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So.. has anyone else done this?
after Marisa graciously offered us the Bedouin nights kit sets to be downloaded all at once..
I have been since downloading the elements individually without looking to see that I ALREADY HAD THEM! Yes, I am 47 years old and quite possibly losing my mind.. the older I get.. it will probably only get worse! Haha.. ahhh all we can do is laugh at ourselves and realize we definitely have our absent minded moments..


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Now Has 13 Career Home Runs; Four Shy Of School Record
HANOVER, N.H. – Christy Nelson continues to inch closer to Yale's career home run record. Nelson homered for the second straight day but the Bulldogs still dropped a doubleheader at Dartmouth. Nelson's 13th career home run was a two-run blast in the second game, an 8-4 Dartmouth victory. Only a junior, Nelson is four shy of the all-time Yale mark. The Big Green won the first game 8-0.
Jennifer Ong had a hit in both games to extend her hitting streak to eight.
In the opener, Dartmouth's Kristen Rumley limited Yale to only two hits – singles by Ong and Riley Hughes. Rumley struck out 10.
The Big Green (12-21, 5-11 Ivy) scored four times in the first inning to seize control.
Yale (10-30, 3-13 Ivy) managed four hits in the second game.
Again, though, the Big Green jumped out to a big lead early, scoring once in the second and six times in the third.
The Bulldogs got on the board in the fourth when Meg Johnson's sacrifice fly scored Ong.
After Dartmouth scored once in the fifth, Yale tried to get back in the game by scoring three times in the sixth inning. Ong singled to start the rally and two batters later, Nelson homered for the third time in the last six games to cut the deficit to 8-3.
The Bulldogs weren't done. Singles by Johnson and Sarah Onorato and a walk to Kylie Williamson loaded the bases. Kelsey Warkentine then drove home Yale's fourth run of the game on a ground out.
The Bulldogs committed four errors in the game, which led to three unearned runs.
Yale plays its last non-league games of the season on Wednesday against Army. The first pitch of the first game is slated for 2:30 p.m.
Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity

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I have a 36" stainless steel rule that I bought from a tool store. It works great but I now use Blichmann kettles with calibrated sight glasses. A wooden dowel or yardstick would also work.
I notched my mash paddle. Multi-tasker.
My only concern would be if it is galvanized steel. Potential issues with leeching zinc and producing off-flavors. Not sure how much contact time it would take, but since metal unknown, I would not put in my brewing.I use a copper pipe, marked off in 1 gal increments using small hacksaw cuts. I've also use a notched plastic stirring paddle.
I made marks on the inside of my kettle starting at 5 gallons. That's what I use now.


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The striking and contemporary hotel is next to the Curve theatre in the city's trendy Cultural Quarter, and a stroll away from the new Richard III visitor centre.
With spacious bedrooms, all with walk in showers, the rooms have a modern and clean feel with everything you need, whether you are visiting for business or leisure.
On the ground floor there is a stylish bar and bistro restaurant opening on to the pavement of Halford Street. Food and drink is served all day ranging from paninis and sandwiches to pasta dishes and steaks.
In addition to this there is a modern and open HUB lounge to relax in, serving Costa Coffee all day.
The Ramada Encore Hotel Leicester City Centre will be a great base for your stay in Leicester with inspirational shopping just a 5 minute walk away at the Highcross Shopping Centre and Europes largest open air covered market.
The Ramada Encore Hotel Leicester City Centre also offers free WiFi Internet Access and hard-wired internet access, with digital TV's and tea/coffee making facilities in each room.
NCP car parking is available at the Rutland Centre on Halford Street approximately 30 yards away with concessionary charges for guests staying at the hotel of £8.40 for 24 hours.
Alternatively, the hotel has a limited number of exclusive parking spaces available underneath the hotel, charged at £25 pounds per day. Please contact the hotel directly to book these, (Subject to availability)
Subject to Availability Children welcome from any age.
Search availability for Ramada Encore Leicester City Centre and book online
- Children welcome
- Telephone
- Radio
- Television
- Tea/coffee making in bedrooms
- Licenced (table or bar)
- Special diets available
- Lounge for residents' use
- Laundry/valet service
- Night porter
- Passenger lift
- Ironing facilities
- Conference facilities
- Travel agent bookings
- Snacks/afternoon tea
- Private parking
- Totally non-smoking
- Dogs/pets NOT accepted
- Disabled facilities
- Central heating
- Laundry facilities
- Electric shaver points
- Television available
- Restaurant open to non-residents
- Visa/Mastercard/Switch accepted
- Vegetarian diet available
- American Express accepted
- Designated smoking area
- WiFi or internet access
- Air conditioning
- Coach parties welcomed
- Single sex groups welcomed
- Evening meals
- Hairdryer
- High chairs available
- Cots available
- On street/public parking
Subject to Availability Children welcome from any age.
Self-Assessed Accessibility Details
- Designated parking provided for guests with disabilities
- Within 50 metres approx. of entrance
- Surface of the car park and pathway leading to entrance is:
- Solid ie tarmac / concrete etc
- Drop-off point for guests outside entrance
- Route from the parking area to the entrance:
- Flat (ie without steps)
- Level access (no steps/thresholds) or access by ramp or lift to restaurant / cafe
- Level access (ie no steps or thresholds), or access by ramp or lift to the toilets
- Level access (ie no steps or thresholds) or access by ramp to a specially adapted toilet for wheelchair users
- Good contrast between the floor and walls
- Contrast markings on clear surfaces such as glass doors
- Menus available in large print (14pt and over)
- Restaurant / cafe provide meals for visitors with special dietary requirements:
- Gluten free (coeliacs)
- Lactose free (dairy free)
- Low potassium
- Low sodium
- Nut free
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Baby changing facilities
- Restaurant / café well lit and suitable for people with sight impairments
- Seating suitable for wheelchair users, ie moveable and good height for person sitting in a wheelchair
- High chairs for children
- Audible alarm system
- Visual alarm system
- Entrance is well lit
- Automatic door at the main entrance
Please let us know in advance where possible of any specific dietary requirements
The hotel is located on Charles Street on the corner of Rutland Street and Halford Street and is signposted Cultural Quarter.
