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The Proposal Study Panel met on October 20 to oversee and finalize the scoring of all General User Proposals for the 2015-1 (January–June) operating cycle. Allocation meetings for each beamline are now taking place, and the results of the review are expected to be released to ALS users around mid-November.
The mechanism for notifying users of their proposal results will be different from previous cycles. Each principal investigator and experiment leader, who have submitted one or more proposals, will be sent a single email inviting them to login to ALSHub, the ALS user portal, to view the outcome of the review and allocation of beam time. This replaces the previous mechanism of sending a separate email for each proposal.
What will you see in ALSHub?
Users will be able to see their proposals submitted this cycle as well as submissions from previous cycles. The status will indicate 'Review completed' for the new proposals submitted for this cycle. Proposals from previous cycles will have a status of 'Active' or 'Expired'.
To view the results of the review for each proposal, users will need to click on the Experiment ID. An example of what is displayed is shown below.
Staff in the user office, particularly
On October 1–3, 2014, the ALS hosted a workshop entitled Soft X-Ray Science Opportunities Using Diffraction-Limited Storage Rings. The workshop charge was to determine transformational research opportunities enabled by emerging storage-ring-based ultrahigh brightness soft and intermediate x-ray beams, and to examine the primary challenges to accomplish these opportunities. More than 80 scientists from around the world attended the workshop and set a very enthusiastic tone throughout the entire three-day period.
The first morning of the workshop started off with three plenary talks on material and biological science opportunities, and on the capabilities of high- brightness accelerators. These presentations were followed by nine energetic short talks by staff from facilities around the world, which described techniques and research opportunities enabled by high source brightness and the resulting diffraction-limited beams. These talks formed the basis for 13 separate breakouts over the following two days focused on quantum materials, magnetic materials, low power information processing, energy science and catalysis, chemical and materials excitations, fluctuations, and dynamics, biological science, soft condensed matter, and environmental science. These were scheduled so that attendees could move from one subject thread to another. Much time for discussion of science ideas was provided, both during the breakouts and also after each session, to ensure a healthy flux of ideas among all attendees. This cross-fertilization was fun and led to a healthy cross-fertilization and outside-the-box thinking.
Breakout leads, facilitated by ALS staff, are already drafting a workshop report with chapters on the various subjects noted above. This should be available to the broad community by the end of 2014.
The 2014 ALS User Meeting launched with 422 attendees and a welcome from UEC Chair Peter Nico. Don DePaolo, Associate Lab Director for Energy and Environmental Sciences, followed with his own welcome and then spoke about the pivotal role of the ALS in the future of the Lab. DePaolo highlighted the synergies between the Molecular Foundry and NERSC and the ALS, and encouraged users to take advantage of those.
ALS Director Roger Falcone was up next and he began with a sad acknowledgement of the passing of a veteran ALS user, Dennis Lindle. While the past year has been a tough one in terms of funding realities for the ALS, Falcone pointed to highlights in scientific achievements. The ALS had a record number of users in 2014, with an impressive number of publications to accompany that trend. Falcone also stressed the synergistic capabilities of the ALS and Molecular Foundry.
DOE Associate Director of Science for Basic Energy Science (BES), Dr. Harriet Kung, took the stage to give users a Washington update, acknowledging that the past year and future year's budgets are quite challenging for the department. She said her department has been "heartened by the proactive steps that facilities have taken to align with our funding realities." The next step, as she sees it, is to figure out how to survive and grow in today's economic environment. As an upgrade project is in the early planning stages for the ALS, Kung encouraged users to think about making wise scientific and technical choices to remain competitive in the midst of a potentially lengthy upgrade process. Kung ended with a nod to funding situation once again, encouraging users to lend their support in the effort to "strongly defend the level of funding needed."
John Hill, X-Ray Scattering Group Leader Brookhaven National Lab, spoke about high temperature superconductivity and charge correlations, which he describes as "a complicated problem led by the discovery of the products and also the promise of the materials." The driving force behind this research area is the promise of superior electricity generation. Researchers have been trying to understand superconductors for more than 30 years, and the ALS has allowed them to understand more.
Sam Bader, Chief Scientist for Argonne's National Lab's Center for Nanoscale Materials, followed up with how the ALS has enhanced the scientific community's understanding of spintronics. He described nanomagnetism as the oldest field in science, but at the forefront of new materials. His studies in vortex physics and medical applications marry biology and physics to address promising new brain cancer treatments.
Next up was UC Berkeley's Jim Hurley, a cell biologist who spoke about "cellular self cannibalism," a topic with a catchy title and an intriguing story. The self cannibalism refers to the autophagy process whereby cells cannibalize themselves, which is a process of survival involved in most diseases. As we age, Hurley explained, autophagy slows down and the rate of damage is no longer offset by self cannibalism, which is not always a good thing (take cancer cells, for example). Crystallography at the ALS is helping Hurley and his colleagues discover more about the process of autophagy.
Afternoon speakers included Yayoi Takamura from UC Davis, who spoke about the usefulness of complex oxide nanostructures, and William Chueh from Stanford University, who spoke about nano spectromicroscopy and battery kinetics.
ALS staff updates included User Services group lead Sue Bailey, who gave users an update on the new ALSHub process, and David Robin, ALS Division Deputy for Accelerator Operations, who reviewed accelerator, instrumentation, and controls upgrades.
Students from across the country and around the world then took the stage to briefly present their research for the annual student poster slam. At the poster session and reception that evening, the students fielded questions about their work, with first prize going to Kamran Ghiossi from UC Davis, whose poster focused on progress in fullerene x-ray crystallography.
Day two featured Berkeley Lab's Mayram Farmand speaking on ptychographic imaging of nanomaterials, followed by the student poster award winner Kamran Ghiassi who discussed his poster "Progress in Fullerene X-Ray Crytallography.". Chuck Fadley, Shirley Award Winner, talked about depth-resolved ARPES. Molecular Foundry Director Jeff Neaton gave ALS users an overview of the Foundry and potential opportunities for ALS users. James Sethian from the Center for Applied Mathematics for Energy Related Applications (CAMERA) spoke to users about CAMERA and senior scientist Musa Ahmed, Chemical Sciences Division, spoke about new insights into soot formation.
The final speaker of the afternoon, Scripps Research Institute's Erica Saphire, brought some audience members to tears with her discussion of the current Ebola virus outbreak and the race for a cure. Saphire is an ALS user whose x-ray crystallography work contributed to the development of a promising Ebola treatment.
Afternoon workshops and the evening awards dinner were well-attended, with the following awards given out:
David A. Shirley Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement at the ALS to Charles (Chuck) Fadley for "for significant contributions to a better understanding of surfaces and interfaces through the development of novel x-ray photoemission spectroscopy techniques."
