad, the program would pass control over to the scheduler, which would then choose another monad to execute.
One guy made a "task" monad to control game loops (again in F#), so that instead of having to write everything as a state machine that acts on each
In other words, instead of having to do something like:
You could do something like:
LINQ to SQL
LINQ to SQL is actually an example of a monad, and similar functionality could easily be implemented in Haskell.
I won't get into the details since I don't remember all that accurately, but Erik Meijer explains it quite well.
If you're familiar with the GoF patterns, monads are like the Decorator pattern and Builder pattern put together, on steroids, bitten by a radioactive badger.
There are better answers up above, but some of the specific benefits I see are:
A familiar example of a monad in Java is List. It takes some core class, like String, and "lifts" it into the monad space of List, adding information about the list. Then it binds new functions into that space like get(), getFirst(), add(), empty(), etc.
On the large scale, imagine that instead of writing a program, you just wrote a big Builder (as the GoF pattern), and the build() method at the end spat out whatever answer the program was supposed to produce. And that you could add new methods to your ProgramBuilder without recompiling the original code. That's why monads are a powerful design model.


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44 Important Parts of History You're Picturing Wrong
History! For many of you, it was probably the second most boring class in school -- beaten only by math. If you didn't have a satisfying history education, it's not because the past was boring. Your teachers -- and generations of their predecessors -- have conspired for years to keep all the REALLY fun stuff out of your textbooks. It's total bullshit, and Cracked has spent years fighting to bring the balls-out insanity of our shared past to light. Collected below are the craziest examples of hidden history we've found so far. It's time to get re-educated.
#44. Ancient Christians Weren't Biblical Literalists
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Ah, creationism! The age-old belief that everything in the Bible is literal, up to and especially Genesis. Its believers insist that God created the world literally in seven days, about 6,000 to 10,000 years ago. As such, things that don't fit the idea -- like evolution and dinosaur bones and tons of scientific proof -- can freely and vigorously suck it.
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"You're just putting random bones together to make random bullshit. I can do that with LEGOs."
The rabid anti-evolutionary school of religious thought that most people picture when they think of creationism is actually a recent and radical subset called Young Earth Creationism. Based on a long-standing fringe theory about the Earth being merely a few thousand years old, the idea of a "young Earth" was popularized in the early 20th century by a man called George McCready Price, a Canadian wannabe geologist and anti-evolutionist who made up for his total lack of scientific training with an unbridled enthusiasm for ignorance. Seriously, he was proud of the fact that he never caught "the disease of Universityitis."
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"You know, except for the times I tried to write textbooks for them."
Even in ancient times, Christian scholars didn't buy that bunk. Take St. Augustine of Hippo, who was extremely clear that no one should view the Book of Genesis as a documentary. St. Augustine, it should be mentioned, lived in the 5th century. For centuries, it was understood that the Genesis was an allegory: The "days" of creation weren't actual 24-hour periods, but metaphors for a really long time, which in the eyes of an eternal, omnipotent, time-transcendent God just seemed like an average work week. That's not just the stance of one surprisingly progressive Hippo; this very view was and remains the Vatican's (and therefore the Catholic Church's) official stance on the subject.
#43. If the Nazis Had Just _________, Germany Would Have Won the War
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Just about everybody.
The idea is that Nazi Germany was a military juggernaut for a brief period in the '40s, and that the entire planet would have collapsed if it wasn't for one or two minor blunders.
If only he remembered to put oxygen in that helmet ...
Why It's Bullshit:
To say that Hitler sleeping late decided the war ignores the fact that he needed supernatural good luck to do as well as he did in the first place. For instance, it was blind luck that he avoided assassination in 1938, before he could even get his war plans off the ground. And it's a pretty safe bet he never would have gotten very far if his father hadn't changed his name from the far less catchy Schicklgruber.
But the major reason Hitler was never this close to making your grandparents goose-step through Times Square: the Soviet Union. Today, it's widely believed that Hitler's, or really anyone's, chances of winning a war against the Soviet Union were on par with a snowball in a cage match with a chainsaw-wielding Mike Tyson in hell.
What 11 time zones of Joseph Stalin looks like.
Yes, Hitler plowed through Europe and had the U.K. on the ropes, and could have done more. It didn't matter. Stalin was waiting on the other side, and Hitler was never going to win that war. It was just a matter of how much of Europe he would control at the moment Stalin eventually crushed him.
But had it been through a nuclear bombardment of Berlin or through a continued war of attrition, Stalin was going to be in the winner's corner of WWII, no matter what.
Behind all those trucks is a battalion of motorcycles to ramp them.
If all of this makes it sound like we think Hitler was kind of an idiot, well, that brings us to our next myth ...
#42. Albert Einstein Had Most of His Big Ideas at 26
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If you don't know who Albert Einstein is, we're afraid we really can't help you. Who doesn't know the famed 16-time bobsled champion and world-renowned professional wrestler?
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To say nothing of his three consecutive spelling bee titles.
But that's not what we're here to talk about today. Right now, we're more about Einstein's more boring endeavors -- namely, the theories of general and special relativity that cemented his reputation as one of the most brilliant minds in history. Now, because every single photo you've ever seen of Einstein looks like the above -- wild white hair, gray mustache, lines around his eyes -- you have to assume all of that work was the culmination of a long life spent doing math stuff. But he came up with all of that shit when he was just 26. That is, right around the time when many of us are realizing our hip-hop career probably isn't going to take off.
The year was 1905, and Albert had just completed his thesis at the University of Zurich, and found employment as a patent examiner, because, fuck you, a paycheck is a paycheck. Being a deeply inquisitive young man, he used his off hours to dabble on theories on physics and matter. You know, every 20-something needs a hobby. But where we lovingly draft fanfic erotica featuring Betty Rubble and Mogo the Living Planet, his after-work endeavors actually plopped out a total of four theories that would become the bulk of his -- and modern science's -- legacy.
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He also invented a car door lock that still opens if someone lifts the handle; but, unfortunately, it was lost to the ages.
He started his streak in January and February, casually proving Newton wrong and saying that space and time are not absolute, thus coining the theory of special relativity. In March, Einstein came up with quantum theory, a.k.a. the one about light being all about tiny particles that would eventually become known as photons. Finally, between April and May, he published a couple of papers that proved the thus far impossible-to-verify existence of the atom.