Car Parking is located at the NCP Rutland Centre (LE1 1TQ) on Halford Street
From North:
Take Junction 22 of M1 A50/A511, take 1st exit from roundabout to A50. Go
over 5 roundabouts. Turn left at Vaughan Way/A594. Follow A594. Go over 1 roundabout.
Turn right into Charles Street. At the next traffic lights turn right into Rutland Street. Take
first left into Yeoman Street for vehicle drop off point outside the back of the hotel or travel on to the Rutland Street NCP car park on Halford Street.
From South:
Leave the M1 at junction 22, then at roundabout take the 1st exit onto the
A50 (signposted Leicester, Markfield) At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A50, At
roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A50, At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A50
(signposted Leicester) At roundabout take the 3rd exit onto the A50 (signposted Leicester)
At Groby Road roundabout take the 3rd exit onto the A50 (signposted City Centre) At traffic
signals continue forward onto the A50 (signposted City Centre) At traffic signals turn left
onto the A594 (signposted Central Ring North and East) At St Margarets Church, traffic
signals continue forward onto the A594 (signposted Central Ring Road North) Burley's
Flyover, Keep in right hand lane then bear right onto Flyover (signposted Central Ring East
A594) At roundabout take the 3rd exit onto the A594 (signposted Central Ring, Market
Harborough A6) At traffic signals continue on keeping in the right hand lane. At the traffic signals turn right onto Charles Street signposted Cultural Quarter. Take the second right at the traffic signals onto Rutland Street, take the first left into Yeoman Street for vehicle drop off point outside the back of the hotel or travel on to the Rutland Street NCP car park on Halford Street.


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Jessica Biel Retro Updo
Jessica Biel looked retro cool with this faux finger wave updo.
Jessica Biel Pink Lipstick
To make the pink in her dress stand out even more, Jessica opted for a candy pink lipstick to accentuate her full pout.
Jessica Biel Geommetric Earrings
Jessica Biel accessorized with David Webb dangling hoops in orange, silver, and black that contrasted beautifully with her pink lips.
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Best Kids Parties: Mathilda and the Orange Balloon
Name: "Q" (2)
Location: Silver Spring, Maryland
For Q's second birthday, I drew inspiration from one of her favorite picture books, Mathilda and the Orange Balloon, by Randall de Sève, and illustrated by Jen Corace. It's a super sweet story about a young sheep who sees an orange balloon float by one day and decides that she's one too. When the other sheep contradict her, Mathilda convinces them that indeed, she has all the qualities of the orange balloon she believes herself to be.
With such a rich theme, I found everything clicked into place very easily. Decor: orange balloons, naturally, both helium filled and just blown up and scattered around. Food: anything orange! Pizza, goldfish crackers, baby cheeses, orange slices, carrots,orange juice boxes (and mimosas for the grown-ups). I made pumpkin cupcakes with an off-white cinnamon buttercream frosting (Paula Deen's recipe) decorated to look like sheep. I even found a "2" candle with an orange balloon on it at a party store. The centerpiece was a pull-string piñata of Mathilda as an orange balloon.
We were lucky enough to get a beautiful, warm fall day, so most of the activities consisted of the kids eating and playing with the balloons and on the moon bounce I set up in the backyard. (I'm shocked at how few balloons we lost to the sky, considering.) Of course, once the piñata was opened, it was all about the stickers, bubbles, and candy necklaces inside.
Everyone had a blast. I highly recommend balloons at kid parties -- they work for both decor and entertainment.
Lovely - thanks Diana! Readers, say hi at Diana Peterfreund.com.
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Reviewed by Emily D (age 8)
I love visualizing. If you do too, this is the book to read! The author described the setting very well. When the stones were rolling down Mount Eskel, it said it was like the mountain was roaring. I just love it when authors do things like that! This story reminded me of my twin sister Julia. She is like the main character. She's always strong, and never gives up, like Miri. Since Julia's always strong, Miri instantly reminded me of Julia. My favorite part of Princess Academy was when the bandits came. When I was reading about it, I couldn't pull my eyes away from the page! That part was scary and exciting. Princess Academy was one of the best books I've ever read!
This is a book I would definitely recommend. I would recommend it to someone who likes adventures. You could definitely relate to Miri if you're always strong. This story teaches us it doesn't matter how strong [like muscles] you are. It matters how strong and brave you are.


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Wednesday was the deadline for draft-eligible underclassmen to declare their intentions regarding the 2014 NFL Draft. Now that that date has passed, we have the complete list of players who have given up their eligibility and made themselves available to the NFL.
This is an absolutely loaded draft, with a ton of draft-eligible non-seniors deciding to give up their eligibility and move on to the next level.