Klaus Halbach Award for Innovative Instrumentation at the ALS to Alastair MacDowell, Hrishikesh Bale, Abdel Haboub. James Nasiatka, Dilworth (Dula) Parkinson and Robert (Rob) Ritchie for "for the development of tomography of composite materials at ultra-high temperatures resulting in unique new capabilities in materials science."
Tim Renner User Services Award for Outstanding Support to the ALS User Community to Tony Warwick "for reforming, formalizing, streamlining and documenting the Beamline Review Committee (BRC) over a ten year chairmanship for the benefit of those that follow."
The User Office received 301 new General User Proposals (GUPs) and 260 Beam Time Requests (BTRs) for the 2015-1 running cycle. All the proposals have now been processed by the User Office. Users submitting new proposals should have received an email inviting them to login to ALSHub and check the proposal PDF which will be sent to reviewers.
The Proposal Study Panels (PSP) and ALS Division Deputy for Science Steve Kevan provide oversight for the review process. We are often asked about the review process and when notifications will be sent. We hope the following timeline and description will be helpful.
Sept 10
Start beamline scientist feasibility checks.
Sept 10-17
Initial automated assignment of reviewers followed by manual adjustments to assign up to four external reviewers per proposal.
Sept 18
Start the external review process.
Sep 25
PSP members emailed to start their reviews.
Oct 13
Deadline for completion of external review process.
Oct 13-17
Checks on review outcomes for score consistency and comments identifying problems.
Oct 20
PSP meeting when the final score is assigned to each proposal and the likely cutoff score is identified for each beamline.
Oct 21-25
User Office uses final scores to produce allocation sheets for each beamline. The allocation sheets list all new GUPs and BTRs sorted by score.
Oct 27-Nov 7
Allocation meetings for each beamline or technique area involving the beamline scientist(s), user office staff and oversight from the ALS Division Deputy for Science. Each proposal, starting from the top of the sorted list, is assigned beam time until no beam time is left. The cutoff score is compared with that from the PSP, to check for consistency.
Nov 10-14
Users will be notified to login to ALSHub to view the outcome of each proposal and the reviewer and PSP comments.
Nov 17-Dec 19
Liaison between beamline scientists and users to produce a schedule for each beamline.
Staff in the user office, including
ALSHub to check on the progress of your proposals.
Ptychography has won accolades for the ALS recently, as researchers achieved the highest resolution ever recorded in x-ray microscopy, but what exactly is this technique with the catchy name? (For the record, it's pronounced "tie-cog-raphee.") We recently sat down with ALS physicist David Shapiro, lead author on the paper reporting this research in Nature Photonics, to talk about ptychography and why the ALS is uniquely suited to work on this next-generation technique.
Shapiro explains that with a conventional scanning microscope, you focus the beam onto a sample and while scanning it, you record the total transmitted x-ray intensity. Since different chemical species will have different soft x-ray transmission this provides the ability to map chemical composition but is limited in resolution to the smallest spot that you can make. Focusing is a challenging process with x-rays because x-ray optics are difficult to make, inefficient, and have very short focal lengths.
With ptychography, you can work with a somewhat larger spot and measure a diffraction pattern rather than the total transmission. A specialized two-dimensional imaging detector measures all the scattered x-rays and gives researchers much more information than traditional x-ray microscopy.
"We record information that's outside of the numerical aperture of the x-ray optic, this information is always present but conventional microscopes can't measure it." says Shapiro. The very large volume of data generated by a ptychographic microscope requires state-of-the-art, high speed imaging detectors developed by the ALS detector group.
The measurement must then be converted into an image, so researchers use high performance computing and phase retrieval algorithms to reconstruct the sample at high spatial resolution from the diffraction information. There are some standard algorithms that are commonly used, but Shapiro and his colleagues are also working with The Center for Applied Mathematics for Energy Research Applications (CAMERA) in Berkeley Lab's computational research division to develop even faster algorithms and computer code.
"We're approaching the point where the resolution is comparable to the wavelength of the x-rays," says Shapiro. "The ultimate goal would be to map chemical composition in three dimensions at that resolution. The ALS is bringing together the technologies which will make that a reality but the very high brightness x-ray beams from the new ultimate storage ring sources is needed."
Read more about ALS ptychography in the recent Berkeley Lab news release: http://newscenter.lbl.gov/2014/09/10/advanced-light-source-sets-microscopy-record/
The ALS User Office rolled out ALSHub, a new user portal, five months ago, but many users will be trying it for the first time when they submit proposals for the September 3 deadline. We encourage you to provide feedback; tell us what you like or anything we could improve or add to the portal.
What will be different?
The login site, and the interface you see when you log in are all new. In order to login the first time, existing ALS users should use their email on file, but will need to request a new password. The landing page will provide a number of options, including the ability to update your contact details, including email, by changing your profile. ALSHub provides additional information that you have not been able to view before: including all your current and previous proposals, your LBNL ID, your up-to-date basic safety training status and expiry dates, and whether your access badge is currently active.
Please note that since the login uses your email, you will need to contact the
General User Proposals for the ALS 2015-1 cycle
Deadline: September 3, 2014
Please login to ALSHub to submit a new General User Proposal (GUP) or to make a Beam Time Request (BTR) on an existing active proposal.
RAPIDD Proposals
Users requiring limited but rapid access to ALS beam time, may prefer to submit a RAPIDD proposal rather than a GUP. RAPIDD proposals may be submitted at any time and the system includes:
As a student representative to the ALS Users Executive Committee (UEC) for the past two years, Mahati Chintapalli has gained a better understanding of how the ALS functions as an organization, while the UEC has gained a devoted and outgoing member. This year, Chintapalli led the fundraising drive for the annual User Meeting awards along with UEC member Micky Holcomb, and they raised the monies in record time. She's currently a PhD student in Materials Science at UC Berkeley and has been conducting research at the ALS since she began her PhD program in 2011.
"Being on the UEC has been really positive," says Chintapalli. "I've had a chance to meet a lot of people and learn about how the organization plans for the future of the synchrotron."
Two years ago, Chintapalli won the student poster competition at the ALS User Meeting for her poster about carbon monoxide dissociation on cobalt nanoparticles, based on her research into how the size of nanoparticles affected the CO dissociation. These days, her research is focused on block copolymer electrolytes and how they conduct ions for lithium batteries; she's using the small-angle scattering capabilities at BL 7.3.3 for this work. In the future, she hopes to be able to use spectroscopy to look at how ions are solvated and conducted in polymer electrolytes with the hope of learning how to design polymer electrolyte systems with improved ionic conductivity.
"I am very grateful that I've gotten a chance to do different types of research in my time at the ALS," she says. "With my current work at 7.3.3, I've been able to see the correlation between the structure of the polymer and how well or how poorly it conducts ions because of its structure."