At that point, most of us would have whipped out our sunglasses and ridden into the sunset. Einstein, on the other hand, just pushed on, adding more layers to his theories about light and, finally, creating a little formula regarding the equivalence of energy and matter that you might have heard about:
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As made famous by the Animaniacs.
For no-shit-related reasons, the year is now known in physics circles as Annus mirabilis, the Miracle Year. But really, the most impressive thing about it was that Einstein somehow managed to pull this all off at an age, when most of us still can't say with any certainty what we want to be when we grow up.
#41. America Never Went Crazy Over War of the Worlds
Oh, how gullible we used to be.
In 1938, Orson Welles' radio production of the H.G. Wells novel War of the Worlds played out as a massive prank on the nation, reporting a Martian invasion as if it were real. The broadcast plunged millions of Americans into mass hysteria, as frightened listeners overloaded phone lines, fled cities, rushed to warn their loved ones, rioted and even attempted suicide for fear of the alien attack.
Life Magazine even ran a photo of a farmer defending his land against the Martians, shotgun in hand:
Newspapers happily jumped on reporting the panic in the days and weeks afterward, and even Adolf Hitler commented on the supposed hysteria. Something to the effect of, "An army of futuristic war machines trying to take over the planet?! Ha! You people are crazy to think such a thing could happen. If it did, you'd damn well know about it."
But in Reality ...
That photo up there, of the farmer with the shotgun? Life Magazine just had the guy pose for it. Most of the War of the Worlds freak-out was exactly as fake as that photo.
There's no doubt that some people thought the broadcast was real. Radio was still new and a fake news broadcast had literally never been done before. But virtually all of them reacted in exactly the way you would have: flipped to another station, or called somebody to ask what was going on.
Reports of people immediately flying into a panic -- attempting suicide, hallucinating alien death rays or fleeing to the countryside with guns in hand -- were almost all anecdotal stories told second hand with no names attached. And although the phone lines to the studio were unusually busy that night, mixed in with the people asking for information, were people praising or complaining about a show that seemed like it was clearly designed to create a mass panic.
"This broadcast is terrible!"
"Wait till you see the movie!"
There were also the people who tuned in late, and only caught the part about an "invasion" and "poison gas" (the Martians' main weapon) and assumed they were hearing reports of the Nazis invading, which wasn't ridiculous at all in 1938.
It's true that a few people probably actually did stupid shit, but keep in mind there were 6 million listeners that night. In any group of 6 million people, you'll find a certain number of them doing stupid things anyway, probably because they're stoned.
You know how they keep trying to tie terrible crimes or trends to the Internet? Some teenager dies due to "cyber bullying" or gets jailed due to "sexting" or somebody loses everything on a Craigslist scam, and the story somehow implies it's the technology that's making people evil?
It happens all the time.
Radio was the scary new technology once. The old media at the time (newspapers) was eager to jump on anything that made the new media seem dangerous and irresponsible.
Of course, the story stuck after that because it gives us the chance to do the thing we love doing most: look down on people. They fell for it, we didn't, therefore we're smarter than our grandparents. We're the enlightened generation, and don't believe in stupid bullshit. Oh, on an unrelated note, here's a website about how Lady Gaga is a puppet of the New World Order.


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To phrase the question in a concrete way, I read in a paper:
The super Poincare subalgebra of osp(6,2|4) has bosonic part $so(5,1) \oplus usp(4) \simeq so(5,1) \oplus so(5)$.
It's hard to unpack this sentence without knowing the objects:
- Can the orthosymplectic group osp(6,2|4) be defined as a group of matrices acting on a super-vector space?
- Can someone explain this decomposition into its bosonic and fermionic parts?
- What is the (super) Poincare sub-algebra? Why is usp(4) the same is so(5)?
For a math-physics dictionary: "super" means "Z2-graded" while bosonic means "0-grade" and fermionic means "1-grade".


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Washington, D.C.— Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is preparing a "presidential-level" campaign for 2014 and is spending "hours dialing for dollars once the Senate wraps up nightly," according to his own congressional staff, a sign that Kentucky's senior Senator is more concerned about keeping his own job than creating new jobs for Kentuckians.
"Mitch McConnell has said his 'top priority' is making President Obama a one-term president and now it seems his second priority is raising big money for his re-election three years away," said David Donnelly, executive director of Public Campaign Action Fund. "I imagine the people of Kentucky want to know whether they're third, fourth, or even further down his list."
National Journal reported this week on McConnell's early re-election plans, noting that he's planning a campaign with "presidential-level" sophistication. He also "spends hours dialing for dollars once the Senate wraps up nightly."
McConnell ended 2011 with $4.25 million cash-on-hand and raised $1 million in the first quarter of 2012. One of Congress's top opponents to sensible campaign finance regulations, there's no doubt McConnell and his allies will use lax campaign finance regulations and a toothless enforcement agency to pour millions of dollars into a Senate campaign, and attract super PACs to spend millions more, to convince voters he cares about their needs.
Over the past five years, Public Campaign Action Fund has educated Kentuckians about about McConnell's opposition to reform and his favors for campaign donors. A sample of the organization's television and web ads are available on their website (here, here, here, and here). The organization has a track record of holding prominent leaders accountable, including leading a campaign to drive former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) out of office.
"With his opposition to common sense limits on special interest influence on our elections, Mitch McConnell is big money's best friend," said Donnelly. "His record of favors for campaign donors shows us all how McConnell's vision is for elections of, by, and for corporate interests, and we intend to relentlessly share example after example back home in Kentucky."


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18.104.22.1683 - Ext.selection.RowModel changed signifantly, breaks multi-select rules
The code base for Ext.selection.RowModel has changed significantly between 18.104.22.1683 and 188.8.131.523 and is causing problems with multi-select drag/drop trees.
For example, if you have a single node selected in the tree and then click/drag a different node, the correct behavior is to automatically deselect the current node, select the new node and begin dragging the new node only.
The recent code base change now causes both nodes to become selected and they are both dragged even though I did not hold down the CTRL or SHIFT key to multi-select the additional node.