Here is the full list:
Davante Adams, WR, Fresno State
Nick Addison, DB, Bethune-Cookman
Jace Amaro, TE, Texas Tech
George Atkinson III, RB, Notre Dame
Dion Bailey, S, USC
Odell Beckham Jr., WR, LSU
Kelvin Benjamin, WR, Florida State
Kapri Bibbs, RB, Colorado State
Brendan Bigelow, RB, California
Alfred Blue, RB, LSU
Russell Bodine, C, North Carolina
Blake Bortles, QB, Central Florida
Chris Boyd, WR, Vanderbilt
Carl Bradford, DE/OLB, Arizona State
Bashaud Breeland, DB, Clemson
Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville
Martavis Bryant, WR, Clemson
Ka'Deem Carey, RB, Arizona
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, S, Alabama
Jadeveon Clowney, DE, South Carolina
Brandon Coleman, WR, Rutgers
Brandin Cooks, WR, Oregon State
Scott Crichton, DE, Oregon State
Isaiah Crowell, RB, Alabama State
Jonathan Dowling, DB, Western Kentucky
Kony Ealy, DE, Missouri
Dominique Easley, DT, Florida
Eric Ebron, TE, North Carolina
Bruce Ellington, WR, South Carolina
Mike Evans, WR, Texas A&M
Ego Ferguson, DT, LSU
Mike Flacco, TE, New Haven
Cameron Fleming, OT, Stanford
Khairi Fortt, LB, California
Austin Franklin, WR, New Mexico State
Devonta Freeman, RB, Florida State
Carlos Gray, DT, North Carolina State
Xavier Grimble, TE, USC
Terrance Hackney, OT, Bethune-Cookman
Victor Hampton, CB, South Carolina
Jeremy Hill, RB, LSU
Adrian Hubbard, OLB, Alabama
Kameron Jackson, CB, California
Nic Jacobs, TE, McNeese State
Timmy Jernigan, DT, Florida State
Anthony Johnson, DT, LSU
Storm Johnson, RB, Central Florida
Henry Josey, RB, Missouri
Cyrus Kouandjio, OT, Alabama
Jarvis Landry, WR, LSU
Cody Latimer, WR, Indiana
Demarcus Lawrence, DE, Boise State
Marqise Lee, WR, USC
A.C. Leonard, TE, Tennessee State
Albert Louis-Jean, DB, Boston College
Colt Lyerla, TE, Oregon
Aaron Lynch, DE, South Florida
Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M
Marcus Martin, C, USC
Tre Mason, RB, Auburn
Chris McCain, DE, California
Terrance Mitchell, CB, Oregon
Viliami Moala, DT, California
Donte Moncrief, WR, Ole Miss
Adam Muema, RB, San Diego State
Jake Murphy, TE, Utah
Troy Niklas, TE, Notre Dame
Louis Nix III, DT, Notre Dame
Jeoffrey Pagan, DL, Alabama
Ronald Powell, LB, Florida
Calvin Pryor, S, Louisville
Loucheiz Purifoy, CB, Florida
Kelcy Quarles, DT, South Carolina
Darrin Reaves, RB, UAB
Ed Reynolds, S, Stanford
Antonio Richardson, OT, Tennessee
Paul Richardson, WR, Colorado
Marcus Roberson, CB, Florida
Allen Robinson, WR, Penn State
Greg Robinson, OT, Auburn
Bradley Roby, CB, Ohio State
Richard Rodgers, TE, California
Bishop Sankey, RB, Washington
Lache Seastrunk, RB, Baylor
Austin Seferian-Jenkins, TE, Washington
Ryan Shazier, LB, Ohio State
Yawin Smallwood, ILB, UConn
Brett Smith, QB, Wyoming
Jerome Smith, RB, Syracuse
Will Snead, WR, Ball State
Josh Stewart, WR, Oklahoma State
Xavier Su'a-Filo, OG, UCLA
Vinnie Sunseri, S, Alabama
De'Anthony Thomas, RB, Oregon
Stephon Tuitt, DE, Notre Dame
Trai Turner, OG, LSU
George Uko, DL, USC
Pierre Warren, S, Jacksonville State
Sammy Watkins, WR, Clemson
Terrance West, RB, Towson
James Wilder Jr., RB, Florida State
David Yankey, G, Stanford


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All News Releases By Date
EPA Awards over $57,000 to Improve Water Quality and Environmental Education in San Angelo
Release Date: 07/20/2012
Contact Information: Dave Bary or Jennah Durant, 214 665-2200 or email@example.com
(DALLAS – July 20, 2012) The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $57,500 to the Upper Colorado River Authority (UCRA). The UCRA will use the grant to track sources of bacteria in a San Angelo-area waterway to help plan water quality improvement strategies.
The grant will also fund development of environmental education programs for San Angelo students. A water quality stewardship program will target schools with lower socioeconomic populations, while an additional program will be developed for all seventh-graders in the San Angelo Independent School District.
Additional Information on EPA grants is available at https://www.epa.gov/region6/gandf/index.htm
More about activities in EPA Region 6 is available at https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/region6.html
Search this collection of releases | or search all news releases
View selected historical press releases from 1970 to 1998 in the EPA History website.


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Style # 213684
With a sexy back and side cutout, gorgeous color palette and a stretch that holds you in and accentuates your curves, this bebe bodycon dress is summer's answer to head-turning after-hours dressing. Try yours with a pair of embellished heels and an ornate minaudiere.
- 88% nylon, 12% spandex
- Hand wash
- Made in USA
- Center back to hem: 31" (79 cm)
- Lined
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Cutout V Neck Bodycon Dress is rated out of 5 by 9.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Vida from Love it! Love the way it fits looks great got the hot pink for del mar opening day. Can't wait to wear it! Got a size small have big hips fit great.
Date published: 2013-06-24
Rated 5 out of 5 by JeanneB333 from Hot Dress! One of the best fitting dresses ever! I wish you'd make this in more colors. I like how I don't have to buy a special bra to wear it. Great quality and a nice lining in the skirt part of the dress. I can't wait for my boyfriend's jaw to drop when I wear this out. lol.
Date published: 2013-06-17
Rated 4 out of 5 by Mari66 from everything good buttt.. I'm muscular toned, so I got the xxs. Everything about the dress was good, but the the colour is not the same as shown online. I was expecting a bright mango orange like shown, its actually just Orange Orange. -__- Other than that there was plenty of space to stretch in, you can wear any type of under garments; regular panties,etc.it doesn't show any seams.Easy to wash.
Date published: 2013-06-06
Rated 5 out of 5 by ModernChicStyle from Simply sexy with a bit twist of classy! Finally, I came across a dress with the correct sizing! I'm 5'4" and 107lbs and the xs fits me perfect! Can't wait to wear this to a party!