Chintapalli says her involvement in the UEC has given her a broader view of the ALS user community, as she's gotten to know scientists outside of her own field. She says that these informal connections have opened up wider opportunities for her at the ALS.
The User Office is accepting new General User Proposals (GUPs) from scientists who wish to conduct research at the ALS in the January – June 2015 cycle.
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: September 3, 2014
Please log in to ALSHub to submit a new GUP or to make a Beam Time Request (BTR) on an existing active proposal.
Users are reminded that they need to have an ALSHub account to submit proposals, and that creating an account may take 1-2 business days. We encourage all users to check their account well before the proposal deadline.
New Proposals
For more information about how to apply for beam time and proposal writing guidelines, follow the link to Apply for Beamtime in the User Guide.
Maintaining an Active Proposal
Proposals for general sciences beamlines are considered active for two years, or until the total shifts requested in the proposal have been used. Users may decide whether to submit a new proposal or make a BTR on an active proposal based on the cutoff score for that beamline. Users are reminded that their proposal score may be improved if they fell below the cutoff in the first cycle, as described on GUP web pages.
RAPIDD proposals
All proposal forms include a productivity section with publications from previous ALS work. The publications will be pre-filled automatically from the ALS publication database by searching for the Principal Investigator's name. Please make sure your publications are entered into our database and be sure to select your group's publication when submitting your proposal.
Even though the ALS has been in shutdown mode for almost two months, there's one area of the facility where users have been busy. The new ALS Visualization and Analysis Lab, which opened to users in November 2013, hosts an impressive amount of computing power that's helping scientists work through data-heavy beamline results much more quickly and efficiently.
Located on the second floor of the ALS (building 6, room 2244), the data visualization lab (or "viz lab," as ALS folks refer to it) includes two Windows workstations with 64 GB of RAM,high-end graphics cards, and large displays; three top-of-the-line iMacs; a teleconferencing television; and a 55" 3D television. The room that houses all of this was previously a library, available to users and mostly used as a place to work on laptops or make phone calls. The computing capabilities were not previously available to users; they had limited access to computers at the beamline, but once their beamtime was over they had to find other means of accessing and analyzing data.
The viz lab was a dream come to fruition for ALS Beamline Scientists Dula Parkinson and Alex Hexemer. Their effort to create the lab was directed by ALS Deputy for Experimental Systems Howard Padmore and ALS Deputy Division Director for Operations Michael Banda.
"Users at my beamline collect a lot of data, and to be able to do anything with that data they need a lot of computational horsepower," says Parkinson. "Every data set is about 50 GB, which isn't going to load too well on a user's laptop."
Parkinson says many users don't even have the software needed to view data on their own computers. Users sometimes weren't able to finish what they needed to do, because of limited access to computers at the beamline. Parkinson estimates that more than 50 percent of his users are from the Bay Area, so a lot of them can actually drive over and use the viz lab even after they've finished with their beamtime. In addition to computing power and software, the viz lab gives users a place to collaborate and trouble-shoot; ALS staff are frequently available to assist users in the viz lab and other users working there often share tips.
"It brings collaboration," says ALS user Katherine Harry, a graduate student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UC Berkeley who has been doing beamline research on lithium batteries at the ALS for almost three years. "It's also nice because you'll often run into other researchers in the lab and they can help you decipher things."
Before she had access to the viz lab, Harry says she would remotely access beamline computers at off-hours and hope a computer was available. "The data sets we're collecting are enormous," she says. "I personally don't have the computing power to even open a single dataset on my laptop."
The viz lab is available to anyone at the ALS, and the space has been getting busier and busier since it opened. Parkinson says he's had a lot of requests from staff and post-docs from other beamlines.
"The great thing about the ALS is that it produces a lot of x-rays," says Parkinson. "That allows you to collect high-resolution images very quickly, and all those pixels turn into a lot of data."
Steve Rossi reports on nearing the end of this year's shutdown:
We're in the final days of our extended shutdown here at the ALS. Our technical staff has accomplished over 7000 hours of scheduled work along with the myriad of small tasks requested of them on an ad hoc basis. Each shutdown I find myself in awe of the overall effort it requires to organize and execute the work, as well as the amazing professionalism and dedication of our staff.
This is the tense, nail-biting portion of the shutdown as we begin to power up and test the various systems that we have modified and installed. So far. things are proceeding very well with the new storage ring radio frequency system high-voltage switch, which was our "critical path" project. All the new water-flow monitoring equipment, for the entire booster and storage ring, has been installed.
The linear accelerator klystron modulator has been replaced and tested, which is dramatically increasing our injection efficiency. The damaged QFA magnet power supply that caused an unexpected outage just prior to this shutdown, has been fully repaired and tested.
Christine Mytko, Patricia Falcone (White House Office of Science and Technology Policy), Sam Schickler, and Jane Yarnell.
Two seventh graders from Black Pine Circle (BPC) School in Berkeley, who came to the ALS last November on a field trip that included actual beam time earned through peer-reviewed proposals, have now made it all the way to the White House.
Samuel Schickler and Jane Yarnell, along with their science teacher Christine Mytko, were invited to attend the first-ever White House "Maker Faire." The event featured "Makers, innovators, and entrepreneurs of all ages who are using cutting-edge tools to bring their ideas to life."
The White House Maker Faire website describes how the BPC students "used a powerful x-ray beam at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science's Advanced Light Source to get high-resolution scans of samples they selected, then used open source visualization software and 3D printing to make enlarged physical models, revealing the samples' internal microstructures."
The first-ever White House Maker Faire was held on Wednesday, June 18, 2014.
The students' presentation of their work had earned them high honors at a regional Maker Faire held May 17–18 in San Mateo, where they won Editor's Choice and Best in Class awards for demonstrating "great creativity, ingenuity and innovation."
At the White House, the students rubbed shoulders with fellow innovators from across the country, whose do-it-yourself projects ranged from a robotic giraffe to a low-cost, non-electric infant warmer that can help save premature babies in rural villages. They were present in the East Room where President Obama, in his remarks, said that the "democratization of manufacturing" exemplified by the Maker Faire "gives you a sense that we are at the dawn of something big," noting that comparisons have been made to where we were with the Internet 25 to 30 years ago.
The President also highlighted the importance of learning by doing and asked how we might redesign high schools so that young people can do more than just sit and listen to a lecture. "So math, science all gets incorporated into the task of actually making something, which the students tell me makes the subject matter that much more interesting."
Left: Microtomographic image of an eggshell. Right: Several 3D prints of the eggshell data.