Our tree is configured similar to the following:
var tree = Ext.create('Ext.tree.TreePanel', { selModel: { mode: 'MULTI' }, viewConfig: { plugins: { ptype: 'treeviewdragdrop', enableDrop: true, enableDrag: true, ... } ... } });
12 Sep 2013 1:29 PM #2
Also in grid, using check-box selection model does not honor check box only option and does not retain/add to selection when clicking check boxes without control as 4.2.1 used to do
16 Sep 2013 4:17 PM #3
16 Sep 2013 10:50 PM #4
I suggest that Sencha could accelerate the public release cycles, thus more people will be able to help to find bugs. Now only the paid users are able to access to nightly releases, yet many paid users may not be willing to use the the nightly builds unless there is a good reason. If the 883 would be usable to me, I probably would never have a chance to use the nightly build. It's way too long to keep your users using a buggy version and to wait several months for a new release. Especially when I receive a lot of Sencha conference emails, the feeling got stronger. I was thinking, they should come back from the conference to fix the bugs.
I have been struggling with a question for quite some time, Extjs or Angularjs/Bootstrap. The only thing that is still convincing me to use Extjs probably is the super versatile grid control coming from the extjs, despite its low performance, lots of limitations on CSS. So I was thinking, if I could find a replacement for the extjs grid, what would be the reason that I don't use Angularjs/Bootstrap?
So I would encourage Sencha guys to speed up. It is the software, not the conference that makes your users your users.
17 Sep 2013 8:16 AM #5
jgcrowder, the bug you reported was fixed last night. It fixed the test case I had, so you might check the latest nightly (18.104.22.1680) to see if the problem is resolved for you too. Thanks for taking the time to let us know about it.
17 Sep 2013 9:50 AM #6
Last night's build works solves my issue.. thanks a bunch!


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I'm wondering if there is any non-stop flight from Asia to Brazil (for example, Bangkok to Sao Paulo). It's surprising that I couldn't find anything from Asia to Brazil so far, specially now with all the big sport events that will happen there.
These appear to be the only nonstop Asia flights. Wikipedia shows flights from São Paulo to Seoul (Korean Air) and Singapore (Singapore Airlines), but they have stops in Los Angeles and Barcelona respectively.
There are no non-stop flights between Asia and Brazil, due simply to the distance between the two locations.
Bangkok to Sao Paulo is over 10,000 miles - far too far for any current commercial airliner to fly.
Other routes are slightly shorter such as from Singapore ("only" 9,950 miles) and Kuala Lumpur (9,900 miles), but all are still too far.
Qantas has previously run flights from Sydney to Buenos Aires, Argentina (7,300 miles) although I think they have suspended them due to lack of demand.
To put these distances into context, the current longest scheduled flight that includes Economy seating is Sydney to Dallas on Qantas, at 8,578 miles. That flight is so long that they are only able to make it in one direction, and the return has to make a stop in Brisbane due to generally stronger winds in that direction which stop them being able to make it back to Sydney in one flight.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Charlotte 49ers women's tennis team
won its first match of the spring dual campaign by earning the doubles point
and splitting the six singles matches for a 4-3 triumph over visiting Campbell
Saturday afternoon at the Halton-Wagner Tennis Complex.
"It was a great team win today," head coach Michaela Gorman said. "The team did a great job bouncing back after a hard-fought loss yesterday. We will get back to work this week and get ready for next weekend."
The Niners won two of the three doubles matches, with the other left unfinished, to seal the early 1-0 lead. Charlotte (3-1) received an 8-0 win at the top spot, as Anna Ekelund and Lisa Grosselius knocked off the Camels' Tamara Stanic and Ewa Telenga.
The point then fell into the 49ers' favor as Tyler Baker and Jessica Pérez handed Kristen Renz and Lauren Vaughn an 8-3 setback in the No. 3 meeting.
The two teams each won three times in singles action with Campbell (1-3) garnering triumphs in the top-three slots, while the Charlotte victories came at the bottom of the lineup.
Baker picked up her first collegiate dual match win, defeating Lourdes Ros in the No. 4 contest 6-3, 6-1. Ekelund posted a 6-3, 6-0 decision against Renz in the No. 5 match, while Iveta Guneva tallied a 7-5, 6-2 victory over Vaughn in the No. 6 tilt.
The 49ers fought hard in their three losses, forcing two three-set decisions, each featuring a tiebreaker in a set, while also forcing extra games to be played in the other match.
Charlotte returns to action when it plays host to Mercer at 1 p.m. Friday, also at the on-campus Halton-Wagner Tennis Complex.
Charlotte 4, Campbell 3
No. 1 Tamara Stanic (CAMP) def. Alexandra Zinn (CHA) 4-6, 7-6 (5), 10-8
No. 2 Ana Maria Ortiz (CAMP) def. Natsuko Takayanagi (CHA) 7-6 (5), 4-6, 11-9
No. 3 Ewa Telenga (CAMP) def. Lisa Grosselius (CHA) 6-4, 7-6 (5)
No. 4 Tyler Baker (CHA) def. Lourdes Ros (CAMP) 6-3, 6-1
No. 5 Anna Ekelund (CHA) def. Kristen Renz (CAMP) 6-3, 6-0
No. 6 Iveta Guneva (CHA) def. Lauren Vaughn (CAMP) 7-5, 6-2
No. 1 Ekelund/Grosselius (CHA) def. Stanic/Telenga (CAMP) 8-0
No. 2 Takayanagi/Zinn (CHA) vs. Ortiz/Ros (CAMP), unfinished
No. 3 Baker/Jessica Pérez (CHA) def. Renz/Vaughn (CAMP) 8-3


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Muriel Lee (Piening) Koch of St. Charles, Mo., 88, died April 19, 2013, at the Ambassador in Nebraska City. Reaching the age of 88 years, 6 months and 28 days. She was born on Sept. 21, 1924, in St. Louis, Mo., and was raised by her grandmother Dolly Laspe.
After graduating from high school, she attended two years of secretarial school and went to work for Dr. King, dean of Washington University School of Medicine, in St. Louis, retiring on Sept. 29, 1989.
On Sept. 11, 1943, Muriel and Alan Jean Koch were married in St. Louis.
Muriel was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church in St. Charles. She enjoyed praising the Lord and spending time with her family. For the past few months, Muriel lived in Nebraska City to be closer to her son Robert.
Muriel was preceded in death by her husband on June 15, 2005, and sons Rick on Sept. 16, 2008 and Ronald on Aug. 12, 2012.
Survivors include her son Robert "Bob" Koch and wife Sue of Nebraska City; daughters-in-law Nancy Koch of Naples, Fla., and Barb Rickelmann of St. Charles; six grandchildren: Rick Koch, Jr. and wife Lauren of South Lake, Texas, Karen Barr and husband Erin of Nebraska City, Karla Smith and husband Aaron of Nebraska City, Dan Koch of St. Charles, Katie Koch of Columbia, Mo., and Kristen Koch of Columbia; six great grandchildren: Alyson and Jackson Barr, Andrew, Maggie and Rosie Smith, and Quinn Koch; special "Royals" sisters Ruth Muskopf and Doris Davis; other relatives and friends.