Date published: 2013-06-02
Rated 5 out of 5 by austinbebefan from Just ordered the other color. Hot, hot! If you want a dress to wear out and look ultimately hot and sexy and if you have some lean curves, this is the dress you must get. I've got the pink one on now for my date with my husband, and the pink is an XXS. When I tried the great-looking orange on in the store I really needed the XS as the material is a little thicker making the fit tighter. I like my sexy dresses snug, the XXS in the orange made me to start to look like a woman who has on a little too tight dress. The XS in the orange fit me much better and looked more appealing. Both fabrics stretch and are great but the orange is thicker so I'd advise to go a size smaller than you normally do in the small. This is a classic, hot, and sexy dress for when you have a great date to take you out. I'm 5'4 and 102 lbs. This dress is so hot in the pink that I had to immediately order the orange before we left to go out. Get it if you like it.
Date published: 2013-06-01
Rated 5 out of 5 by Maria4089 from Vibrant pink! I recently bought this dress for an upcoming birthdays and seeing how quick bebe dresses sell out i couldnt wait. First tried it on in the orange color but bought the pink instead because i thought i looked like a pumpkin with the orange dress. This dress fits like a glove and its short but not too short. I got it in pink but the picture does not do it justice. The color has a hint of vibrant pink neon. Perfect for the summer nights! Also the material is thick so it wont show every little line and it's also true to size.
Date published: 2013-05-30
Rated 5 out of 5 by Ashlee from Love this dress This dress looks way better in the store than online. The orange color is more bright and orange than the picture. Also the material is soft and not cheap. A dress that will turn heads. I can't wait until I wear it in Vegas! I am 132 pounds with a 34 D chest and the small fit perfectly.
Date published: 2013-05-29
Rated 5 out of 5 by Jazzy21 from Absolutly HOTT!!! Went into the store not even looking to buy a dress. I bought a red dress online and didn't like the way it fit. the sales rep pulled out a dress and I saw this dress hiding behind the one the sales rep pulled. as soon as i sliped this on instant love, it fits like a glove and looks so sexy. i cant wait to wear this in miami. totally recommend this dress, the picture doesn't do it justice
Date published: 2013-05-28


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The Southwest can be an inhospitable place to raise cattle. It can be too hot, too dry, too cold, too wet, too humid, too arid or any combination of those variables for ranchers to depend on consistent livestock gains from abundant forage.
Scientists at the Noble Foundation, a non-profit research and consultation organization in Ardmore, Okla., don't claim to provide much help with weather control, but they are helping ranchers adapt to the environment.
"We provide a multi-disciplined approach to help our cooperators solve problems," says Matt Mattox, a Noble Foundation forage specialist who says clientele includes almost 900 cooperators in 47 counties in Oklahoma and North Texas.
"We're looking at projects that will have a significant impact on ranchers in this area," he says.
Shipping fever tops the list.
"We're working on a large shipping fever project with Oklahoma State University," Mattox says. Noble and OSU scientists hope data from this study will provide a better understanding of the causes and then solutions to the problem.
"We have a lot of questions about shipping fever, but few answers," he says.
"This five-year, $2.4 million research project is directed by the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine and funded by a Noble Foundation grant.
Mattox says the research piggybacks a retained-ownership project. "By assessing the health status of the ROP calves from the ranch to the processing plant, researchers at the Noble Foundation and OSU can tell how a specific calf responds to vaccines."
The project has four main objectives:
Understand the key pathological processes in shipping fever.
Determine predictors of illness and/or treatment success in shipping fever.
Develop DNA-derived vaccines.
Improve management practices and treatments for prevention of shipping fever. "We're in our third year and hope to have answers soon," Mattox says.
A cooperative project with Texas A&M University, referred to as an "early warning system," may provide ranchers a better guide for stocking rates, Mattox says.
It's space-age technology brought to rangeland. "Satellites images can indicate the greenness of range vegetation," Mattox explains. "Remote sensing links to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which provides historic weather data back to 1948.
"That information, plus data from a vegetation growth model, PHYGRO, developed by Texas A&M, provides information on the probability of forage growth for 90 days out and indicates if drought is likely."
Mattox says data from the project can help ranchers prevent over-stocking. Also included in the formula are weather stations, which cover a 12-mile by 12-mile grid.
"A&M used this program in Africa and in central and far west Texas. It worked very well to provide information to help ranchers make better market decisions. They save money and preserve range conditions."
The project is just now kicking off in the Noble Foundation service area.
Mattox says this and the shipping fever study could make a significant contribution to cattle ranchers.
"We're also looking at alternate feedstuffs as supplements for stocker cattle, especially during the fall phase of a small grain/stocker program," he says.
Forage in the early stages of a small grain forage system is inconsistent, at best, so researchers are looking at various feed choices and supplements, such as soybean hulls. "We're also evaluating limited grazing versus full grazing."
The project is in its third year and researchers have not evaluated data yet. "But the cattle on test are performing well."
A fistulated steer project gauges how much winter pasture one animal needs as supplemental nutrition to meet requirements.
"We're able to evacuate the rumen to determine amount and quality of protein ingested," Mattox says. Variable grazing allows researchers to determine how much high-quality forage an animal ingests within specified time periods.
"This projects works better with mature animals, such as over-wintering dry cows," Mattox says.
He says research projects result from cooperator consultations. "We see problems through consulting and develop research studies to find answers," he says.
Currently, Noble researchers have 10,000 acres available for projects. "We've just acquired another 5,000," Mattox says.
Cooperators volunteer for the service, which is free. "All we ask is that they provide information back to us," Mattox says. "And the more information we get from a cooperator, the more detailed the consultation will be."
Consultations provide information for management decisions such as budgeting, marketing, grazing rates and wildlife management.
Mattox says the team approach provides in-depth analyses that can make a significant difference to ranch management.
"Team members put their heads together to provide solutions," he says. "It's highly specialized support. We ask cooperators to develop SMART goals — specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely."
The team documents everything it does on a farm or ranch.
Mattox says many projects provide the agricultural community with non-biased data from full-scale demonstration sites.
"One of our educational events is a grazing school, an intense course of hands-on experience in livestock management, stocking rate, brush control and other topics. Participants learn to calculate stocking rate and paddock size demands.