The journey from BPC to D.C. began last fall with lessons that had been developed by Mytko during a summer internship at ALS Beamline 8.3.2, with Beamline Scientist Dula Parkinson. The lessons culminated last November in a class visit to the ALS, and those whose proposals were scored highest by fellow classmates used Beamline 8.3.2 to scan their samples, including things such as egg shells, snake skin, and duct tape. The students then used the microtomography data to 3D-print blown-up versions of their samples, some of which Jane and Sam carried in their pockets with them to the White House.


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Cigar Review: Man O' War
This Man O' War cigar was given to me as a gift a few months ago. A.J Ferdenez is the blender behind the Man O' War. I am relaxing on my favorite couch with a cup of coffee while I inspect the cigar.
Blend Specifics
Size: Toro 6.5" x 52"
Wrapper: Habano Ecuador
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan
Appearance and Construction
The Man O' War is well constructed with a toothy wrapper. The cigar is firm to the touch with no soft spots signaling that the Man O' War should burn well. A modern label complements the thick oily habano wrapper with a gold Spartan helmet, black background with red and white, and "Man O' War" in bold white below the helmet. Sweet spice and wood were dominant on the cigar's foot. I used a straight cut and the cold draw was firm with flavors of pepper, earth, and wood. After lighting the foot, the aroma produced nuts and spice.
Taste and Smoking Characteristics
Upon lighting the cigar, the opening flavors were peanuts and spice followed by large plumes of smoke. Vanilla, anise, and cinnamon appear in the flavor profile balancing the cigar's focus on spice.
The Man O' War begins to calm down some as the spice retreats to the background. Flavors of bread and honey complement the other kitchen spices that are taking the forefront. On the retrohale spice dominates. There is a white ash that hold to 2" with an even burn.
The cigar is creamy marinating with distinctive spices. Cardamom and nutmeg emerge among the other baking spices with maple concluding a smooth finish on the palate. These additional flavors compliment and further the complexity of the Man O' War.
I was very impressed with the Man O' War's complexity. The bouquet of cooking spices balance the sweet flavors in this medium-full bodied cigar. The Man O' War reminds me of perusing my spice cabinet with the array of spices in this gustatory cigar. Overall, I highly recommend finding your inner Spartan warrior with a Man O' War.
Final Grade: A-
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DUDE! Totally inspired. Lit me a Man O War Virtue because of it. BEAUTIFUL review!
Cigarshaman, I am glad I inspired you and I am pleased you enjoyed my review. There are a few A.J. Fernandez's Man O' War Virtues resting in my humidor for a future review. Enjoy Cigarshaman!
I have yet to try the Man O War yet. Sounds like a pretty damn good cigar though from your description.
They are outstanding and it's hard not to smoke them back to back. I think they are at the top of what AJ Fernandez has put together, although the San Lotano Oval is the best of his rolls.


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Linux Clients for Brazil's Schools
Brazil's municipal schools should be getting more than 350,000 power-saving thin clients for their students.
Canadian company Userful and Brazilian firm ThinNetworks have won a contract with the Brazilian government to supply 356,800 thin clients to schools in 5,560 municipalities. Userful will enable this access through its Multiplier virtualization hardware and software solution, turning a single computer into up to 10 independent student workstations.
A Userful press release explains the details. A first phase deployment of 19,000 desktops has already showed success. The full deployment over the next years is to be the world's largest.
The Userful Desktop and Multiplier products are based on Fedora, although the commercial software is not under any free license. A fully functioning demo version for two workstations is available for Live CD download.
Issue 26: Linux Shell Handbook 7th Ed./Special Editions
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SUSE Joins the Microsoft Test Drive Program
Customers can take a free test drive of SLES for HPC on the Azure Cloud
SiFive Launches a Line of Open Source Chips
San Francisco-based chip company announces their first fully open source chip platform.
Fedora 24 Released
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Sarah brings an extensive legal career in the public and private sector to the office of Secretary. She served as Chief Counsel from January 2013 through July 2015 and also held the title of Deputy Secretary since March 2014. She was deputy director for leasing and real estate for the Department of Administration from October 2011 through January 2013. In the private sector, Sarah was vice president and counsel for Silver Lake Bank in Topeka from May 2008 until October 2011. She also was an adjunct faculty member at the Washburn University School of Law from 2011 to 2013. From August 2005 to May 2008 she was associate general counsel for MRV, Inc., in Topeka handling commercial real estate. Sarah graduated from Southwestern College in Winfield in May 1995 and Washburn Law in May 2005 where she was editor of the Washburn Law Journal. She is married to Scott and they have two children. Sarah is a member of the Kansas Bar Association and active in the Girl Scouts.
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Antonio Soave is a loyal Kansan and entrepreneur. For 30 years, Soave has gained the education and experience necessary to lead the Department of Commerce. As the former President and CEO of Capistrano Global Advisory Services, Soave has helped numerous entrepreneurs and businesses to expand and grow. Soave has also founded and served on the boards of several philanthropic organizations around the world. His extensive education, including a Bachelor's degree in international studies from The American University in Washington, D.C., a Juris Doctor from the Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University and a Masters of Law in International Law from the University of San Diego, as well as his experience in both domestic and international business, make Soave an exceptional choice for Secretary of Commerce.
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Mike King, Secretary of Transportation
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Lana Gordon, Secretary of Labor
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Dr. Susan Mosier, Secretary of Health and Environment
Susan Mosier was confirmed as Secretary of the Department of Health and Environment in April of 2015. She serves as Secretary of KDHE, the Director of the Division of Public Health, the State Health Officer and the Medicaid Director. Prior to becoming Secretary she was the Director of the Division of Health Care Finance since July 2014 and Medicaid Director at KDHE since March 2012. She was responsible for the implementation of KanCare Medicaid reform, operations and policy development. Prior to taking the role of Medicaid Director, she owned Mosier Eye Care in Manhattan, Kan. and also represented the 67th District in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2011 until February 2012, when she resigned the seat to become Medicaid Director. She earned her bachelor's degree from Kansas State University, and an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin, Red McCombs School of Business. She went on to receive her Doctor of Medicine at the University of Kansas and completed her residency at the University of Iowa.
Robin Jennison, Secretary of Kansas Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism
Robin Jennison brings more than 22 years of experience of serving in the Kansas Legislature, influencing state policy on behalf of Kansas interests, and promoting the state's natural assets to expand outdoor recreations. Elected to represent the 117th House District, Robin quickly rose through the ranks, serving as Assistant Majority leader in his second term, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee in his third term; before becoming House Majority Leader in his fourth term and then finally, Speaker of the House. As president of Jennison Government Services he has represented businesses, associations, groups and other entities before the state legislature and regulatory agencies of Kansas. Robin is a well-respected and knowledgeable hunter who anchored the Kansas Outdoors Radio Show for four years and assisted Governor-Elect Sam Brownback with the development of the Governor's Pheasant Hunt. He has been a partner in the Jennison Ranch located near Healy for more than 33 years.