There will be no local viewing. The family will be holding a family visitation on Monday, April 22, from 9:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. at the Pitman Funeral Home in Wentzville, Mo.
Graveside funeral service will be held on Monday, April 22, at 11 a.m. at the Eternal Peace Cemetery in Wentzville.
Pallbearers will be Muriel's grandchildren Rick Koch, Jr., Erin Barr, Aaron Smith, Dan Koch, Norman Koch, Matt Koch and Darryl Leman.
Memorials are suggested to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Omaha, c/o Robert Koch, 905 3rd Corso, Nebraska City, NE 68410.
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Services are entrusted to Peterson Mortuary in Nebraska City and Pitman Funeral Home in Wentzville, Mo.
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Making Rose Petal Vodka (or Rosewater)
If you happen to have a rose bush that produces tons of flowers (or an organic florist), you can make this easy rose vodka with them. You'll need at least a dozen big-sized roses that haven't been sprayed with pesticides for at least a couple years. My house came with three big rose bushes in the front: two pink ones and a red one. The red one is my favorite, but together they bring so much color and joy to my front door.
It was my friend Melissa at ChinDeep that got me started on the idea of doing something besides looking at my roses. She makes wonderful things like rose butter tea sandwiches and rose petal ice. I tried rosewater first which was insanely simple, so I thought it can't be too hard to make rose vodka either.
Whether you want to make rosewater or rose vodka, first you need some roses. Pick them and wash them to make sure they are free of bugs.
Then pluck off the petals, removing the white part at the base of the petal (that I hear can be kind of bitter). Put them in a quart jar. Keep packing rose petals into the jar till the jar is packed full of rose petals, then pour vodka over the rose petals, covering them completely. If any stray petals are sticking up out of the liquid, push them back into the vodka.
Set the jar in a dark place and let it sit for at least 10 days. Shake the jar every few days. You'll notice the color from the rose petals will fade into the liquid over time.
Strain the mixture through a cheesecloth with a bowl underneath to remove the rose petals and funnel the liquid into a bottle. Once it's strained it's ready for making insanely romantic drinks like Vanilla Rose Vodka Iced Tea.
To make culinary rosewater:
Follow the same process to fill a quart jar with rose petals, but instead of pouring vodka over the petals, pour boiling water over them to cover. Let the roses sit and steep in the water at room temperature for 24 hours, then strain through a cheesecloth. Keep in a covered bottle in the fridge. I like making watermelon slushies with rosewater. They make my daughter happy because she loves roses.
This recipe was shared at Scrumptious Sundays, Tip Junkie, Weekend Potluck and Totally Tasty Tuesdays.
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I was just watching Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, and it was about different weeds we have in our yard that we can eat. I am fascinated by that, and that we can use roses to make food too, I love it! Thank you for sharing! Hugs, Terra
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We use the rose water to make the most delicious jelly.
December 12, 2012 at 12:13 am
I always wondered how rose vodka was done. Thanks for sharing. Mark
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7 Real (And Totally Insane) Medical Practices From History
Whenever someone says, "People in the past were such dumbasses," scholars like to point out that you have to judge history in its proper context. Take medicine, for example: Yes, people once believed diseases were caused by demons and/or witches, but remember that it all made perfect sense to them based on the available information at the time.
That said, we find it a bit hard to believe that no one found it strange that ...
#7. Blowing Tobacco Smoke into People's Assholes Was a Popular Cure
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For as long as humans have had buttholes, healers have been shoving various substances in there just to see what would happen. The ancient Mayans ingested hallucinogenic drugs through their rectums as a ritual journey to the spirit world. Yeah, that's what those guys are doing on the right:
Justin Kerr
"You really, really don't want to eat the brown acid."
But then, in old-timey Europe, enemas became less about going on psychedelic anus trips and more about literally blowing smoke up your ass. We know we just used the word "literally" there, but we're afraid you still think we're kidding. Have this picture for daring to doubt us:
"I swear to God, if you fart, I will kill you."
The anal trumpeter in the illustration is actually using his mouth to blow tobacco smoke up the poor bastard's ass as a form of popular 18th century cure. Back then, tobacco in all of its forms was used to treat basically anything from colic to vomit, hernia, rheumatic pains, and an excess of dignity.
Even crazier, the entire practice of blowing smoke into someone's rectum comes from Native Americans, who used this method to resuscitate drowning victims (we wish we could go back and talk to the first guy who suggested this, because we have many questions for him). American settlers then borrowed this technique for bringing people back from the dead (sans their anal virginity) and with time started promoting it as the new cure-all throughout the New and Old worlds.
"Ugh, menthol, gross."
And so, for about half a century, colonial America and Europe actually witnessed plenty of scenes of people asking their buddies to smoke a cigarette into their butts whenever they got an upset stomach or something. The practice pretty much died down around the early 19th century, but not before becoming the actual, real inspiration for the saying "Don't blow smoke up my ass."
Oh, and in case you thought that using this device on unconscious and willing adults was crazy, they also used it on agitated horses, like the one tastefully depicted below with a pipe sticking out of its butthole.
And this is how steampunk was invented.
And while we're talking about butt stuff ...
#6. John of Arderne's Anal Surgeries Were the Stuff of Nightmares
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WARNING: Do not attempt to read the following entry while eating. Or after having eaten recently. Really, don't read this if you've ever eaten food before.
Anyway, an anal fistula (see?) is a condition where your anal glands get blocked and a lump builds up to the surface of the ass in the form of a painful abscess. It's a lot less common nowadays, seeing as its primary cause was riding a horse for hours a day ... which unfortunately was sort of par for the course during the Middle Ages. Back then, if you came down with an anal fistula, it usually meant you had to learn to live with the Superman of all hemorrhoids in a world where soft chairs were considered a mortal sin.
But around the 14th century, along came a surgeon named John of Arderne, who devised a way to fix a knight's broken ass after apparently taking a semester at Cenobite University:
John of Arderne
He was expelled for creeping out the other students.
