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Editor's note: The Rathskeller is still not open, but the restaurant's Facebook page indicates that it will open in "late 2011." Please see the page for more information.
Crouching in dimly lit rooms, flashlight in hand, Diane Fountain can barely contain her excitement as she shares her vision for the Ramshead Rathskeller.
She lists features that are a mixture of the nostalgic and the dynamic: Higher ceilings. 65-inch plasma-screen televisions. Two skylight booths. New recipes for the cheese bowl and The Gambler. A second bar.
"The whole purpose of this is bringing it back the way it was," Fountain said. "We're going to keep the nostalgia. But we do need to kick it up a few notches."
For now, the alleyway space off Franklin Street that has housed the restaurant for decades is more memory than bustling business, more rubble than enticing aroma.
The Rathskeller — nicknamed "the Rat" since it was opened in 1948 by Austrian immigrant Ted Danziger — has been closed since December 2007 to the disappointment of Chapel Hill residents and University of North Carolina alumni. Its assets were auctioned off to satisfy payment of taxes by a previous owner, and the structure was abandoned.
Enter Fountain, a real estate developer and 1980 UNC graduate who lives in Wilmington. After learning this past summer that "the Rat" sat empty, she worked to determine what it would cost to lease the space, upgrade and reopen the restaurant, a figure that will approach $1 million. So far, it's been a question of what to fix next.
On one day, it is a group effort just to get a few lights to turn on. Employees from Sutton's Drug Store, up on Franklin Street near Amber Alley, walk down to assist with the circuit breakers. Mislabeled with strips of tattered duct tape and old restaurant surveys, the breaker lights only about a third of the restaurant. Electrical cords are tangled on the floor, ceiling tiles are misaligned, old ductwork is exposed and piles of wood block entryways.
"We're going to kick it up, clean it up and make it better," Fountain said. "But it's still going to be the Rathskeller."
The plans
Two years after the restaurant closed and more than 60 years after it originally opened, Fountain has formed a team of UNC alumni — kitchen designer John Lindsey, property manager John Morrison and architect Jim Spencer — to help reopen the Rathskeller by the beginning of next year.
In addition to leasing the space from the Munch family, heirs to the Danziger estate, Fountain's costs include $847,000 for construction, $100,000 in kitchen renovations and $40,000 for a digital point-of-sales system.
The preliminary construction plan has notations for the space needed for contemporary ranges, convection ovens and pizza ovens: "The reason the 'kitchen' is as low as it is: the hood must be 6'6″ above the cooking surface. The ceiling is low, therefore, the original Rat dug out the floor to accommodate the hood, supposedly running into bedrock [good possibility] with dirt taken away in the trunk of Ted Danziger's car."
Other notes on the plan include the current state law concerning food service and handling, necessary equipment, the Rat's original cartoon logo of a rodent hoisting a beer mug, and of course, the menu.
Bill Donovan, head chef for the Raleigh Civic Center and recruited as the Rathskeller's new general manager, has plans to revive and improve recipes of favorites like the lasagna "cheese bowl" and "The Gambler" — a skirt steak served on a sizzling flatiron skillet in a wood holder. The dish is noted on a prototype menu as a "chewy, elongated, highly inedible half-pound rustled steer. Slipped under the table to any bandit with a miserly amount of salad, a few mashed up fries and burnt bread. Sorry, no credit allowed on our top seller."
"We're going to try to make the fare a little bit more upscale," Donovan said. "I'm going to have to learn and get to meet the people, and start fraternizing with the alumni and the sports people and all. I'm going to be walking into a restaurant that already has a tradition, already has a following."
Fountain said planning, which began in June, has been meticulous.
Each of the six rooms will still revolve around original, if updated, themes, like the Cave, the Train Room and the Circus Room. The wall holding the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec style painting in the original Mural Room will be knocked down to enlarge other areas, but a similar-style painting by the same artist will be created on a new wall in that room.
Lindsey designed the custom flatiron skillets needed to authentically recreate how The Gambler was served for decades.
The wait staff will still take orders for the infamous lasagna cheese bowl, but they will do it using a hand-held digital keypad that takes orders and swipes credit cards wirelessly, an experience Fountain calls "digital dining."
Traditional items on the menu will stay, but the restaurant will also cater to students with new items, like a recipe for wings courtesy of Fountain's son, Meares Green, and homemade dough for a New York-style pizza.
The old prep kitchen will be converted into a second bar, and students will be able to vote on a new theme for that room.
The furnace that customers huddled around in the winter will be replaced by a heating system that will warm the entire restaurant, and the faux fireplace will work electrically.
"The unique furnace that everyone remembers when it was 10 degrees and raining outside is going to have to leave, too, because the fire department will not let us have it," Fountain said. "I'm putting in an absolutely beautiful electric fireplace that will put out heat and also gives out that romantic feel when you walk in."
The slate floors and wood paneling will stay, but ceilings will be raised and electrical wiring will be updated.
One thing that won't change is the decades of names etched into the wood paneling and the booths. But these colorfully etched tables will have a new addition — mini flat-screen televisions that echo a time when the tables once held jukeboxes, Fountain said.
The memories
Fountain remembers going to the Rathskeller as a little girl and later taking her own children there.
"The one place we would always come as I was growing up and we came back to the football games was the Rathskeller," Fountain said. Her father, Jim Fountain, was head cheerleader at UNC, and the Rat was always a stop when he took the family back.
"I came here not only as a little girl, but I pretty much raised my children coming back and forth to the Rathskeller," she said.
Fountain said her kids loved to play with the jukeboxes, even though many of them no longer worked. With her three children all grown, she said people warned her of empty nest syndrome. But reviving the Rat will take that away, she said.
"You walk in and it feels good," she said. "This is home."
Strong emotional ties to the Rathskeller are common among residents and UNC alumni. When Fountain went to a football game this year, the crowd around her was buzzing with rumors of The Rat's return.
And students walking through the alley have peered in the windows when the lights are on, and Fountain has rushed outside to confirm suspicions and to tell them that the restaurant would be reopening.
"When it means something to someone else, too, it just adds value," she said.
A 2008 auction — held to satisfy nonpayment of state sales taxes by the previous owner — saw many items from the restaurant purchased by businesspeople and fans alike.