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Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services Interim Secretary Tim Keck previously served as Deputy Chief Counsel at the Kansas Department for Health and the Environment (KDHE) for four-and-half years. As a member of the leadership team there, he was instrumental in the development and implementation of KanCare and worked closely with KDHE Secretary Susan Mosier on a variety of issues impacting the aging and disability communities.He also worked as chief counsel for the office of Lt. Governor Jeff Colyer. A native of Topeka, Mr. Keck has a Bachelor's degree from Washburn University and received his Juris Doctor from Washburn University School of Law in 1991. He is a resident of Topeka.
Tim Keck joined the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services as Interim Secretary on January 1, 2016.
Joseph Norwood, Acting Secretary of the Kansas Department of Corrections
Norwood has more than 30 years of correctional experience and most recently served as the Regional Director, Northeast Region for the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Norwood began his career with the Bureau of Prisons in 1984 as a correctional officer at the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., and has held increasingly responsible positions across the nation. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration/Accounting from the University of Kansas. He completed the Harvard Senior Executive Fellows Program – Bureau's Leadership Enhancement in August 2007.
Norwood's appointment must be confirmed by the Kansas Senate.
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I've been asked a number of times by readers, if selling PLR (Private Label Rights) products actually works. In other words, because so many other people have access to the exact same product can you still generate income and sales from it?
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Note: Overall I do sell more of my own products, but I still do well selling PLR.
So why do my PLR products sell, when others can't sell any?
The biggest problem people have with PLR, is that they use the graphics (such as the book cover) that comes with the PLR book, video, software, etc. This is the wrong way to go about it. Not only will you be facing a lot of competition (everyone selling the same looking ebook), but if you do start to get sales, it's not hard for competitors to track down the exact same ebook and start selling it too.
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2. Make a custom cover: The PLR products I sell have their own custom covers. They are my brand. And although I can't stop anyone selling the actual ebook, if they have the rights too, I can stop them using my cover, as that's my brand and I control it 100%.
3. Write your own sales copy (or have it written): In other words use custom sales copy to sell the product. Or better yet, have a custom video made. Just like the point above, you willl own the rights to your own sales copy or video. No one else can use it. You control it. It makes you unique and it's part of your brand. Whatever you do, don't use the sales copy that comes with the PLR product.
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In this feature, I spotlight five scenes/moments from within comic book stories that fit under a specific theme (basically, stuff that happens frequently in comics). Here is an archive of all the patterns we've spotlighted so far.
This week, we take a look at all of the people (other than Superman, of course, who made a number of trips on his own) who have somehow managed to time-travel to Krypton before it exploded and actually met Jor-El!
First up is a story that I've featured in the past in I Love Ya But You're Strange. It is 1959?s Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #36, by Otto Binder, Curt Swan and Ray Burnley. You can read here for more information about the story.
Suffice it to say that Jimmy Olsen, early in his days at Metropolis (before he began to work for the Daily Planet) volunteered for a time travel experiment that landed him on Krypton when Superman was just a wee baby.
Jimmy ends up as Kal-El's babysitter, even handing out some corporal punishment…
Jimmy even helps to make sure that Kal-El escapes Krypton before it explodes…
As it turns out, Superman's memories of Jimmy being his babysitter is actually the reason why he decided to make Jimmy his best pal when Jimmy arrived in Metropolis. So that is how Jimmy became Superman's pal AND how Jimmy got his job at the Daily Planet!
1964's Superman #170 gave us "What if Lex Luthor Were Superman's Father?" by Jerry Siegel, Curt Swan and George Klein. I think that the name of the story confused DC's production staff, since they labeled the cover as if this were an imaginary story, while really it was a time travel story.
Anyhow, Luthor escaped prison by pretending to volunteer for a scientific study…
I love that Siegel felt the need to have Luthor explain why his clothes grew. It is good to know that even then, writers were being beaten down by nit-picky fans.
Anyhow, now that he is free, Luthor heads to one of his hide outs to do what all villains like to do, check out Krypton in the past through a timescope…
And then, easy as pie, Luthor travels to Krypton with a plan to trick everyone into thinking he is a hero so that Lara will marry him instead of Jor-El…
He actually succeeds in wooing her!
But when he details his plan, it is hilariously insane…
How could that plan possibly make any sense to him?
Anyhow, Jor-El exposes him for the fraud that he is and he has to escape to the present. It is weird how emo Luthor gets here (I'll always be a loser!)…
The following year, in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #59, Lois learns about a device that could have saved Krypton, so naturally she decides to go back in time to give it to Jor-El…
She meets Jor-El…
A whole lot of crazy crap goes down. I am not going to get into it, as I will use this story for a future I Love Ya But You're Strange. So if you want to talk about the specifics of this story, please wait until I get to it for I Love Ya But You're Strange!
Anyhow, as things end up, Lois' plans were to no avail, so she heads home but before she can get home, she is accidentally sent to the Phantom Zone…
Superman then frees her (the story opens with Superman checking on the Phantom Zone to see what's up)…
Which, of course, means that Lois was in the Phantom Zone for decades and Superman missed her for decades, but, eh, who can keep track of those things? Certainly not writer Otto Binder and artist Kurt Schaffenberger!
It's weird how pissy Superman was at her at the end, right? I mean, I know she's a pain in the ass and all, but damn, dude, chill out!
At the opening of 1970's World's Finest #191 by Cary Batest, Ross Andru and Mike Esposito, Batman and Superman encounter time-traveling Jor-El and Lara, who show up quickly and then disappear, but not before mentioning that they're about to commit their greatest crime. Superman's all, "Say whaaaaat?" So he decides to go back in time to find out what the deal is. He can't go without his Bat-buddy, though, right?
Check out their time traveling…
I love the casualness of how Superman mentions he could have messed up. Batman was likely thinking, "Uhmm…was that something that could have easily happened? Maybe you should have mentioned that first."
So they run into Jor-El, and they provide their cover story…
I love how Batman explains their cover story…
Really, Superman, you think that was GOOD?
Anyhow, obviously, it turns out that the whole thing is some big misunderstanding, and the crimes they're committing are really for a good cause. Pretty standard fare. However, I love the ending…
"Oh right, I can't actually get us back from the past." "Seriously, Superman, you have to tell me these things!"
Luckily, the government's "time vortex" brings them back (it was what brought Jor-El and Lara to the future) and then it is destroyed so that they can't be sucked back. How conveeeeeeeeeeeenient!
Here's a rarer post-Crisis example!