JOA's procedure essentially involved stabbing someone through the fistula and into the rectum, then threading a rope through the hole so it comes out the anus and the initial wound. The physician would then tie the two ends of the rope together and tighten them, after which he'd hack away at ... well, you get the general and horrific idea. But just to make sure, here's another illustration:
John of Arderne
It's like if Satan had designed Operation.
There are plenty of pictures out there if you want to see them -- before he died, JOA churned out a buttload of illustrated medical texts, which you'd assume were rife with other misconceptions even more terrifying than his "javelin up the ass" approach to healing people. Actually, despite how gruesome the procedure looks, the operation was a phenomenal success and gave the surgeon Doogie Howser-style medical fame.
John of Arderne
We can only imagine what his end-of-the-day journal entries were like.
Oh, sure, the surgery did have only a 50 percent survival rate, but back then such high numbers were pretty much unheard of. So, throughout the 14th century, nobles and knights were lining up to be put into a birthing position and have some guy thoroughly floss their lower intestines.
John of Arderne
"OK, when I pull this, you say, 'There's a snake in my boot!'"
#5. They Used Steam-Powered Vibrators on Women
We've previously talked about how vibrators were used to treat the hilariously misdiagnosed female "hysteria." Back in the day, doctors thought that the best way to keep a woman from stressing over silly things like equal rights was to finger-bang her until she achieved a "hysterical paroxysm," usually followed by a relaxing cigarette.
It's important to note, though, that the doctors did not concoct this treatment because they were lonely. They actually saw it as tiresome manual labor, and so, to save time, they eventually turned to machines. And not some slick Silver Bullets, either: We're talking about steam-powered behemoths you'd expect to see in some horrifying porno reimagining of Frankenstein:
George Taylor
Figs. 3 through 9 are just people with pickaxes and torches.
In the mid-19th century, George Taylor invented a coal-powered vibrating machine awesomely called the manipulator to be used for "pelvic and hernial therapeutics," because the 1860s frowned on using words like "stimulate" and "clitoris" in any kind of proximity.
And this is how steampunk Rule 34 was invented.
The female patient would lie on the padded table and straddle that little patch, which would vibrate and give her the "paroxysm" she couldn't get from her husband (Taylor even warned that women must always be supervised while using it to "prevent overindulgence"). While there were wind-up and hand-crank vibrators developed as early as the 18th century, Taylor's was the first to combine the power of skin-melting steam and an uncomfortable closeness to one's private parts -- which here is defined as "less than one nautical mile." Fortunately for the reproductive prospects of the human race, the actual engine part was housed in another room due to its size and the remnants of Taylor's sanity.
#4. "Hydrotherapy" Was Basically Waterboarding (or Worse)
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If you do a Google search for "hydrotherapy" nowadays, you'll probably see a bunch of people relaxing away in pools and Jacuzzis. But hundreds of years ago, hydrotherapy looked less like something you'd see in a hotel brochure and more like evidence from a war crimes trial.
Ebenezer Haskell
Moments before Victorian Rambo snapped.
What you're seeing up there is a legitimate form of hydrotherapy used to treat mental disorders between the 17th and 19th centuries. The idea that water can cure physical and mental ailments dates back to the ancient Greeks, but during the early 1600s, Dutch chemist and physician Jan Baptist van Helmont took that relatively harmless belief and escalated it to "Let's drown the insanity out of these poor bastards!"
Joseph Guislain
"Look, it's this or weird butt stuff. We've had lots of success with weird butt stuff."
Patients undergoing the Helmont cure were usually waterboarded or held underwater until the bubbles stopped, which back then was like a microwave ding letting you know that "mad ideas" have been suffocated out of their head ... if you managed to resuscitate them, that is. The idea eventually evolved into the "bath of surprise," where the patient was unexpectedly thrown into water using complex contraptions seemingly designed by Dr. Wile E. Coyote.
Joseph Guislain
"Always make sure that arrow's pointing north. If shit happens, you're going to need to know which way the border is."
The treatment was an early form of shock therapy designed to snap the person back to reality and waaaaait a minute: Water, surprising the patient ... are we totally sure that all those doctors weren't confusing mental illness with the hiccups?!
"Saying stuff like that is what got you here in the first place, buddy."


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gluten-free quinoa Anzac biscuit recipe
This year I will miss seeing my Grandad at our local Raglan Anzac parade. Not because he won't be there, I have no doubt about that. It's me. I won't be there.
It's funny; I find the older you get the more you tend to appreciate what our forefathers have done to make our world what it is today. Years ago as a littlie I couldn't think of anything worse than standing around listening to speeches and watching men in uniforms walk up and down the main street. But as the years have passed it has become more and more something I look forward to. It's a day for us to remember and acknowledge all those who have fought and died in the course of service for their country. I still remember a few years back when I stood waiting to see Grandad march. He wasn't anywhere to be seen. I looked and looked and couldn't spot him. It brought a tear to my eye when I finally noticed him sitting up on the stage, no longer strong enough to walk the lap around town. For years he has been telling us his old war stories (he fought in World War 2), I wish I'd listened more carefully and I could have re-told one for you now. But alas, you will have to just make do with this recipe that I've come up with for gluten-free Anzac biscuit instead.
I love food with history and these little babies have ample. It is said that Anzac biscuits were first made way back in World War 1. Given the task of coming up with something nutritious that keeps well to send to their soldiers at war, the woman of the time came up with the simple mix of; hearty Scottish oats, sugar, plain flour, coconut, butter, golden syrup or treacle, baking soda and boiling water. The Anzac biscuit was born.
Traditionally made using regular oats, I've opted to make these Anzac's using quinoa flakes for a nutritious 100% gluten-free alternative. I understand that certified gluten-free oats are available in some countries, but I'm yet to come across any back home in NZ or here in Perth. We actually have been eating regular oats again for the past year or so and don't seem to have any issues with them, but I know for a lot of people who are gluten intolerant and especially those with coeliac disease, oats can be a real problem.
Gloriously crisp and golden on the outside, while still chewy in the centre, these biscuits are pretty damn close to the original in both flavour and texture. I think my even my Nana and Grandad would approve? If only NZ customs would allow me to mail some over for them to try...
Lest we forget xxx
gluten-free quinoa Anzac biscuit
As we tolerate butter in small amounts these days, I tend to do most of my baking with it. You can find quinoa flakes and flour at your local health food store or at selected supermarkets. It is said that traditional Anzac biscuits kept for up to 2 months, just long enough to be shipped over to the troops. Mine have never made it past 3 days before being gobbled up, so I'm yet to find out how well they actually keep ;-)
Makes 30.