Jim Lilley, a local real estate agent who joined with two others to buy $10,000 worth of booths and tables, said he would like to see those items back in the restaurant.
"It's like the Old Well," he said of the restaurant. "There just isn't anything else like it today."
The people
What made the Rat special and what most people remember about the Rathskeller was its staff. It was not uncommon for customers to ask for their favorite wait person each time they visited.
And for Fountain, the original staff is important to reviving the Rat's brand. Former head waiter Eugene "Pops" Lyons started working at the Rathskeller in 1963 when he was 17. He spent 42 years with the restaurant and considers himself to be the leader of the former staff. Once Fountain contacted Lyons, he contacted other former employees in hopes they will return to work at the Rat.
Rodwick Nunn, a former cook who began working at the Rathskeller in 1980 at age 18, said he grew up in the restaurant long before he started working there.
"I would just come down here and play around, doing nothing but getting in the way," he said, adding that he would come and play as a child while his father, James Nunn, cleaned floors.
"He was one of the old heads that came into the company wanting to do a great job and great leadership," Nunn said about his father.
For some of the employees, the Rathskeller was more than a second home — it was a family.
Larry Alston, who started as a dishwasher in 1989 and became a cook six months later, said he grew up without a father.
"The Rat taught me a lot about life at a young age," Alston said. "When I came down here at 23 I was pretty much the youngest cook here. Everyone here was pretty much a father figure to me."
The history
Edward G. Danziger and his family fled their native Austria and the Nazi invasion in the late 1930s, making their new home in Chapel Hill. Following a stint in the U.S. Army, Ted and their father dug out the space that is now the restaurant, according to Ted's brother, Erwin Danziger. The restaurant is directly below the Shrunken Head Gift Shop on Franklin Street, a space that once held the family Viennese candy shop, Danziger's Old World Restaurant and Candy Kitchen.
The Chapel Hill Historical Society's Jason Tomberlin, writing in the Chapel Hill News on April 20, 2008, related the story:
"Papa D's wife and two children soon followed him to Chapel Hill, and the family settled down in the village, becoming an integral part of the community. After serving in the U.S. Army, Theodor M. Danziger, Papa D's youngest son, returned to Chapel Hill and entered the restaurant business. After deciding to utilize the area beneath Danziger's candy shop, Ted began clearing out the basement and carting away excavated dirt one car-trunk load at a time. In 1948, the Rathskeller opened in the newly constructed "basement," with its front door opening onto Amber Alley."
"I as a young boy even had to bend over quite a bit to get in there," Erwin Danziger said, recalling how the basement space used to create the restaurant was once a storage area for canned goods.
Danziger said they just kept digging, and over the years it turned from a one-room beer joint into a six-room restaurant. Ted would travel to Chicago to buy high-quality meat because there was no local market that could provide enough for the Rathskeller and the Danzigers' other eating establishments, he said.
Following Ted's death in 1965, his wife Bibi ran the restaurant until she died in 1990, when the estate took over day-to-day management. Local businessmen owned and operated the Rat from 1999 until 2008.
And since Fountain, the sole investor in the project, took on this effort, she has heard from many who are interested in the restaurant and said she is working to make it possible for more people to invest. Fountain said she even got a call from former Tar Heel basketball star and coach Phil Ford, asking how he could help with the restaurant's return.
"Everybody feels like they own a piece of the Rat," she said.
Just like the Rat's founders, Fountain wants the restaurant to revolve around its people.
"Mr. and Mrs. Danziger did it right," she said.
Amanda Ruehlen, a senior from Concord, N.C., is an assistant editor for the Reese Felts Digital News Project.


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Last week at the ODVA Annual Conference–as part of ODVA's announcement of a new energy initiative and white paper–Cisco's Bryce Barnes roused a packed-house audience representing ODVA's ~200 industrial and automation suppliers with a compelling speech on the immediate need for Optimization of Energy Usage (OEU™) in the Production domain. Energy consumption statistics for the industrial sector are staggering, most estimates suggesting half of the world's total delivered energy, and that amount is projected to increase by 40% over the next 25 years. For Manufacturers, energy typically constitutes the first or second highest portion of product variable costs, and most manufacturing companies now report as part of their governance a sustainability strategy that is core to their overall business strategy. Furthermore, volatility of energy markets–closely linked to the stability of governments, international relations and policies–raises the risk profile for continuity of supply, production and satisfaction of customers. Optimizing energy consumption, minimizing energy costs and mitigating energy risks are clearly top of mind business imperatives for the Manufacturing CEO.
Mark Wylie discusses the importance of energy optimization to sustainable manufacturing operations. Check out Mark's December blog on factory energy management.
Cisco Industrial Intelligence and Industrial Energy Managementsolution architectures create an intelligent platform to connect devices that measure, monitor and manage resources for greater efficiencies, to connect people in less time and space and to connect ideas that generate self-sustaining solutions to today's industrial, operational and environmental challenges. Consistent and highly complementary with ODVA's comprehensive strategy for Optimization of Energy Usage (OEU™)in the industrial sector, Cisco's solutions help Manufacturing companies to control an energy footprint, with a converged network architecture that delivers:
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with sport weight yarn
and the Mattel knitter.
(Note: It has 16 pegs, and
makes a tube that's a couple of
inches wide, so any spool knitter
that has 15 to 20 pegs would work,
if you don't have a Mattel knitter.)
If you have a Mattel Knitter, or
a similar round crank style knitter,
knit up a few feet of cord with it,
to be able to make a bunch of bears.
You will need to separate a section of
knitted tube that is 5 inches/12.5 cm long.
To cut off a length from the
cord, snip a stitch from a row or 2
above the desired length.
If you want a taller bear,
cut a longer piece.
Pull up hard on one end of the cut yarn.
Keep pulling until the yarn
tightens up, and it gathers in.
Now, look closely at the
pulled in stitches, and snip
the horizontal yarn,
close to the original
snipped stitch.
When you tug on it,
a length of yarn will be
and the 2 pieces of knitting
will come apart.
Thread the end
of the cut off piece
of yarn into a
craft needle,
and take it through all the
stitches on one end of the
Body/Head piece of knitting.
Pull up to gather the end,
and tie the ends in a tight knot.