"And by the end of the course, they'll work on a case study ranch management plan that can help them with their own farms."
The next grazing school is scheduled for October 6 through 9 and is available to cooperators and other ranchers.
The Foundation also runs an ag helpline to answer questions. "Annie Coble, helpline assistant, passes questions along to the proper resource specialist," Mattox says. "When the specialist has researched the issue thoroughly, he provides a detailed answer."
Mattox says the helpline gets calls from all over the United States but most come from Oklahoma and Texas. The number is (580) 224-6500.
Mattox says these efforts are geared toward helping Southern Plains farmers and ranchers become a bit more competitive in an environment that's not always generous.


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So my husband is on a Scouting Camp out
They are sleeping in igloos...uhhh....no thank you.
So I made a video
a dance video.
the BEST dance video ever.
Based on THIS awesome video
Because I am soooooo bored.
I hope you love it...or at least I hope you don't think I am a total nerd after watching...okay...I may be just a tad nerdy. Only a tad though.
(If you don't want to listen to my ramblings...just jump to minute 1:28 that's where the real dancing starts)
Sorry about my recent (as in today...) hiatus from crafting. I'll get back to tomorrow...or maybe Monday. Just depends on my boredom levels. I really need kids...


text: Does anyone know the details of how this program attempts to connect to a computer? Someone was able to access my terminal services server through local account and upload this program. In reviewing security event logs, I see that they did attempt to gain access to my network but were apparently unable to do so. I ran the tool to see what information they were likely working with and notice is that it doesn't seem to attempt domain logins, only local machine logins? I want to make sure I'm understanding the tool right so that I thoroughly examine the extent of their probable access.


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I'm making my peace with food. And I won't give up. 2012 will be a year of adventure—learning from both successes and failures—and of new tastes and discoveries.
I'm more determined than ever to leave the children's table behind me, to care about what I eat, and to shop in the produce aisle and not the frozen foods section. What an exciting year this will be!
This is how I ended my blog a year ago, when I wrote about how Suvir Saran's recipes and encouragement had changed my life and awakened and educated my palate. And I was right—2012 was a year of great culinary adventure and excitement.
Continue reading "New year, new thinking, new beginnings, new recipe, new tastes - new life! A reflective guest-post by Ellen Tarver " »


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Handheld Testing
The steady shrinking in size of cell phones and other types of electronic equipment has not bypassed test & measurement equipment, and handheld equipment is attractive to many users who have to make measurements in a wide variety of locations, of just want to keep things compact. To gauge trends in this product sector, Control Engineering and Reed Research Group, both part of Reed Business Information, asked subscribers about their views and preferences on handheld test and measurement equipment via an e-mail survey. In addition to accuracy and repeatability, easy to read and easy to use are among most important attributes.
Methods, respondents
Selected results presented here are based on 459 full responses received in 2008 from subscribers who evaluate, specify, recommend, install, and/or purchase handheld test and measurement equipment. The vast majority (81%) buy this equipment for in-plant requirements, while 15% buy for both in-plant and OEM requirements; just 4% buy for resale.
Of the people with valid responses, 34% are involved in both continuous and batch processing, 24% in utility services, and 21% in making discrete products. Interestingly, just 8% did only continuous processing, and 4% only batch processing.
Handheld test & measurement equipment finds use in a wide range of applications. When asked what they measure most with this equipment, 83% reported that they use it most often to measure electrical parameters (voltage, current, resistance, frequency), while 77% use it to measure temperature, 54% for electric power and 51% for pressure. Forty-six percent use handheld equipment mostly for calibration, 39% for flow measurement, and 22% for position/dimension. Level is measured by 21% of respondents, vibration by 20%, and force/torque by 18%. Accounting for 15% is event frequency; at 10% is acceleration, and at 8% is optical power.
|Multimeters, temperature measuring instruments, and oscilloscoopes are the most popular handheld devices, survey says.
Measured variables
Asked what variables they measured most, 70% of respondents reported it was analog voltage, 67% 4-20 mA loop currents, 50% for 0-10 V signals and 66% electric current in general. Temperature measurement is also popular; 55% of respondents report using their handheld equipment for measuring thermocouple signals and 37% for RTDs. Twenty-three percent of users use their handheld gear for measuring digitally encoded signals.
For measurement 73% of respondents use single-purpose instruments, and 92% use multipurpose instruments. For calibration, 52% use single-purpose instruments, and 51% use multipurpose instruments. For analytical work, 40% use single-purpose instruments, and 41% use multipurpose instruments.
One instrumentation & control engineer said of multipurpose instruments, "I've found that most 'all in one' meters do not do as well or as reliable as single purpose meters." Another advised: "Buy multifunction units from a company with a good reputation." And another said, "Devices which do only single parameters are simpler to use than multifunction devices. If you have someone with limited experience who will be using the device or if you do not require multiple parameters, consider using a device which does only what you need, and does it well."
Types of test instruments
In keeping with variables most measured, 89% of respondents reported buying multimeters, 81% buying temperature measuring instruments, and 54% buying handheld oscilloscopes. Handheld data acquisition instruments and calibrators were used by 48%, followed closely by 47% who use power monitors. Twenty-four percent report using HART calibrators and vibration measuring instruments, and 20% noise meters.
Instrumentation for RF measurements and the like was a bit less popular, with 18% buying RF/communications test instruments, 12% EMI/RFI/EMC instruments, and 9% ESD (electrostatic discharge) testers. Finally, just 8% bought audio testers.
What to look for
What's the most important requirement for handheld test & measurement equipment? Accuracy? Reliability? Price? Among respondents, 89% said accuracy and repeatability were very important, and 11% said they were important. The next most important characteristic was ease of reading, with 54% saying it's very important, and 45% saying it's important. This is followed closely by ease of use, with 63% finding it very important and 35% important. As one respondent put it, "Simple operation and use is important. Easy to read and understand display is important." Another said, "Make sure the equipment is easy to use. If not, no matter how good the test equipment is, the techs will not use the tools or setup will not be correct."