- 1 cup (90g) quinoa flakes
- 1/2 cup (70g) fine brown rice flour
- 1/3 cup + 1 tablespoon (45g) quinoa flour
- 1 cup (200g) raw unrefined sugar
- 3/4 cup (60g) desiccated coconut
- 125g butter
- 1 tablespoon golden syrup
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 tablespoons boiling water
Preheat oven to 170 C/338 F.
Place quinoa flakes, brown rice flour, quinoa flour, raw sugar and coconut into a medium bowl. Melt butter and golden syrup together in a small pan over medium heat. Mix the baking soda with boiling water and add to the dry ingredients along with the melted butter mixture, using a wooden spoon stir to fully combine.
Roll tablespoons of mixture into balls, squeezing the mixture together if it seems crumbly. Slightly flatten and place 2-3cms apart on baking paper lined oven trays.
Bake for 15-20 minutes until the cookies have risen, then fallen and have become dark golden brown in colour. Remove from the oven and set aside for 5 minutes to set before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling. Store in an airtight container for up to 7 days.
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cant beat the old classic. Interested to see if I would like these with the new twist of quinoa flakes as Im not actually a big fan of quinoa...pos me some when you post to nana and g-dad! ;)ReplyDelete
I reckon you'd like them Lou. The quinoa flavour is really mild in these. The golden syrup flavour is still dominant.ReplyDelete
Oh yum they look fantastic, i can't eat rolled oats at all (gluten free and they send my blood sugar through the roof!). They even look chewy in the middle...definitely trying this recipe out! Thank you!ReplyDelete
Thanks heaps for the recipe from a gluten free Kiwi. I'll give these. Try this weekend if I can find quinoa flour. I've already got the flakes.ReplyDelete
hi Emma, I am still enjoying your blog. I have shared your book Cooking without with so many new mothers who find their babies are intolerant to foods through breast milk that it is making the rounds here in Raglan and Hamilton. As I don't tend to bake due to the dairy,sugar and the notion that margarine is 1 atom off being plastic; do you think it is possible to substitute oil instead of dairy? Also I thought about substituting the sugar for grd almonds and stevia powder. Will let you know how this recipe works. :) xxx LindaReplyDelete
Little Sabine~ They were definitely chewy in the centre. It lost the chew slightly after the 2nd day, but still yum as.ReplyDelete
Sleepinghorse~ I reckon buckwheat flour would also work good. And if you get really stuck, extra brown rice flour would work okay too.
Linda~ Isn't "cooking without" a great book. Glad you are all liking it! If you were going to try using oil, I would stick to coconut oil. The ground almond/stevia sub seems to work in all of Barbara Cousins recipes, so I'd just go for it! Let me know how it goes, I'm sure there would be readers out there who would also love to know. Love to all back home xxx
Wonderful- I LOVE Anzac biscuits, and these are GF!ReplyDelete
I'll be trying these once I round up the ingredients...
this is an interesting recipe. mainly because i've never heard of quinoa flakes or flour. i have quinoa at home, would i be able to use that in lieu of one or the other? (especially if i grounded it up?)ReplyDelete
Clever girl, and a lovely story about your Grandad. I love that more and more people are attending Anzac parades, and that the kids are turning up to honour the oldies... gives me hope that this country will be okReplyDelete
Lovely story around Anzac Biscuits... pleased to see a GF version, I had never been quite sure how to get around leaving out the rolled oats. Looking forward to giving them a go.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 22, 2011 at 8:25 PM
This is great. I was just in the process of converting an anzac biscuit recipe into gluten free and found yours. fantastic. my problem is that we also have to be salicylate free too which means no golden syrup or desiccated coconut. I was thinking maple/pear syrup and was a bit stuck on what to replace the coconut with. Any thoughts?ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousOctober 10, 2013 at 6:43 PM
Golden syrup is low salicylate. So should be fine. Coconut is another thing...Delete
Angry Asian~ You can grind your own quinoa flour, but I understand you need to wash the grains first and dry them well (spread out on a tray) before grinding. Quinoa has a natural bitter coating that needs to be rinsed off and with store brought flakes and flour this has already been done. As far as replacing the flakes with whole quinoa goes, it's not quite the same texture but could be worth a go. Cooked and cooled first. You may find you will need to add more rice flour to the mix as flakes absorb more moisture than the whole grain. Let me know if you experiment and they turn out good!ReplyDelete
Anonymous~ I'm not 100% sure, but I'd say use brown rice syrup or maple for the golden syrup if tolerated. And maybe use ground cashew nuts for the coconut? Almonds contain salicylates right? Otherwise I'd suggest using ground almonds. You could always just use more quinoa or brown rice flour in place of the coconut too. The end results would taste different than mine, but still nice I'm sure.
I have just made these using buckwheat flour instead of quinoa flour (only because I can't buy quinoa flour) and they tasted good. Not soft and chewy inside like yours but about as close as I think I would be able to get to the "real" Anzac biscuit. The quinoa flakes provided the oat like texture. I'm about to try them on my stepson and his partner.ReplyDelete
Oh thank you for this recipe!!!ReplyDelete
I am gluten,dairy and egg free... this will be GREAT!! Plus, I have most of the ingredients in my cupboard!