Stuff with polyester stuffing &
gather the other end.
Tie it off and knot tightly.
Wrap yarn around the neck 2 times.
Tie and knot tightly.
Pinch an ear at each side of the head
and stitch across the base of
each ear, stitching in place
to anchor.
To shape the legs,
stitch vertically
half way up the body.
Stitch the leg line several times
to make it really secure.
For the first few bears that
I made, I spool knitted
cords to use as the arms
and legs and ears.
I wasn't happy with this,
as I wanted the entire bear
to be made from the tube.
So, I twigged to pinching the ears,
and doing the stitched legs.
The arms were more of a challenge.
I solved this dilemma by
cutting short lengths of tube (approx. 5 rows)
for the arms.
I picked up the stitches on the top
of the short length of
tube, and gathered them.
Then, I picked up the stitches on
the other end of the tube,
and gathered them, too.
This makes a poofy little piece,
which I then folded in half
and stitched lengthwise.
Because it is now 4 layers
of knitting,
the arm does not
need to be stuffed.
And, because this tutorial is
getting to be so long,
I am going to
finish it up tomorrow,
so come back tomorrow
for the rest of the tutorial…..
(Please remember that this tutorial was a HUGE amount of work to create, so please DO NOT copy or post it to another blog or website, but please do feel free to share the link far and wide! Thanks so much! Original design by Noreen Crone-Findlay, copyright)


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New York and Paris Fashion Weeks AW 2012....Puppy Love
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@Fashion and frank - ha ha! That made me laugh out loud. Clearly you had chosen the wrong coat for his fabulous doggie self and he wasn't having any of it. I find that NYC is the best for doggie watching (probably LA is even better!) - people just LOOOOOVE dressing up their dogs! And spend a hefty amount in the process ;) Did you see Henry Holland has done a tweed dog coat?!
ReplyDeleteOh my GOD Vanessa - these are just too cute. Come take some shots of Lopez some time, he's a great little muse...
South Molton St Style@Anna - ha! He sounds gorgeous. The only problem I have with dogs though is that they move FAST! And I am rubbish at focusing quickly. I did a shoot recently with a dog and his mum and I ended up only getting his backside in! He wouldn't turn around for me. I think that there must be special dog whisperer tricks to make them easy to photograph!
ReplyDeleteAww definitely your cutest photos ever! :) the first little pup reminds me of Oscar, from www.oscarslaw.org!


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Tweet - Anymore
By DJ Z | 9 years ago
After making an appearance on last month's VH1 Hip Hop Honors to pay homage to Missy Elliot, singer Tweet is back in the spotlight. This time around the focus is on her though, and the first official single from her upcoming return album being released next spring. Anymore, produced by Novel, is a low-key entrance back onto the music scene for Tweet, who admitted she almost stepped away for good after her last album, It's Me Again. One thing Tweet won't have to worry about – anymore – is label politics. Love, Tweet will be released under Jeryl Busby's independent label, Umbrella Records.
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Alberta's finance minister has stepped up his warning that the budget in March will be full of deep cuts.
Doug Horner spoke to the Chamber of Commerce on Monday in Calgary and Horner blamed budget woes on the price Alberta companies are getting for oil.
Currently the price is between $30 and $40 a barrel below world prices.
Horner admits the government didn't forecast how much or how quickly the price for Alberta crude would drop.
Early estimates for the upcoming third quarter financial update predicted the province's shortfall at around $3 billion but the finance minister now warns it will be higher.
"We've been through tough times before, but as I said this time is different. We don't have a quick fix to our market access problem, so we will be seeing some belt tightening for the medium term we will be presenting the 2013 budget on March seventh and with it we will be laying out a new direction for the province," said Horner.
Horner promised no new taxes or increases but says that cuts to services are inevitable.
The province recently moved back the date of its upcoming budget and Horner says that is to allow time for government departments to make deeper cuts.


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Leo and Capricorn Compatibility
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Wondering if Leo Capricorn compatibility can have great results?
If you are seriously considering getting into a relationship with a man or a woman of the Leo or Capricorn sign, you will find this compatibility analysis extremely useful.
I have listed the results that I have obtained for the matches between the Lion and the Goat here, so take your time reading this compatibility guide. This will help you determine whether your compatibility with the other sign of either Leo or Capricorn has promising results. My report report on Zodiac Sign compatibility explains this in greater detail.
Before I get into the details of the potential relationship between a Leo and a Capricorn, it is first necessary for me to provide you with information on the qualities and characteristics of both Zodiac signs.
Knowing about the Lion's and the Goat's personality will help you prepare yourself to take on the problems that will come your way and see them as a challenge.
Additionally, learning more about these potential problems will guide you to the right path to take in your relationship with Leo the Lion or Capricorn the Goat.
So let me start by detailing the characteristics of Leo and Capricorn so that you can gain a better understanding of the challenges that will have an impact on the Leo Capricorn compatibility.
Compatibility between Leo and Capricorn – The Key Characteristics of the Lion and the Goat
Traditionally, people born under Leo are firm believers in the power of hard work. However, they have the tendency to get things done by charming others through their great social skills. This really is the case when it comes to Leo and love in 2016.
Leo also has the tendency to be outrageous at times. Since this sign of the Zodiac is ruled by the Sun, you should expect a Leo man or Leo woman to be egotistical in nature. In addition to this, Leo star signs also want to have their freedom. They are also stubborn, ambitious, and opinionated.
On the other hand, Capricorn is more on the conservative side. Capricorns are traditionally hard working and responsible, and they also have a more conventional outlook in life.
The Goat loves being on the spotlight and also relishes material possessions. Those who have this sign of the Zodiac desire security in their life, which is why you will notice that their main priority is to have a steady and orderly life.
Compatibility between Leo and Capricorn and the Barriers to Great Compatibility
Now that you have a basic idea on the characteristics of both Zodiac signs, you may now better prepare yourself for the challenges that will definitely come your way. So what are the issues that these two signs of the Zodiac will face this year?
First and foremost, the different outlooks in life that Leo and Capricorn have can prove to be a barrier to the potentially great Leo Capricorn compatibility.