Durability, like the two previous characteristics, was important to 99% of respondents, with 73% considering it very important and 26% considering it important. As one respondent said, "Remember the user — can the instrument survive mishandling?" Added another, "Make sure the test gear can survive living on a service truck."
Cost was a somewhat less pressing concern, and while 64% rated it important, only 30% considered it very important. A fair number of the responses stressed one thing: "Go for quality; you get what you pay for," and "Get the best that you can afford! This will save you money in the long run. And reduce frustration." On the other hand, one respondent suggested, "Buy the cheapest unit that will do the job. There are many very-low cost ($30-50 range) DMMs (digital multimeters) that do 95% of daily jobs just fine, and save the high-end DMMs for only when you need the extra accuracy or resolution, etc."
Sixty-five percent of respondents thought that an instrument's warranty was important and 20% thought it very important. One respondent cautioned: "Don't believe everything manufacturer's claim in their literature or on the Intranet. That is a good starting point, but take time to have the instrument demonstrated, preferably on your application(s)." Another added, "Even if not planning to keep instruments in an ongoing calibration program, paying the (usually) extra fee to receive a calibration certificate is worthwhile to verify correct quantitative operation of the instrument. Some manufacturers have shipped us instruments so far out of calibration as to be useless."
Availability and quick delivery were important to 65% and very important to 20%, while on the low end, 46% found field device tool (FDT) or electronic device description language (EDDL) capabilities unimportant, and while 48% considered them important; just 6% felt they were very important.
|While cost is a consideration, other attributes rank higher in importance for those purchasing handheld test and measurement devices.
Bandwidth, outlook, advice
Most of our respondents seem to do their measurements at fairly low frequencies; 77% measure signals between dc and 20 kHz, 42% between 20 kHz and 2 MHz, and 32% between 2 MHz and 100 MHz. Getting up into the UHF ranges, 18% measure signals at 100 MHz to 1 GHz, and just 6% are involved with signals above 1 GHz.
Regarding plans for purchase of handheld test and measurement equipment in the next 12 months, 68% of respondents said they would stay at the same level, while 19% expected to buy more, and 13% expected to buy less.
Respondents were asked to advise about using, buying, or specifying handheld test instruments. Several mentioned batteries. "Find instruments that can work off standard batteries. Rechargeable batteries (especially rechargeable packs) will always be dead when you need them the most!"
Multiple respondents had similar overall advice on specifying and buying handheld test and measurement equipment. As one senior advisor, process control put it, "Understand the user, the environment and the results expected before deciding what the requirements are for the device. Too often 'we need a better calibration program' leads to unnecessary purchases and wasted time because the real requirements were never understood. What is the business purpose? How does this purchase, and training associated, help achieve that purpose?" or as one succinctly said, "Do your homework."
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Control Engineering subscribers, using a list provided, identified the following vendors as leading suppliers of handheld test & measurement equipment. More than a dozen additional vendors appear online.
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Thermal imagers
Fluke Corp.'s Ti25 and Ti10 thermal imagers are designed for everyday troubleshooting and maintenance of electrical equipment. Both models incorporate IR Fusion, which integrates infrared and visible light images in full screen or picture-in-picture views for enhanced problem detection and analysis. Temperature measurement range is -20 °C to +350 °C for the Ti25 and -20 °C to +250 °C for the Ti10. The units also feature SmartView software tools for viewing, annotating, editing and analyzing infrared images, plus a 2 GB SD memory card that will store at least 3,000 basic infrared images (.bmp file format) or 1,200 radiometric (.is2 IR Fusion file format) infrared and linked visual images, each with 60 seconds of voice annotation. An SD card reader (USB) for downloading images is also included.
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Talking multimeter
Omega Engineering's Omegasays UV1000 handheld universal verbalizer multimeter measures 0 to 10 V dc voltage, 0 to 20 mA current, and Type K thermocouple inputs and verbalizes them in any range and over 100 built-in engineering units. The unit is battery powered and can be configured for input range, engineering units, and high and low alarm set points via an RS-232 interface. The unit's front keypad allows input and speech mode selections, and volume control. The instrument provides process and alarm announcements to help monitor and control any process measurement application where there are no local displays.
Omega Engineering
Handheld ultrasonic flowmeter
Series PUX ultrasonic flowmeter from Dwyer Instruments uses the transit time difference principle for measuring flow rates through pipes from the outside. The unit is compact, portable, and lightweight. Since it is non-invasive, it allows multiple flow measurements of different running systems and offers a significant cost advantage over time. The flowmeter may be set up with a wide variety of sensors, and it is available with an integrated type graphic printer.
Dwyer Instruments
AN200 and AN100 CFM/CMM thermo-anemometers from Extech Instruments feature a large (9999 count) LCD back-lit simultaneous display of air flow or air velocity, as well as air temperature. Easy-to-set area dimensions (cm2) are stored in internal memory. Includes built-in non-contact IR thermometer with laser pointer. Can measure remote surface temperatures up to 500 °F (260 °C) with an 8:1 distance to spot ratio. Other features: resolution of 0.01 m/s, 20 point average for air flow, and 3% velocity accuracy.
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Full vendor list, as ranked in the survey of handheld test and measurement suppliers, follows: Fluke (Altek/Transmation, Amprobe, DH Instruments, HART Scientific, Meterman, Raytek, Robin Electronics, Tektronix, Wavetek: Danaher); Omega Engineering; Dwyer Instruments; Cole-Parmer; Extech; Megger (AVO, Biddle); Honeywell Process Solutions; Simpson Electric; B+K Precision; Emerson Process Management; Agilent Technologies; National Instruments; Yokogawa Corp. of America; Keithley Instruments; Invensys Process Systems, Foxboro Measurements & Instruments Div.; GE Sensing (Druck); Triplett (Jewell Instruments); Dranetz-BMI (Global Power Technology Inc.); AEMC Instruments (Chauvin Arnoux); MSA Worldwide; Beamex; Instek America Corp.; Test Products International (TPI); Willtek; Anritsu and other.