These are lovely! (Just discovered your blog through Angry Asian Creations and am so glad I did!)ReplyDelete
i was able to find the quinoa flour AND flakes and made these gems. i will attempt to make them again. they have golden taste to it, that is hard to describe....ReplyDelete
Awesome! So glad you've made them. I love anzac cookies :-)ReplyDelete
I was SO sad to not be able to have Anzac biscuits this year..I hadn't come across GF oats at the time. These look perfect! :)ReplyDelete
These look fabulous. Unfortunately I don't have any quinoa flour this morning and of course nothing is open :(ReplyDeleteReplies
There's always tomorrow :-) I have had readers make these using buckwheat flour in place of the quinoa too. I'm not sure it would give the same results, but still good I bet.Delete
Have made them today and they are fantastic. I love the story about your grandad, and yes I know the older I get the more important these things become to me. I also know that I want my children to know what young men did so that we could have the lives we do today.ReplyDelete
Hi, Emma. Thanks for the recipe. I was looking for a healthy excuse to cookies!ReplyDelete
Just made these. I used almond meal instead of rice flour. They had a similar flavour to peanut butter cookies, yumm! And I knew I had been hanging on to that dribble of Golden Syrup for over 5 years for a reason!ReplyDelete
Thanks for this recipe! I substituted the sugar with 100g brown rice syrup and they still turned out really nice :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 25, 2013 at 10:00 PM
I found this recipe after paying $7 for a pack of four quinoa gluten free anzac biscuits at the local market. although i'd never cooked with some of these ingredients before, the biscuits turned out really well, thanks!ReplyDeleteReplies
Awesome so glad to hear! xxDelete
- AnonymousAugust 28, 2013 at 1:22 PM
Where is the recipe for these scrumptious looking delightsReplyDelete
I can't see it on this pageReplies
The recipe is there at the bottom of the page.Delete
I made these last night and they are delicious, the only problem is that I found the first lot (that went on the baking tray) crumbly, but the second lot I baked (I only used one tray) were alot easier to handle, I suppose the quinoa had time to absorb the liquid (butter and golden syrup). I will be definetly making these againReplyDelete
- KaitlynApril 24, 2016 at 11:34 AM
I realise this thread is a little old but I found this recipe and made these today. I substituted Nuttlex for butter and almond meal for the brown rice flour. They were an absolute hit and success!!! Thank you very much I loved them.Replies
Hi Kaitlyn, so happy to hear they were a hit! xxDelete


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Pointer and reference maybe same at assembly level.
Try an experiment :
compile it to assembly with Microsoft c++ like this :
or with gcc like
Open the asm file like c:\ notepad filename.asm
Now you can the code of i, pointer, and reference;
you see the code for pointer is exactly same as reference .
Try an experiment :
Code: C
# include<stdio.h>
int main()
int i =90;
int *pointer;
int &reference = i; // Line 6
pointer = &i;
return 0; // Line 8
c:\ cl /Fa filename.cpp
c:\ gcc -S -masm=intel filename.cpp
Now you can the code of i, pointer, and reference;
Line 6 mov DWORD PTR _i$[ebp], 90 ; int i = 90; ; Line 8 lea eax, DWORD PTR _i$[ebp] ; int &reference = i; mov DWORD PTR _reference$[ebp], eax ; Line 9 lea ecx, DWORD PTR _i$[ebp] ; int *pointer mov DWORD PTR _pointer$[ebp], ecx ; pointer = &i;


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CCSJ is located in Humanities 142, adjacent to Diane Geppi-Aikens Field.
Loyola is located at the corner of Cold Spring Lane and North Charles Street in Baltimore City.
4501 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21210
4501 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21210
When using I-695 (the Baltimore Beltway), take Exit 25 (Charles Street). Proceed south on Charles Street to the Cold Spring Lane intersection.
Street Parking is available on Cold Spring Lane after 6 p.m. and on Charles Street after 6:30 p.m. Parking is also available along Milbrook Road which is the first light on Coldspring from Charles Street. Please observe the local parking signs and restrictions.
Parking is available free of charge at the Butler Parking Lot. To reach the lot, turn into the main campus on Millbrook Lane. Follow the road past the Athletic Fierld and the Andrew White Student Center. Bear right at the circle and parking can be found next to and behind the Hammerman and Butler dormitory buildings.
Limited hourly paid parking is available in the Jenkins Parking Lot located on Bunn Drive at Loyola's main campus. Bunn Drive is accessible from Cold Spring Lane approximately one-quarter of a mile east of Charles Street and one tenth of a mile west of Millbrook Road.
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My father is the owner of the house, and on the second floor area there is a bathtub over the top of the water damaged ceiling on the first floor that i currently live, my father told me that these pipe may leaking thus thus cause a giant bubble on the ceiling, however i don't want to brother the tenant my self and thus my father only check it once and of course i didn't saw it with my naked eyes. So, base on your experience/knowledge, what will be the different way for me to replace the water pipe on second floor without the need to damage the bathtub in some of the most common situation?
First of all, the water damage in your unit could simply be because the upstairs people aren't properly closing the shower curtain when they shower, not the result of leaking pipes.
If there is a leaking pipe, you will not be going through the tub to fix / replace it - that would destroy the tub. You'll be opening up the wall on the other side of the tub, or the floor under the tub, or more likely both.
As for tracing the pipes - if they're copper you might be able to use a metal detector but its generally most reliable to open the walls up and trace them. You might be able to tell where the pipes are running by studying the basement where they enter the walls but that's still not guaranteed to help.
If the ceiling on the first floor is bubbling then there must be a leak somewhere on the second floor or somebody is just splashing a LOT of water in the bathroom. Because you claim it is directly under the bathtub then you will need to find the source of the leak.
Many older homes have an access hatch in the wall that can be removed to get to the plumbing behind the tub fixtures. This is the first and most obvious place to look for a leak.
If this checks out then inspect the second floor bathroom for any mold or water damage on the walls or floors. This may give you clues to what may be happening. Perhaps there isn't a leak at all and they are being careless in the shower. If you do find mold or damage then you may have located the source of the leak.
At this point once you have confirmed a leak you may want to remove the damaged parts of the ceiling or walls to get a better inspection of the plumbing that you can't see. Don't worry too much about this because you will need to repair the damaged ceiling or wall plaster eventually after the leak has been fixed.
If you still cannot find the source of the leak then you should call a plumber.


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Which army is best suited to adapting to a fantasy themed, mêlée based army (in both rules and look of model)? Do 40k armies suit mêlée combat at all?
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Melee combat can be effective in 40k, but armies that focus on it to the exclusion of ranged combat will have serious issues. Armies like Eldar rely on their shooting to reliably destroy tanks.
That being said many of the 40k armies have fantasy analogs, and most of the armies can field dedicated melee units. Stylistically, armies like Grey Knights stay pretty close to their fantasy roots. Chaos demons even use the same models between both games.
GW gamers all also very tolerant of themed conversions. You can kit-bash Fantasy and 40k kits together to give a more sword and sorcery look to your grim dark.
Daemons of Chaos seems like an obvious answer here, since it's the same set of models for both game systems. You would need to use the square bases to be playable in Fantasy, but the advantages that grants in 40K are pretty slim. If you're not actively abusing it I doubt many people would object. (Daemons are also frankly, not very powerful an army in 40K, so people are unlikely to cry cheese at you regardless.)


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I used to know more than I do now. Long ago I studied the bit with the electrons floating around. I miss it. I liked signal theory a lot.
I am not so good at the lifting heavy things business.