Again, the Lion often get things done through his or her charm and great social skills, while the Goat does things by the book. This can lead to a significant difference in opinion, one that you can already foresee to be a challenge in their compatibility.
Another problem that both signs of the Zodiac will have to face this year is their similar qualities, which include being very stubborn, ambitious, and opinionated.
These three characteristics will result in both the Leo and the Capricorn to have a hard time admitting defeat in an argument. Both the Lion and the Goat will find it extremely hard to admit that he or she is wrong, to say sorry, and to be the first one to make up with the other.
Leo and Capricorn – Great as Friends or Not?
After learning about the challenges that Leo and Capricorn will face, you may now be wondering if these two still have great chances of becoming friends. Since friendship is often the first thing that a lot of people want before they can commit to a romantic relationship, it is important for you to know if these two Zodiac signs will really be great as friends.
The simple answer is yes, they do. In fact, the combination of the Lion and the Goat can result in many great things. In a friendship point of view, this may mean many successful projects, completed plans, and enjoyable adventures together.
Compatibility between Leo and Capricorn – Potential for a Romantic Relationship
Leo Capricorn compatibility rates for this year are great and high, as long as both parties will be willing to work with the other, despite of their similar characteristics and their many different outlooks in life. Since both the Lion and the Goat are very devoted, especially to one another, there will be no major problems in terms of honesty and commitment.
While it is true that their combination may appear unlikely on the surface, the love between these two signs of the Zodiac will continue to grow and strengthen as they learn to find comfort in their similarities and differences. This love match is very similar to the compatibility between Aries and Leo.
In addition to this, the Leo Capricorn compatibility for will further be strengthened by both parties' willingness to learn from each other.
The Lion can show the other how to have a good time, while the Goat can teach the other the value of and the concept behind working hard, traditional values, and getting things done the proper way. And as long as both of them will shower the other with attention, praises, and compliments, their partnership will remain steady and strong.


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City seeks priorities for new parks plan
The city of Lake Oswego has an excellent parks and recreation system that receives lots of kudos from the public.
But even good park plans get old, so Kim Gilmer, parks and recreation department director and her staff, are in the process of forming a new plan that will assure continued success for the next 10 or 15 years.
'It's important that we do these things from time to time,' Gilmer said. 'Because people's priorities change over the years. This time around we have two things that are very high priority, children's playgrounds and facilities for exercise and fitness, that weren't even on the radar before.'
Gilmer and Ryan Stee, city special projects director, believe they have a good grasp on what the Lake Oswego public wants. Since work on the new plan started in August of last year they have held 15 public outreach events which attracted 1,400 participants.
'We've run the whole gamut,' Gilmer said. 'We tried to find out what people thought and what they valued, not just about the parks but the programs, too. We've had a lot more citizen involvement this time around.'
To make a long list short, these are the areas Lake Oswegans want most strongly addressed in the next parks master plan:
* Children's play areas.
* Experience nature.
* Exercise and fitness.
With so much information gathered, Gilmer and Stee will have much to place in the hands of the parks board at its meeting on Wednesday.
'It's an exhaustive list, and it documents what people have been saying,' Gilmer said. 'These won't be recommendations. We want to prioritize what we need to focus on for the next five years. We really want the business plan for the parks and recreation department and how we manage our priorities for the next 15 years.
'We need a new plan because we have to know where we're going, how to get there and how we should use our resources. Then we can use our money in the very best way.'
Money. That is what will make everybody's park dreams come true, and also make them possible.
Stee said, 'A new plan will help us find funds outside of the city. They will demonstrate community support.'
A prime example of past success is the boat dock at Foothills Park. Such a facility was identified in the plan as a high priority, so Lake Oswego was able to obtain a grant from the Oregon State Marine Board.
But there is much more on tap: A phone survey is planned for July, and the results will be matched up with the information gathered so far.


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We're just over two months away from returning to Westeros, and HBO continues to promote the third season of "Game Of Thrones." Now they've offered up another new teaser, but… sorry, folks, there's no actual footage from the show.
Instead, this brief spot looks like it could be the opening credits to an entirely different show, were it not for the sombre singing and a black raven flying around. More specifically, a three-eyed black raven. There is plenty to come in the third season of the smash-hit series, but we're not just talking about story points. The actual episodes will be longer as well, with a full episode's worth of footage being spread out across the standard season run, and with a finale that is expected to go over an hour.
In case you somehow missed it, "Game Of Thrones" takes flight on March 31st. Watch below. [Vulture]


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The 2007-2013 Intelligent Energy - Europe programme forms part of the EU's Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP). Its global budget of €730 million is used to support European projects under annual calls for project proposals. Funding covers up to 75% of the eligible project costs.
You currently have the opportunity to have your project supported by the EU's Intelligent Energy - Europe programme. The call for proposals is published annually and is available on our website.
For more information about the IEE programme, please visit the IEE website.
The IEE Info Day provides participants with a wealth of information. You can learn more about the IEE priorities by visiting our info day section. Attending this event helps you develop a good proposal and increases your chances of applying successfully.
It is complemented by national info days in each of the IEE countries, organised by the national contact points (NCP). You can find out more about the 2012 IEE Info Day on the IEE website.
The ManagEnergy Partner Search tool is available to help you find project partners from across Europe.
The IEE Mag, the quarterly newsletter of the EACI, and other IEE publications can be found in the Publications and Videos section of the Intelligent Energy - Europe Library web page. If you would like to receive the quarterly newsletter "IEE the Mag" and other updates in relation to the IEE Programme, please click here to subscribe online.
Any private or public organisation established in the European Union, Croatia, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway can respond to a call for proposals with projects designed to help deliver on the EU's energy and climate change objectives. Normally running for two to three years, projects need to involve at least three partners from three countries.
Applications compete for funding. The IEE is looking for creative ideas to achieve the EU's targets for 2020. Projects should have a significant impact on the market and could include: knowledge transfer from one part of the European Union to another on how to improve processes; helping the different decision making organisations understand each other better; building confidence and understanding in the market, which is essential to the sector's growth.
The expectation is that chosen projects will act as catalysts, triggering spin-offs. It is important that what is done well can be replicated and transferred to other countries. Projects with high visibility, making technologies as widely available as possible and creating the right market conditions for their use, will interest the IEE, as will those which identify where the market is failing and address those failures.