More advice from readers surveyed: In keeping with variables most measured, 89% of respondents reported buying multimeters, 81% buying temperature measuring instruments, and 54% buying handheld oscilloscopes. Handheld data acquisition instruments and calibrators were used by 48%, followed closely by 47% who use power monitors. Twenty-four percent report using HART calibrators and vibration measuring instruments, and 20% noise meters.
Instrumentation for RF measurements and the like was a bit less popular, with 18% buying RF/communications test instruments, 13% EMI/RFI/EMC instruments, and 9% ESD (electrostatic discharge) testers. Finally, just 8% bought audio testers.
Multiple respondents had advice on specifying and buying handheld test and measurement equipment. As one senior advisor, process control put it, "Understand the user, the environment and the results expected before deciding what the requirements are for the device. Too often'we need a better calibration program' leads to unnecessary purchases and wasted time because the real requirements were never understood. What is the business purpose? How does this purchase, and training associated, help achieve that purpose?"
Wireless power quality analyzer
PA9Wireless power quality analyzer from Megger is used for remote recording of electrical signals on low voltage power lines. The newest member of the PA9 family, it incorporates a Raven cellular modem that allows the user to configure the unit remotely, view real-time data via the remote screen and
preview all recorded data without downloading it. The user can then choose what data to download. A backlit LCD confirms setup information and displays real-time status, phasors, frequency, harmonics, harmonic power, voltage, current, per phase and total power/energy data, and minimums/maximums by phase. From data already recorded, charts of trended voltages, currents, waveform graphs, and reports of historical out-of-limits information by event type may be viewed.
Wireless field data collectors
IntelaTrac PKS from Honeywell Process Solutions is an integrated software and hardware solution for wireless field data collection and intelligent asset management. It enables users to integrate field data with data from multiple other sources, including production, process control, and work management systems. It provides mechanical and engineering data to managers and field personnel. On-site computing helps management improve the tracking and reporting of inspections, tests, and repairs for pumps, valves, vents, pipes, vessels, and other plant process equipment. Inspection and mechanical data can be collected while operators are in the field and downloaded to reliability, engineering, and equipment databases electronically.
Honeywell Process Solutions
High voltage insulation tester
Simpson's model 505 high voltage insulation tester can measure insulation resistances from 10 kilohms to 1 teraohm with eight selectable test voltages up to 5,000 V. As a safety feature, the insulation tester acts as an ac/dc voltmeter to measure the absence of voltage in networks up to 2,000 V. In addition the cables are permanently attached, preventing possible injury that could occur by the accidental removal of the cables. Other features include automatic discharging of capacitive units under test and a lock-in test switch, for hands free operation. Two LEDs indicate the selected measuring range, and one LED signifies valid measurements and battery charge status.
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Spectrum analyzer with tracking generator
B&K Precision Corp.'s Model 2652 is a handheld, PC-compatible spectrum analyzer with a tracking generator added. Weighing 4.0 lb including battery, it is aimed at engineers and technicians who perform field measurements in the 50 kHz to 3.3 GHz range. The included tracking generator can be used to rapidly determine transmission characteristics of two-port RF devices. Other features include one button auto tuning, channel power measurements, adjacent channel power measurements, min/max hold, average and over write mode, peak search, marker measurement, occupied bandwidth measurements and more.
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Software upgrades HART field communicator
The 375 Field Communicator from Emerson Process Management is available with version 2.0 software, offering a new version of Microsoft Windows CE operating system, requiring 25% less boot up time and 35% less time to connect to and communicate with a HART device. It also improves battery life and augments graphics, such as trends, bar charts, gauges, and images. For FOUNDATION fieldbus diagnostics, fieldbus signal level for all devices on a segment can be displayed. A mode button helps in changing a block's parameter. Ability to instantiate FOUNDATION fieldbus function blocks has been added. SD card provides quicker updates for existing devices.
Emerson Process Management
Lower price for handheld multimeter
The new U1240A handheld multimeter from Agilent Technologies has wider measurement ranges. The meters feature true RMS readings on 10,000 count display. The adjustable backlighting prolongs battery life. Other features include built-in switch counter, harmonic ratio, dual temperature and differential temperature capabilities, with a push of the button. It comes with certificate of calibration and test report – at no extra cost. Interactive demo and price comparisons are available.
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Smartphone-based vibration spectrum analyzer
Editor note: Product Research product coverage includes technologies from companies that rated highest among respondents. This is included because it combines a consumer product with a handheld instrument—not the first, but worthy of mention.
Datastick Systems Inc. has begun to ship its handheld SiteConnex VSA-2215 vibration spectrum analyzer, which allows machine maintenance personnel to collect and view vibration waveform and spectra measurement data, e-mail measurement data, converse on the VSA smartphone, and send and receive e-mails or text messages. The system is a high-performance handheld vibration analyzer/data collector with a maximum frequency of 20,000 Hz and FFT resolution of up to 3,200 lines that attaches to the Palm Treo smartphone, and has a standard BNC connector and low-noise input that accommodates and powers almost any ICP-type piezoelectric accelerometer.
The unit allows immediate connectivity between inspection site and decision site for fast collaboration, so technicians, decision-makers, and consultants can work together seamlessly. A maintenance technician can collect and view vibration data in waveform or spectra on a vibration data collector/analyzer, e-mail the data to a colleague, talk on the phone about the measurements while looking at the results on the phone's display, receive email or text authorizations from the colleague, and more — all with a single pocket-sized handheld instrument.
Included with the unit is PC software that enables the recipient of the measurement data files to import them quickly into the Microsoft Excel-based DRS program on the desktop, see the same data that the person sees on the smartphone VSA, write reports, publish to the Web, and more.
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Fluke product, more information:d visual images, each with 60 seconds of voice annotation, as well as an SD card reader (USB) for downloading images into a computer.