Here is a picture of me, but I'm told it doesn't look much like me with my hair all up like that.
This one looks more like me. Me and robots I am the one who's not a robot. I help with the orb robot on my left.
I have many allergies. I get tired of typing out my current list of food allergies, so I put them here:
This is a life-threatening form of an allergic reaction. I have only had this once in my life, but I am at risk. If I collapse and turn blue, chances are I am in anaphylactic shock. I always try to carry an epipen somewhere on my person. (Jacket chest pocket or handbag or something.) Take it out, pop the cap and stab me with it in the thigh RIGHT AWAY. Although I tend to react slowly, if I'm already blue it means I'm already dying.
|Brewer's yeast
|baker's yeast
|Cow's Milk
|Kidney beans
|navy beans
|pinto beans
|goat's milk
|black walnuts
I am also allergic to non-food things, but these (mostly) prove less of a problem. Some of the more significant things:
Cats: I have had many second-hand reactions to cats. I am so allergic, I am sometimes allergic to people who have cats, which is very unfortunate. Oh, and ferrets happen to fall in this category. I have no idea.
Mold: This crops up in odd things. Fake smoke machines are horrid for this. Cheap cigarettes sometimes have mold. "fresh air" after a light rain is often quite full of mold. It doesn't matter if it's living or dead, it will still bother me.
Dust: Don't ask me to help clean up anything that's been sitting for longer than week or two. Vacuuming often makes this worse, even with a great filter, simply because you're stirring it up.
Other: I'm also allergic to dogs, pollens, fragrances and other random stuff, but these are either not as serious or immediate as the rest.
Irritants: If I'm having a reaction to something else, any particulates in the air (smoke, cleaning chemicals) even if I'm not allergic, will worsen the condition.
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longobord at gmail is my most direct email.
I'm also found at:
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- christie at flaminglotus com
- longobord at most of the popular places.
longobord on twitter, gtalk, etc.
Valkyrie` and Valkyrie`` and sometimes even Valkyrie- on irc
Still getting these sorted. Perpetually. Here are a couple of things that have been rattling around in my head:
- Helping design and build low-cost robots out of (relatively) easily obtainable parts. Haven't named the project yet.
- Probably something with LEDs, including acrylic light pipes. Maybe some cast resin.
- LED fingernails
- LED "beading" on clothing
- LED "light" staff. Completed, but should do an instructable.
- Wearable interfaces
- Learning new things, like German, only that's a pretty old thing really.
I have (had?) all the parts to build a tesla coil I think I should do that someday. I also like to arrange for people to come to the space to talk about cool stuff.


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Eames Bikini Wire Chair by Herman Miller
designed by Charles and Ray Eames
At A Glance:
First introduced in 1951, the Eames Wire Chair was an immediate hit. Distinctively, unmistakably Eames, this chrome metal chair has stood the test of time and is as popular today as it was half a century ago. This uniquely upholstered version features a seat and back pad that reveals the beautifully crafted wire frame - a style that is affectionately known as the "bikini chair."
What's To Like:
For style, the Bikini Chair gets an "A" - it's got just the right mixture of chrome and leather (colorful or monochrome). You can go industrial with black leather, minimalist with white leather, or carnival with lagoon or cherry leather.
What's Not to Like:
The leather pad goes a long way towards making the Wire Chair a comfortable seat, but it still won't be a comfortable long-term (read: 1 hour) seat. You'll get a sore bum if you stay put for long.
The Bottom Line:
A prime example of the Eameses use of welded wire, the Bikini Wire Chair is small, light, and has a beautifully crafted Eiffel Tower base for added character. All that remains is for your to choose which leather you love most!
- Overall: 32.75" h x 19.75" w x 21.25" d
- Seat height: 16.5"
- Chrome frame with leather upholstery
- Elegantly crafted Eiffel Tower base
Leather Options:
- Stock Leather
Chromium free and from Austria this stock Herman Miller leather is a winner for most. With a matte, soft feel this is the most popular leather used on Herman Miller upholstered items.
- Open Line Leather
Austrian by birth, yours by choice. Open Line leather is closest to the stock Herman Miller leathers but available in a wider array of colors.
The Herman Miller Eames Bikini Wire Chair is also known by the following manufacturer Item Numbers: DKR.0, DKR.2, DKR.5.
Materials & Measurements
Chrome frame with leather upholstery
Overall: 32.75" h x 19.75" w x 21.25" d
Seat height: 16.5"
About The Manufacturer
Herman Miller is an industry leader in the integration of cutting edge technology to furniture and other household items to make everyday life more comfortable, convenient, and stylish. Herman Miller stands out at the forefront of such fields as ergonomic technologies, environmentally friendly manufacturing processes, and customizable furniture items.
In addition to producing some of the most outstanding office furniture in the world, Herman Miller has also taken on the responsibility of manufacturing some of the most celebrated furniture designs by some of the world's most famous designs. These "modern classics" include works by Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, and Isamu Noguchi. Herman Miller celebrates these famous mid-century designers' works through its extraordinarily precise manufacturing techniques and industry-leading green production processes.
Herman Miller is a global company with operations, sales offices, dealers, and licensees in more than 40 countries in North America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, serving customers virtually anywhere in the world. Herman Miller is headquartered in Zeeland, Michigan, while manufacturing facilities are located in the U.S., China, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
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Charles and Ray Eames are perhaps the most celebrated designers of the 20th century. Married in 1941, the Eames duo are responsible for some of the most critically acclaimed furniture designs of the modern era. Amongst their most famous designs are the wire chair, the aluminum chair group, and the Bikini Wire Chair. Although they are most often remembered today for their furniture designs with partner Herman Miller, the Eameses engaged in artistic expression across a broad range of mediums - including architecture and film-making.
Design Story
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Your local Ups driver will bring your order to your front door or main entrance Monday through Friday during normal business hours. Online tracking will be made available to you and is updated around the clock. This is the best option for fast, simple and convenient delivery!
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Product Q&A
Q: Can the bikini piece be purchased separately?
A: Unfortunately, the bikini piece (only) is not available for purchase at this time
Q: Where can I find the non-bikini version of this chair?
A: See the Eames Wire Chair.
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Product Q&A
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At it's simplest, electricity generation is achieved by induced voltage due to a changing magnetic field. In a vacuum in the absence of friction, would the initial spin imparted to the rotor of a generator ever come to a halt?
i.e. Would a traditional generator in space generate electricity perpetually (notwithstanding component failure etc)?