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Period after breastfeeding02/26/2007 |
My baby is about 5 months old I breastfeed for the first 3 months. I still have not had a period yet. Is this strange. Should I call my doctor? I had my tubes tide in November.
This is still within normal limits. Your hormones are still not back to the pre-pregnant state, but still need a little more time.
Jeanne L Ballard, MD, FAAP, FABM Professor Emeritus, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology College of Medicine University of Cincinnati |


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2006 "Grand Cru" Chardonnay Reserve(North Fork of Long Island)
When it comes to his white wines, Richard Olsen-Harbich, winemaker at Raphael, typically eschews oak to preserve the natural flavors of the grapes. Both his stainless steel Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc are perennial favorites and welcome warm-weather sippers.
But, after a 2006 growing season that was cooler than 2005 and that was marked by a lot of overcast days and higher-than-average levels of rain, Rich decided to make his first barrel-fermented Chardonnay at Raphael. He didn't make much though, only four new French barrels worth. All told, the wine spent five months in those barrels. He stirred the lees every week and the wine completed malolactic fermentation in barrel. It was bottled unfiltered and unfined.
This is still an extremely young wine, so it wasn't too surprising that the nose was taut at first, not wanting to give up much. But, as it warmed a bit and I swirled it in the glass, light lemony-citrus aromas mingled with minerally salt air, a faint floral note. The oak is barely perceptible on the nose with only the slightest hint of vanilla.
The medium-bodied palate is a bit Chablis-like to me, rather than the richer Burgundian style many local winemakers shoot for. The flavors range from lemon zest to tangerines to green apple with minerals in the background and, again, just the faintest oak character, which comes through as vanilla and toffee. Plenty of acidity provides structure and keeps the wine lively. The finish lingers and is lightly tart. This wine's best days are certainly ahead, but it's drinking well now too.
Reviewed June 30, 2008 by Lenn Thompson.
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I've painted my Tobi mask and Handmouths and wondered what you guys think. Handmouth pictures are here: http://www.cosplayisland.com/costume/view/5737
Mask pictures here: http://www.cosplayisland.com/costume/view/5743
(sorry, i still haven't learnt how to do proper links)
And now my question: I thought I had everything figured out but... I don't know how to attach the handmouths to my hands. I wanted to use elastic but I don't know how to attach that to the models. Any suggestions?
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22 Feb 2009 - 21:00 | 11007 |
kilik_hiwatari Joined: 02 Sep 2007 Posts: 154 | Critique and help |
23 Feb 2009 - 03:11 | 11018 |
Georgi Joined: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 97 | Ok, first off, they look simply brilliant!
Secondly, I wouldn't normally bother posting a comment that isn't useful, ie, those replies that say "i don't know", why bother replying then?! But, I fear there isn't much you could do! I know for a fact that gluing something like elastic is not going to work, I've tried in the past with hot glue, bostick, loctite and araldite on sculpy. It will not stay on, one end will eventually ping off! Plus I don't know how that stuff holds up if you drill it! Making them again and building in the holes for the elastic before baking it would be best. If you do I would make them as normal then poke holes in the handmouths using a curved piece of soldering wire so the holes go across the corners. If it is too much work to make them again I would look at minimising the amount of stress on them, that is, when you attach elastic to them you add stress to 2 concentrated points meaning eventually the glue at one end will no longer hold onto the model. With the mask see if you can glue it onto another mask (the kind you can buy for like £1) so the mask underneath is the one that is holding it to your face. UNfortunately the handmouths I reckon are gonna be harder and I would suggest gloves but I'm assuming he doesn't wear any? Sorry I couldn't help, I'm sure someone else will have a good suggestion though! __________________ I'm not anti-social, I just appreciate silence |
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kilik_hiwatari Joined: 02 Sep 2007 Posts: 154 | I used a mask as a base along with chopsticks to keep the holes for the elastic open
but with the handmouths it'll be awkward. The stuff I used is air dry and expensive, and they only used a small amount of it. I was thinking of using 'No Nails' ^^;; instead of glue. Would it reduce the stress if the elastic was a little looser? |
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Georgi Joined: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 97 | That would depend on how heavy they are. Obviously if they're quite weighty, you're gonna need your elastic tight, in fact I'd imagine even if they're light you can't have your elastic too loose of they might point the wrong way!
I say get your elastic and sew it into a loop and no-more-nails it on, that is as opposed to attaching just the ends to the handmouths, hopefully they'll at least stay attached for a longer period of time! Don't know how well that'll work but you may as well give it a shot cos you've made them now! Good luck! __________________ I'm not anti-social, I just appreciate silence |
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Demented Kid Joined: 08 Jun 2008 Posts: 381 | I would say trying to get some skin coloured gloves for the mouths to be stuck on would be a good idea. They'd look better and more "real" then having some elastic band stuck over your hands.
It also ensures that the mouths would still be in the same place and wont be as uncomfortable if you make the elastic too tight. That's my sense anyway. The Tobi mask is looking awesome though. X3 Last edited by Demented Kid (25 Feb 2009 - 22:43) |
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GunstarVixen Joined: 14 Nov 2007 Posts: 335 | I would go with the gloves idea, it's easy enough to make fingerless ones (you could probably get away with just making a thumb hole and 1 big hole for the fingers) Which will allow the weight to be distributed all the way round the hand.