In an 1999 storyline, Jack Knight, Mikaal Thomas and a hologram of Jack's dad, Ted, traveled through time and space to find the missing Will Payton. At one point, in Starman #51 (written by James Robinson and David Goyer with art by Peter Snejbjerg and Keith Champagne), they end up on Krypton in the past and meet Jor-El…
They get into some trouble with the Kryptonian higher-ups, but Jor-El helps them escape…
It is implied that Jack's visit inspired Jor-El to look to Earth later on.
Okay, that's five! I hope you enjoyed 'em! If you have any ideas for future editions of Drawing Crazy Patterns, drop me a line at email@example.com!
I assume the name of Jor-El's father Seyg-El was inspired by Jerry Siegel in the Starman story?
I like the Seyg-El wink in the Starman story. Nice homage.
How is it that Earth people can even move around on Krypton? Doesn't that planet have a higher gravity pull than Earth? I mean, that is, IIRC, part of the reason Kal-El (and other Kryptonians) have superpowers on our planet? Earth has a weaker gravity than Krypton. I mean, you'd think Batman, Jimmy Olson, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, etc. would be flattened by Krypton's gravity.
Batman's explanation sounds like something Booster Gold or Blue Beetle would have comed up with if they were stuck in that situation, but not Batman.
No honorable mention to Tomar-Re for almost getting there in time?
Two things worth noting:
1) The STARMAN story retroactively established that the pictures of Earth that Jor-El showed Lara in MAN OF STEEL #1 came from Jack Knight (It's the same picture of the shirtless farmer).
2) The name "Seyg-El" was established in one of the stories John Byrne wrote for Superman. I think it was in the WORLD OF KRYPTON miniseries he did with Mike Mignola.
How the heck can a child of Luthor be named Kal-El? Unless Lara was Lara-El and her and Jor-El were relatives which would explain some things about Superman.
Good point; that doesn't make any sense. Lara's maiden name was Lara Lor-Van. I'd think the kid would wind up being called Kal-Or or something.
Ooo, or Kal-Thor!
i love how Luthor handily learnt to speak the language of a long-dead planet…
RE: Luthor on Krypton
1. Were we ever given a reason why Luthor simply doesn't kill Jor-El? I mean, that way the chances of Superman being born are reduced to zero.
2. Weird how Luthor's imaginary child still looks exactly like Superman. Wonder why he wasn't shown imagining a son with some Luthor characteristics, like, say, red hair…
Perry White didn't get to visit Krypton too? I cry foul!
I listed most of these in a comment a couple months ago, but I don't think I even knew about the Luthor one. That's delightfully insane. So is the Lois Lane story, of course, so I'm glad you'll be going into it in more detail soon.
Come to think of it, that comment was on a story that doesn't appear here in which Supergirl travels back in time to Krypton. (Superman #156, which you featured here: http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2013/04/26/comic-book-legends-revealed-416/3/ ) I'm guessing that's not listed here because she didn't have time (hah) to look up Jor-El while she was there?
Post-Crisis, didn't Kon-El visit too (in Superboy #59), or does that not count because it was virtual reality? And in the New 52, Superboy must travel back in time to Krypton as well, because we saw him there in Supergirl #0.
I guess genetics isn't Luthor's scientific specialty. If he provides half the genetic material, the baby won't be the same Kal-El. It'll be someone entirely different.
Someone should do a story where all the visitors to Krypton meet. Maybe with Ambush Bug as the guide.
That Starman story was great, but then they all were.
Could Lois's years in the Phantom Zone be the explanation for her psychotic behaviors? I remember it being Mon-El having some mental problems due to his stay there. Except Lois was crazy before that story, right?
For the rest of his life, Luthor should have taunted Superman with the fact that he dated Lara. When Superman wraps a steel bar around him, Luthor could say 'Your mother tied knots the same way' or 'I haven't been in any thing this tight since…'
Benn- Re-read the Lois Lane story above. She has the foresight to bring anti-gravity boots. She even points out that "otherwise I couldn't stand up."
Chronologically speaking, as Superman grew to adulthood, he would find out his mother's suitor is now his current archnemesis (and former friend), another meddler is now his romantic interest, and the physically abusive babysitter he had as a toddler is now his current pal…
I'm starting to think the Superdickery might in fact be justified.
Superman: You've gone too far, Luthor!
Luthor: That's what your mother said.
Superdickery is always justified.
Except towards Batman. But even he needs to be taken down a peg now and then. Helps keep him focused.
Did we get Adventures of Superman #468? Something about Superman having to travel back in time to undergo some Kryptonian ritual, literally minutes before it was destroyed..
I think the worst Legion of Super-Heroes story in the 55 year history (and there have been some absolute stinkers) was Superboy and the Legion #255 where the Legion time travels to get some of the spaceship window from Jor-El's lab to stop an invasion. No, I don't remember why they couldn't come up with some Kandorian or Daxamite substitute. Just save yourself from reading this slop.
Fred Hembeck spoofed the Lex story, only to have Black Zero, the man who blew up Krypton, point out how silly it was.
Did we get Adventures of Superman #468? Something about Superman having to travel back in time to undergo some Kryptonian ritual, literally minutes before it was destroyed..
This is just for non-Superman visits. He visited a lot.
I'm guessing that's not listed here because she didn't have time (hah) to look up Jor-El while she was there?
Exactly. The way I figure it, if you don't actually meet Jor-El, it is a bit of a waste, ya know?
One I'm glad you didn't feature was that stupid Superman/Batman story where somehow Thomas Wayne gets taken to Krypton, and meets Jor-El, and it's (at the very least) implied that the Wayne fortune came from Kryptonian tech that Thomas somehow brought back home.
Or something. It's a horrible premise that wasn't executed well, and it makes my head hurt just to remember that much of it.
I recently re-read that Starman story, and I found it kinda weird Jack Knight immediately recognizes Jor-El as "Superman's dad". Now, Superman is hardly pals with Jack, so is his home planet and lineage supposed to be common knowledge at this point in the post-crisis DC universe?
Sure, a lot of people went to Krypton, but it wasn't really cool until Vibe did it, and taught Jor-El to breakdance.
There's a No-Prize-y reason (yes, I know, wrong company) Superman couldn't have freed Lois from the Zone any earlier. Under Weisinger, the rule was usually that you couldn't exist twice in the same timeframe. For example, Seuperman always had to travel back to Krypton at times before his birth or he'd be an invisible phantom-like being. So under that rule, Superman would have to wait until after Lois had left the present on her time-trip to bring her back.
Maybe that's why he's so POed: "I had to mark this on my calendar like, twenty years ago because of you!"
I like to think that "Seuperman" is how Dr. Evil pronounces it.
Wasn't there a Thomas Wayne Meets Jor-El story as well, set when both of their wives were pregnant with Bruce and Kal? I think it was in Batman/Superman somewhere.