You *could* try velcro and no more nails. stitch one side of the velcro to the gloves and stick the other to the hands (you would need as heavy duty velcro as you can get) this will mean you can wash the gloves! also meaning you can take the handmouths off when you're trying to eat etc!!! Try varnishing the handmouths first as it will stop them being quite so porus and make them easier to stick to stuff. (I always find superglues like shiny surfaces better) __________________ There is always room for cake |
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Missytetra Joined: 01 Feb 2009 Posts: 173 | Those little mouths are great! Have you weighed them by chance? How heavy are they? If your hands are clean and you're very careful, if they're light you could probably get away with a very strong toupee or tit tape which would look pleasantly natural but if they're wuite weighty then the glove idea is probably your best bet. For gluing to a fabric, you'll need to put another fabric such as an interfacer behind the gloves so that the glue isn't just sticking to something stretchy (glue and stretchy don't like to go together in my experience!)... Another way you could do it I've seen is a sort of "Walter C Dormez" method, which looked okay as it was done with either clear nylon threads or flesh coloured threads (I forget which), and they had made loops to put the middle finger and the wrist through (wrist loop on the bottom, finger loop on the top). I know that you don't know how to attach the elastic, but the polymer clays I've used all hold up very well under a small manual drill, so tiny hols could be made to thread the elastic through in a jewellery fashion... I wouldn't be too sure about drilling through the entire thing from side to side for a full hand loop though- I'd be reluctant to try it as it will be very heavy concentrated in one place. Any way you do it, I suggest achoring it and keeping it in place with some very strong double sided body tape of some kind ^^ __________________ xx Tetra xx |
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Chibi Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 256 | Oooh they're looking awesomesauce ^^
If the mouths aren't too heavy I would suggest trying spirit gum ^^ It works wonders, very strong but not too hard to remove at the end of the day. It can hold fimo shapes and stuff to skin so it might be worth a try __________________ [Error 404. Sanity Not Found.] |
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kilik_hiwatari Joined: 02 Sep 2007 Posts: 154 | First off, thank you for all the kind comments ^-^ they made me really happy considering i'm still a newbie with props/cosplay.
Secondly, can you recommened a decent strong glue? I don't want to use no nails because it'll make a mess x_x Basically, I've sewn the elastic in a loop but so it's not too tight or too loose, all I need to do now is glue it. I was thinking of using normal household superglue but i'm a little concerned about it seeping through the elastic after it's applied. And i'm not sure how to keep the elastic inplace until the glue has dried. Any suggestions are good :3 Thanks! <3 |
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GunstarVixen Joined: 14 Nov 2007 Posts: 335 | epoxy glue maybe? would be better than standard superglue and can be bought from any diy store (and my local poundland bizzarly!) __________________ There is always room for cake |
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Dark times lie ahead for Jackie Peyton. In the Season 6 finale of "Nurse Jackie," the titular character hit her lowest moment when not only did she lose everyone she loved in her life, but she lost her freedom as well.
The show is already renewed for a seventh season, which hopefully means Jackie will ask herself whether her addiction was worth literally losing everything. She lost access to and the respect of her children, who she always treasured. She lost (or likely is in the process of losing) her job, which she always considered the one thing that defined her. And she lost the respect and love of her peers, who always stood by her.
But she still has her addiction, the one thing she could never shake. "Nurse Jackie" has tried putting Jackie through rehab, and it didn't work. Even when Akalitus offers her a way out in the Season 6 finale, Jackie can't bring herself to take it. She looks at the pay cut and the humiliation as the worst things that can happen to her, but she is proven wrong. Hitting an ambulance with her car while carrying a suitcase full of pills and driving under the influence, on the other hand, will hopefully be the lowest point she hits before she forces herself to get better.
Over the course of "Nurse Jackie's" six seasons, there has never been an outside force important enough to Jackie to cause her to make a longterm commitment to her sobriety. Family wasn't enough, love wasn't enough and safety in the hospital wasn't enough to keep her clean. What many addicts say about their path to recovery is that the true desire to heal needs to come from the inside. With Jackie's incarceration at the end of Season 6, hopefully she finally gets the self-motivation that she needs in Season 7.
When viewers leave Jackie, she's still in a very clear sense of denial about the toxicity of her addiction in her life. Jackie did some horrible things this past season to cover up her addiction, and she hurt everyone close to her. Eddie begs her not to die when he sends her away to the airport, and that is one very possible resolution to this long-running Showtime dramedy.
But our hope is that "Nurse Jackie" has a happy ending. Where there is darkness, there must be light. The low point Jackie hits in Season 6 could have been a series finale, but it's just the end of one late chapter of her story. It's hard to imagine things getting worse for Jackie, so here's hoping Season 7 is when they start getting better.


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Chapter Meeting
Community Outreach
May 18 – 6:30 PM
Location: Smith Warren American Legion Post, 61 Main Street, Scottsville, NY 14546
Meeting Starts at 6:45 this month.
Our May Guest Speakers are
US Fish & Wildlife Service
Oatka Creek Watershed Committee.
Tree Planting Event – Protect Oatka Creek's Water Quality
WHAT: Trees for Tribs Planting Event on Oatka Creek – Plant 1100 trees and 400 shrubs!!
WHERE: Oatka Creek's Riparian Corridor in Monroe County's Oatka Park – North shore of Oatka Creek roughly parallel to State Route 383 (Scottsville – Mumford Road).
WHEN: Saturday May 21, 2016 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM (or later if you can stay and planting still needs to be done)
PURPOSE: Supplement tree canopy in the riparian corridor of Oatka Creek with various tree and shrub species to replace the dying or dead ash trees that have historically been the dominant tree species and that now are infested with the Emerald Ash Borer, a non-native invasive species.
This event is being coordinated by the Oatka Creek Watershed Committee, in partnership with the Monroe County Department of Parks & Recreation, the Seth Green Chapter of Trout Unlimited, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Saratoga Nursery's Trees for Tribs Program and the Wyoming County Soil and Water Conservation District, the regional coordinator for the Genesee River Basin Trees for Tribs Program (see program information at http://www.wcswcd.org/index.php/tree-shrub/).
If you can help or have questions, please contact Peter Lent – email@example.com (Chair, Oatka Creek Watershed Committee). Ask a friend to come with you and pass this notice on to others.
On the back, there is a general location map for the planting event and a closer view map showing location of off-road parking and the access to the Oatka Park property through the railroad underpass trail. Rather than parking vehicles along Route 383, the Town of Wheatland Highway Department will allow volunteers to park their vehicles on the shoulders of the gravel access road to the Town's brush and compost storage area. After parking, volunteers can then walk east along S.R.383 to the railroad underpass trail, which is the safer preferred way for getting to the Oatka Park property on the south side of the railroad tracks & its right-of-way. Vehicles can unload equipment (tools, buckets etc.) at the underpass, but vehicles will then need to be parked in the off-road parking area.
Volunteers need no prior experience, we will provide instruction on planting techniques, and placement of weed mats and tubes to prevent deer browsing. Volunteers can bring shovels, spades, or planting bars for tree planting. Pick axes or mattock tools are useful to quickly break up the ground and get through roots. Hard rubber hammers will be useful in pounding in the "staples" that secure the weed mats to the ground. We will need claw hammers or medium size ballpeen hammers to pound in stakes that the tubes will be tied to. We will need empty 5-gallon buckets with handles to use in watering the plants. Volunteers will need to wear boots, bring work gloves, insect repellent, sunscreen, water & lunch. Please label your tools for easy identification.
Event information will also be posted to the Oatka Creek Watershed Committee website's Watershed Blog at www.oatka.org
We look forward to your assistance with this worthy project. With your help we will have an event as successful as last year's planting day at the Genesee Country Village & Museum. Thank you.


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Green Bay - Two years ago, the Green Bay Packers watched Kurt Warner shred them for 51 points and 531 yards in the playoffs. Their only response was adding Mike Neal to the pass rush.
Last year, they used their first three draft choices on offensive players for the first time in 15 years and then took Ricky Elmore in the sixth round.
After the draft ended a year ago, coach Mike McCarthy said, "We didn't get caught up in our depth chart and feel like we needed another defensive lineman or linebacker. We really stayed true to the board."
Minus Cullen Jenkins, the Packers had the worst pass rush in the league and the worst pass defense in National Football League history.
If, in fact, the Packers really did take the best player available, bully for them. Whatever they added was of minimal help in their moment of truth when a magnificent 15-1 regular season went down the tubes against the New York Giants.
The first round of the 77th NFL draft begins at 7 p.m. Thursday, resumes with Rounds 2 and 3 at 6 p.m. Friday and concludes with the final four rounds at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Besides the 28th choice in the first round, the Packers have 11 other selections, including two additional picks in the fourth round and three additional picks in the seventh.
In general manager Ted Thompson's seven drafts, a startling preponderance of choices have been allocated to the offense.
Look at the first six choices of Thompson's seven drafts. Twenty-seven of the 42 have played offense whereas 15 have played defense. In Dom Capers' three seasons as defensive coordinator, the ratio is 12-6.
It's a critical reason why the Packers' personnel on offense is so much better than it is on defense.
Clearly, the Packers have major needs at cornerback and safety, but unless Thompson trades up for one of the top three corners or safety Mark Barron he almost certainly won't be able to address the secondary in the first round.
Now consider the six defensive linemen, who were ordinary against the run as a whole and offered B.J. Raji as the only rusher of any merit. As a whole, the unit accounted for 101½ sacks, knockdowns and pressures in 2010. In 2011, that number was a shockingly low 37.
Besides Raji, Thompson's depth chart shows squatty, aging Ryan Pickett at left end; mediocre holdover ends C.J. Wilson and Jarius Wynn; Neal, who faces a four-game suspension if he even makes the team; former Seahawk Anthony Hargrove, who figures almost strictly as a designated inside rusher on passing downs; and former Colt Daniel Muir, another too-short reserve.
Lawrence Guy, the only end with the desired length, is a complete unknown.
One could make the argument that the Packers actually are better stocked at right outside linebacker opposite Clay Matthews than they are at 5-technique, or end in their 3-4.
Position coach Kevin Greene wouldn't be doing his job if not one of his returning veterans - Erik Walden, Brad Jones, Frank Zombo, Jamari Lattimore and Vic So'oto - wasn't a far more effective player in 2012 than he was in 2011.
If the season were to start today, there would be absolutely no rush from the ends in the 3-4 and not enough from Raji and Hargrove (if he isn't suspended for his involvement in the Saints' bounty program) in the four-man front on passing downs.
At the same time, do you really like the chances of those other outside backers beating an athletic, reliable tackle?
Thompson is not alone when he ponders these questions. In San Diego, general manager A.J. Smith oversees a 3-4 scheme and doesn't like his pass rush, either.
"You need four rushers, either in linebacker or defensive end form," Smith said last week. "Two speed rushers, and then two complementary rushers. They're all coming, and they're coming from all over the place. They have to be dependable pass rushers, and you better have four and they better be coming."
Given all the rules changes favoring passing, one defensive line coach said he refused to have a single player in his group this year, including the nose tackles, who didn't have some pass-rush ability.
In conversations with more than 30 executives in personnel this month, the consensus seemed to be that this was an average collection of ends and outside linebackers for 3-4 teams. Now it's up to Thompson, as always, to pick the right ones.
"Everyone says, 'You've got to rush the passer,' " an NFC personnel man said. "But you just can't say, 'I'm going to draft a guy and he's a pass rusher.' He's got to be the right guy."
It's impossible to know what the pool of ends and outside linebackers will look like when the Packers' scheduled turn arrives about 10 o'clock.
"Anything can happen from 20 to 35," one scout said. "It will be a free-for-all."
If the draft proceeds somewhat according to form, three 5-techniques of interest to Green Bay could be available.
Chandler Jones of Syracuse is carrying just 260 pounds on his 6-feet 5½-inch frame. If the Packers took Jones, he'd put his wealth of athletic ability to use as a rookie rushing inside in nickel while starting to gain the extra 25 to 30 pounds necessary for him to play in base.
Penn State's Devon Still (6-5, 301) has the awe-inspiring statute carriage of the prototypical 3-4 ends, the type the Packers have been seeking since McCarthy hired Capers.
Connecticut's Kendall Reyes (6-4, 299) has been more of an achiever than Still. Scouts gave Reyes a slight edge as a rusher, and Still a distinct edge as a run stopper.
At the same time, several of the 10 players projected to outside linebacker by at least some 3-4 teams will be on the board at No. 28.
Melvin Ingram stands almost no chance to be available, but many from a group that includes Nick Perry, Whitney Mercilus, Dont'a Hightower, Shea McClellin, Courtney Upshaw, Andre Branch, Vinny Curry, Olivier Vernon, Bruce Irvin and Ronnell Lewis will be there.
It's doubtful the Packers would take Mercilus, Hightower or Curry because of fit. Mercilus and Curry are regarded more as 4-3 ends and Hightower has told teams he prefers to remain at inside linebacker.
Of the other seven, it would appear as if Perry and McClellin would have the most appeal to Green Bay.