That kiss Supes gets from his mom seems very Marty McFly to me…
The Silver/Bronze Age was pretty wacky! I remember reading the Starman story. That was an awesome storyline.
Luthor's convoluted plan seems like it was designed to get around a universe where you couldn't change your past. Its the kind of plan you might come up with if you realized that you couldn't prevent Superman from being born, couldn't prevent him from coming to Earth, and couldn't prevent him from becoming a hero. But for some reason you can still make major changes to the timeline.
To be fair, that is pretty much how many of these Krypton stories work. You can become Kal-El's baby-sitter, get Jor-El interested in rockets and Earth, and the like. But you can't prevent Kal-El from going to Earth, save Krypton, or permanently keep Jor-El or Lara in a post-Krypton time. Luthor was apparently enough of a genius to see hints of the fourth wall, but not enough to realize his plan was thus doomed from the start.
I am just fascinated that no one cared about paradoxes back then. It makes me wonder when the idea of the time paradox was first conceived in sci fi. H.G.Well only went to the future, and in a Coneticut Yankee the time travel may well have been a dream anyway, so such things weren't really a concern, but obviously it came up later. You have the Sound of Thunder, but that's less about paradox than inadvertantly altering time.
Anyway, it seems that these stories all work on a predestination premise anyway (hence why Luthor must always be a Loser) so that everyone goes back but they had already gone back anyway.
According to Wikipedia, the first sci-fi novel to outline the time travel paradox was Le Voyageur imprudent from 1943, written by René Barjavel. So the concept predates A Sound of Thunder.
My favorite moment from that Starman story is when Jack creeps Seyg-El out by talking about how humans reproduce: "The natural way… sweaty and squirty."
The "Jack in space" arc went on for way too long, but the Krypton story was definitely the best part (discounting the Rashomon-style "Times Past" issue with Ultra the Multi-Alien, Space Ranger and Space Cabbie).
Gotta love Silver Age Jor-El. Let me test the experminental spaceship with my son's puppy, instead of…….anything else! Dad of the year right there.
How I love that picture of Batman wordlessly staring at Superman as Superman thinks to himself "oh right, by traveling here I've killed us both, I forgot all about that…"
superman and friends have visited krypton so many times jor-el must wonder why these guys keep bothering him.
I like how SPACE LOCUSTS are the least goofy part of that Luthor story. BTW, since in that era Luthor was drawn pretty much to look like a hairless Clark Kent, Lara's "he may not be handsome" comment actually vindicates Luthor's premise that Superboy did in fact ruin his life by making him bald.
If anyone ever said to me "Because I'm going to Krypton, silly!" I would shoot them dead right then and there. Two in the neck, execution-style. Lois, not being as smart as Bill & Ted (and that's saying something) didn't think to use her new EFFING TIME MACHINE to give herself the time to fully master Kryptonian before arriving at her destination. Then again, Doctor Who makes that same mistake all the time, and he's not a hare-brained journalist.
Welcome to hospitable Krypton, where wearing "alien costumes" will attract a lot of attention and might get you lynched. Don't worry, though, most of our renegade scientists carry Dissolvatrons and are diplomatic enough not to raise their eyebrows at even the most moronic bald-faced lies.
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Microsoft, the software giant, has been leading the industry during years, although many of us didn´t like its products. It didn´t matter. With its winning strategies, the pc industry was their monopoly.
I guess because of that power, they thougth they were invincible, kind of The Conan of software. However, during the recent years, many open battles(open source, Linux, Google, etc) have weakend the giant. For the past two or three years it seems as if they were loosing its momentum in favour of Google.
I am personally a Google heavy user because in the trade off they offer me, I am very happy. Nonetheless, the latest movements of the company, make me believe that they are becoming the next evil. Either they develop a tool or buy it, as Microsoft used to do.
It is not the objective of this post to relate all the actions taken by Google during the past few years. What I bring here is my believe that if Microsoft wants to be the leader of the next generation, they should acquire Facebook.
As I see it rigth now, the fight over who leads the Internet is between Facebook ang Google. They might seem diferent, but at the end of the day, both fight to get the user to their services and be online through them.
Maybe my believe is not completely correct as I think about how Spanish internet users access the Internet, but I will take the risk.
Should Microsoft buy Facebook to make it the social network of the world? Not exactly. As I see it, the advantages for Microsoft are:
1. Getting the biggest worldwide network of today
2. Learn from the development tools of Facebook
3. Migrate their users to the platform
4. As Facebook is becoming a source of information, make it a rivalry of Google Search
5. Integrate Office in Facebook to compete with Google apps.
6. Develop Facebook for business to make companies work online through the application
7. Offer great deals to applications developers
8. Invest in Facebook connect
9. They can leave windows and focus in the "cloud"
10. They will be ready to compete evenly with Google
The final question remains: Should they pay $15.000 billion?, they way I see it, Facebook becoming the next big thing to remain in Internet, I think they should. In fact, they have the cash.


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|In this Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, photo, job seekers line up to meet prospective employers during a career fair at a hotel in Dallas. The government issued the January jobs report on Friday. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
WASHINGTON -- Hiring was surprisingly weak in January for a second straight month, likely renewing concern that the U.S. economy might be slowing after a strong finish last year.
Employers added 113,000 jobs, the government said Friday, far fewer than the average monthly gain of 194,000 last year. Job gains have averaged just 154,000 the past three months, down from 201,000 in the preceding three.
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Interesting as we were also in port overnight and next day in Marmaris because of generator failure on Celebration We were not offered any compensation although we missed out on 2 ports of call Were you offered OBC or did you receive your money after the holiday?
Yes we were given £50 per person credit , for the extra day in port, as soon as the coach reached the ship, before embarkation. Santa Margaritta was missed due to bad weather - visited Genova instead on a rainy day and a second visit made to Barcelona instead of Mahon, however no compensation is given for change of itinerary.
Has Anyone got informatiom as to whether Dream has ever docked in Mahon , we are booked for 2011 for Adults only week .See Destiny (which we,ve been on ) & Island Escape but had put this larger ship going to Mahon as a major highlight - Did Menorca several years ago & enjoyed.


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i don't see this app doing anything that the built in search doesn't do.
so it is like mac/linux, lets you diagnose safely. don't see too much use at this point as apps are self contained. link also says you can use the...