Upshaw probably doesn't move well enough to do what the Packers need. Branch played at Clemson, and the Packers still can't get over drafting colossal bust Donnell Washington from there in the third round eight years ago.
Widely admired by scouts for his toughness and potential, Vernon played just 30 games for Miami and is viewed more as a mid-second-round choice.
The speedy, undersized Irvin stands as a gigantic character risk and might turn out to be nothing more than a designated outside rusher.
Lewis has such mental deficiencies that he probably wouldn't even be considered before the third round.
Perry is bigger, faster, stronger and more athletic than McClellin, and as a result might have a slightly better chance to be taken ahead of McClellin.
McClellin, however, played far more often standing up at Boise State than Perry did at Southern California, and as a result would be a consideration for every team starting in the mid- to late teens.
McClellin began his senior season with just a late-round grade.
"I've heard he's a big-time riser," one scout said. "He might just be that guy you go, 'Wow. He went in the first?' "
Just like every other 3-4 team, the Packers have been arguing for months the ability of dozens of collegiate ends to play linebacker.
"Those guys are all similar in some ways," a scout for a 3-4 club said. "Mercilus, Branch, Perry, Vernon, Ingram. I think Ingram is a cut above, but those are all head scratchers for us because they're projections in a lot of ways. It's a feel about who you feel can both set the edge and rush the passer. They are all jumbled up."
If the Packers were to select a 5-technique Thursday night, they might then consider trading up for a linebacker such as Vernon in the second round. It would cost them a third-round choice to move from their No. 59 spot to about No. 45. Trading a fourth-round pick would jump them to about No. 54.
The Packers also have a host of other needs. It wouldn't be surprising in the least to see them go for Wisconsin quarterback Russell Wilson as early as the third round, and a center-guard undoubtedly will be added in the mid-rounds.
Thompson can talk all he wants about the general philosophy of always picking the best player. The truth is, his imbalanced roster needs balancing.
The two-time NFL executive of the year knows full well that he was partly responsible for the defensive collapse that ultimately ruined the Packers' legitimate shot at a perfect season. He can't permit that to happen again.
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Overstock.com (OSTK) has been one of the market's brightest stocks of 2013, but is it still cheap and is it a better buy than its competitors?
In the last year alone, shares of Overstock.com have rallied almost 300%, as margins and revenue have increased and as the company has raised its outlook. Overstock.com operates a very similar business model to its competitors eBay (EBAY) and Amazon (AMZN). While each company has its niche, it is also fair to compare them. Let's look at a few key metrics to determine whether Overstock.com would be a good addition to your portfolio.
The measures of valuation above are what I refer to as "homepage metrics," because these are the first metrics that retail investors see, and each is universally used in the process of valuing a company. Retail and institutional investors give serious weight to these metrics when making investment decisions.
Clearly, Overstock.com is a much smaller company than either eBay or Amazon. Overstock is at a different stage in its business cycle, yet it hasn't seen the explosive growth that eBay or Amazon produced when they were the size of Overstock. Thus, many people fear that its upside is limited, but when we compare Overstock with its larger competitors, we can see that Overstock is quite attractive.
First, it is slightly more expensive than eBay on the basis of earnings. However, for Internet-based companies, growth is often preferred over profit. To me, when assessing upside and value in Internet-based companies, it is most important to judge a company's valuation relative to sales, growth and margin upside.
What I really like about Overstock.com is that it's trading at just 0.55x sales, despite a near 300% one-year gain. The company has comparable growth to its larger competitors, and apparently it has significant room to improve its margins, unlike eBay.
In my opinion, eBay is without question the worst investment of the three. The company's growth is slowing radically, and since it has operating margins of 21.06%, there isn't much room for vast improvement. Much like Apple (AAPL), eBay is reaching a point in its business cycle where it may have to sacrifice margins if it wishes to grow. But since eBay trades at 4.69x sales, much of its valuation is tied to its operating efficiency.
Since Amazon and Overstock have operating margins under 2%, there is significant room for upside. Both companies are investing in growth, but they will have the luxury of eventually scaling back costs to improve operating margins. Amazon in particular is becoming an advertising force -- it expects $835 million in ad revenue this year, a $200 million surplus year over year. Since advertising has high margins, this could become a source of margin growth for Amazon.
For both Amazon and Overstock, I definitely believe that operating margins of 6% are possible, and that is what Wal-Mart (WMT) produces. Of course, this would be several years down the road, but both Amazon and Overstock.com spend the majority of their gross profit on selling, general and administrative costs, reinvesting money back into the business. Overstock is currently trading at just 3x its last 12 months' gross profit, and Amazon trades at 8x gross profit. To me, it's this potential upside that makes Overstock attractive. And on the basis of sales, it is without question the best value in the space.
The original argument was whether or not Overstock.com is still presenting upside. Compared with its peers, it is obviously cheap and still has significant room to improve. Therefore, as long as improvements in both revenue and margins continue, I believe Overstock.com will be the best-performing stock of the three for many years to come.


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Do I need to run my generator at full spped to get all the possible watts out (6800). If I have it al half speed will it increase the speed and watts as required until 6800.
No announcement yet.
6800 watts generator
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first of all I do not have a Ridgid generator,
but most all generators have to run at full speed to produce the proper cycles of electricity,
a two pole generator runs at 3600 rpm to produce 60 cycles, and a four pole generator is ran at 1800 rpm, most smaller portable generators are of the two pole construction and need to run at 3600 rpm, to produce power properly,
there are a few generators that have idle systems, built in to them that will idle down when no power is required, and when a tool switch is squeezed it completes the circuit (or any other use of electricity) and the generator will speed up to proper running speed, (you will find this on some High end generators and welder / generators),
and there is what is called a inverter generator that I think will run at lesser speeds as well as a electronic inverter is used to make the cycles and the proper voltage, Honda makes them there may be others that do as well,
but most construction site generators will need to run at full RPMs to make the proper cycles and to most likely keep the voltage regulator from being fried,
most generators do not even have a slow idle option.
the amount of fuel used by most generators at high speed is very little more that at a slow idle, if there is not a load on them, as the only extra fuel is to keep the speed up, not for any other use until a load is applied,Push sticks/blocks Save Fingers
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