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Easy To Make Coca Cola Chicken Wings 可乐鸡翅
|To boil the chicken wings
|Chicken wings
|2 Pound
|3 Cup (48 tbs) (As needed to boil the chicken wings)
|To stir fry the chicken wings
|Cooking oil
|2 Tablespoon
|Green onion stalks
|2 Medium, cut into 2-inch pieces
|Ginger slices
|5 Medium
|Cooking wine
|1 Teaspoon
|Dark soy sauce
|1 Teaspoon
|Coca cola
|1 Cup (16 tbs) (As needed to cover 1/2 chicken wings)
|Cayenne pepper
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|1 Teaspoon
1. In a pot of boiling water, boil the chicken wings until done.
2. Drain out the chicken wings using a strainer, into a bowl and set aside.
3. Heat up some cooking oil in a wok on high heat.
4. Add the ginger slices and green onions to the hot oil. Saute for a minute.
5. Add the boiled and drained chicken wings into the wok.
6. Add cooking wine, dark soy sauce, coca cola, cayenne pepper and salt. Stir for a couple of minutes, cover and let cook for about 10 minutes on medium heat.
7. Serve hot.
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Serving size
Calories 515 Calories from Fat 186
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 21 g32%
Saturated Fat 4.3 g21.4%
Trans Fat 0.2 g
Cholesterol 172.4 mg57.5%
Sodium 1000.9 mg41.7%
Total Carbohydrates 12 g3.9%
Dietary Fiber 0.42 g1.7%
Sugars 10 g
Protein 67 g133.4%
Vitamin A 8.3% Vitamin C 9.9%
Calcium 4.8% Iron 15.9%
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I have an Apple Airport Extreme Gigabit router and some new machines I need to put on my network (PS3, Mrs' laptop etc.) but the router has only got four ports so I was thinking of getting a simple, unmanaged gigabit switch to increase this.
I also have a 10/100 switch which I decommissioned when I got the Apple router as I was under the impression using it would make all the network traffic run at 10/100 speed. I'm not sure this assumption was correct ...
Ideally I'd like to have a gigabit and 10/100 running on the same network so that the older boxes could use the latter while the machines that have gigabit ethernet onboard could run at modern speeds. Is this possible on a single network or should I get two gigabit switches?
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The plugin seems awesome. But I haven't been able to get it working on my blog. The following is what I am doing. Please tell me where I am going wrong:
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Whereas what I want is the first image to come with Caption 1, second with Caption 2, etc.
I haven't posted it yet since it's a well known commercial blog and I don't want my traffic to see a contentless post.
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Eating with wisdom: Author, blogger put Word of Wisdom into action
Michelle Snow
From gluten free and vegan to lacto-vegitarian and macrobiotic — there seems to be a different option to fit every lifestyle and possible to solve every problem.
While there is no "one-size-fits-all" diet, many religions have dietary perscriptions for their members. For members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it's the Word of Wisdom found in Doctrine and Covenants 89.
The Word of Wisdom consists of seven base dietary rules: Avoid alcoholic beverages; avoid the use of tobacco; avoid hot drinks (understood to mean tea and coffee); eat all herbs (understood to mean vegetables) in their season; eat all fruits in their season; eat meat sparingly; eat grains, especially wheat.
An author and a blogger have developed diets and recipes around the Word of Wisdom.
Skip Hellewell, author of wordofwisdomliving.com, points out, "There is a natural link between religion and diet. Spiritual health — the first concern of religion — is linked to physical health, and physical health is most influenced by diet."
Michelle Snow, author of "The W.O.W. Diet" (published by Cedar Fort), says there are obvious advantages to eating better: Losing weight, having more energy and your body having everything that it needs to function properly. But there are things that are often forgotten about eating well like thinking clearer, focusing better and processing information quicker. People naturally have more energy, which helps when supplementing your daily intake with exercise. It's a perpetual healthy cycle. When a person exercises, he or she often wants to eat better, and when a person eats better, they often want to exercise more.
"One of the greatest and unexpected results to tuning my diet (more toward the Word of Wisdom) was mental clarity," Snow said. "Overall, I just felt better. My senses felt so much sharper. Colors were more vibrant, flavors were more distinct. I felt more vibrant, more alive. It was like I wasn't living life to the fullest and didn't even know it. It felt like coming out of a fog."
She then laughed and added, "It even helped my relationship with my husband. We don't argue as much."
Rich in proteins and fats, the average American diet varies greatly from the concepts contained in the Word of Wisdom. In general, fruits, vegetables and grains are passed over in favor of another steak or more chicken strips.
"In the vegetable wars we've each made our separate peace," Hellewell writes. "We listen to the food nannies carry on about five daily servings of vegetables and nod our heads in agreement. Then we eat French fries. (We eat less than two daily servings of vegetables, excluding French fries and ketchup)."
"When food is processed, there is something that is lost. Even though white flour is often enriched with the nutrients that are lost, it doesnt quite reach its full potential. There is a lot to be said for eating as closely to natural as possible," Snow says.
Hellewell explains that though it is not explicitly written, he believes the spirit of the Word of Wisdom implies people should eat the whole grain, not just the sweet white flour or rice. Bran, germ and starch are all important to the nourishment of our bodies. This becomes much easier with experience and variety. Quinoa, flax, barley and lentils are all whole grains and can offer a wide variety of dishes and tastes to keep meals interesting.
Snow and Hellewell have seen remarkable changes in their lives by attuning themselves with the Word of Wisdom. Similar results can happen to anyone willing to put in the effort. Ultimately, it takes effort to change.
Snow advised, "(People) need to value the outcome more than convenience. They have to have faith that it will work. People have to want to change."
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Batter Dipped French Toast
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Prep 5 mins
Cook 5 mins
This is a realy tastey change from the ordinary.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 eggs (beaten)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1⁄2 cup flour
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 2⁄3-1 cup milk
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 4 -6 slices bread
- Place all ingredients except bread in a bowl and whisk with a wire whisk till well blended and no longer lumpy.
- Heat a frying pan on medium eat and spray with pan spray or add a T of butter.
- Dip bread in batter and fry till golden brown on both sides.
- The amount this makes is determined by how much the bread soaks up the batter.
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This wasn't all that different from regular french toast. I think I'll skip the extra effort and make it normally next time.


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The recommendation was approved Thursday after a finance committee reviewed the proposal as part of the college's upcoming budget for the next school year. The measure affecting illegal immigrants is a key component.
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I'm trying to track a file download as a GA Event on a page of mine.
I went in and added the "onclick="_gaq.push..." code to the links in the Text Editor, and when I switch to the Visual Editor, it strips the code out. I tried to publish the page without switching to the Visual Editor, and the code's been stripped also.
I've tracked this download Event before using the exact same method, but it looks like it stopped working around March 6th. I try to keep detailed annotations on changes I've made on the site, and I didn't make any changes around that time. Maybe a new WordPress or Plugin version broke this functionality?
I'm using the "Google Analytics for WordPress" plugin, which says that it can automatically track link and download Events, but I've tried disabling/enabling that feature and it hasn't worked yet.
I appreciate any help here. Thanks.