Omega product, more info: The instrument provides process and alarm announcements to help monitor and control any process measurement application where there are no local displays.
Extech product, more info: This built-in infrared measurement capability is useful for measuring the temperature of surfaces that may be dangerous to access or hard to reach. Other features include resolution of 0.01 m/s, 20 point average for air flow, and 3% velocity accuracy via a low friction 2.83-in. (72-mm) diameter ball bearing vane wheel on a 3.9-ft (120-cm) cable.


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Odyssey Thera, Inc. Announces New Equity Financing and Initiation of Research Contract with Merck
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SAN RAMON, Calif., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Odyssey Thera, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company, announced today a new equity financing and the initiation of a research service contract with Merck, known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada.
Additional participants in this financing include HBM Partners, Burrill & Company, and Lonza. The financing, comprising new funds and debt conversion, totals $2.8M. These funds will be used to support continued advancement and expanded commercialization of Odyssey Thera's technologies and products.
"The support from current and new investors will expedite commercialization of Odyssey Thera technologies," said Dr. John K. Westwick, President and CEO of Odyssey Thera. "We look forward to supporting Merck and other leading discovery and development programs with these validated capabilities."
About Odyssey Thera, Inc.
Odyssey Thera was founded over ten years ago with the goal of transforming drug discovery through deep cellular analysis. Odyssey's patented technologies measure disease-relevant pathway activity within living human cells. Unprecedented throughput and breadth of high-content assays enables assessment of key signaling nodes as well as the cellular system, allowing for rapid identification of drug candidates with optimal efficacy and safety profiles. The Company's leadership position in fundamental patents, technology, and know-how relating to cellular analysis has led to alliances with Pfizer, Abbott, Merck, the U.S. EPA, and others. To learn more about Odyssey Thera, please visit www.odysseythera.com.
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Stanley Durwood saw one screen in one building as limiting. People wanted more choices. So he began remodeling several large single-screen Kansas City, Mo. theatres into smaller buildings with multiple auditoriums. The result? The first multiplex theatre in the world was born. The success was massive, and the theatre served as a blueprint for the industry. By 1968, Durwood's multi-screen theatre chain had expanded nationwide and was incorporated as American Multi-Cinema, Inc. (AMC).
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During Lopez's tenure, AMC has continued its growth as the second largest exhibitor in the United States with the acquisition of the majority of the Kerasotes theatre chain in 2010.
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The HB-HPI team have been victorious at the first-ever Chinese International Race! The Chinese government invited top-level racers invited from around the world, and racers from across Europe, including current and former national, European and World Champions were in attendance at this prestigious racing event. The race took place in Beijing, the site of the 2008 Olympic Summer Games, and many members of the public were spectators.
Five HB-HPI drivers attended: 2006-7 IFMAR World Champion Andy Moore, Ben Cosgrove from HPI EU, Stefan Chodzynski, plus Chinese HB driver JJ Wang. Classes included electric and nitro touring car, and we're very proud that Team HB-HPI took the win in the EP (Electric Powered) touring car class! The EP class was dominated by Team HB-HPI, with Andy taking the win, Ben in 2nd, Stefan in 3rd and JJ in 5th! Making this result even more special was the fact that top racers from other major brands and countries were also racing! In the GP (Gas Powered) class, JJ took the win, making it a clean sweep of HB-HPI drivers at the top of the podium! Ben Cosgrove gives us this complete race report from his perspective: As part of the redevelopment of the Beijing Olympic city Government officials decided to host an invitational event for some of the best drivers in Europe and all of Asia. Drivers from China battled with drivers form Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom to name a few countries. Top drivers Marc Rheinard, Viktor Wilck, Ronald Volker, Teemu Leino, Marc Fischer, Alex Hagberg and Andy Moore were some of the big RC stars invited to the event. Ben Cosgrove and Stefan Chodyznski joined Andy Moore in the HB-HPI team. The track was a brand new circuit built especially as a one off track for this meeting. The people of China worked very hard to make such a great track in only 7 days from laying fresh asphalt to adding the curbs, paint and also the Astroturf infield. It looked amazing and the officials used sugar water to make the traction very high indeed. The track was around 60mx30m and laptimes would be around 20 seconds. The event officially kicked off on Thursday with open practice. Both EP and GP cars were being used and the traction started off very high. There were no times available from practice but all the usual suspects looked fast, especially the Tamiya team of Rheinard and Wilck. There was no control tyre so the choice of rubber was open with Sorex and Ride being the most popular choice found on the fast cars. Friday saw 2 rounds of open practice in groups of 10 drivers followed by 2 rounds of timed practice which would reseed the qualification groups for Saturday. Qualification would be 4 rounds with 3 rounds to count using points system of round by round. Both Ben and Andy made the top heat after the reseed and were looking strong with the TCX and HPI Flux Pro package. Round 1 of qualifying was good for the trio of HB-HPI drivers with Andy taking third, Ben 5th and Stefan in 8th. Round 2 saw Ben drop out of a strong top 3 run with a broken rear gear diff but Stefan stepped up with a very solid 4th in the round, Ben ended up completing the run down in 13th. The organisers decided to reseed after these 2 rounds based on the first 2 round times added together. All 3 HB drivers made the top heat which is always helpful with this level of competition. Andy had a very strong round 3 with second position in the round with Ben in third position. Stefan assured his A final position with a solid 6th in round. The last round Andy made a great run again to get another second in round but with the traction levels increasing it became very difficult for Stefan and Ben. Stefan traction rolled out of a very strong run where Ben had to drive very controlled to take a 7th in round. Top 10 after Qualifying Marc Rheinard Ronald Volker Andy Moore HB TCX/HPI Flux Pro Viktor Wilck Ben Cosgrove TCX/HPI Flux Pro Stefan Chodyznski TCX/HPI Flux Pro Marc Fischer Wang TCX Shin Adachi Chan Sunday's format was 3 A finals and 1 final for everyone else. Rain was forecast for Saturday night and Sunday morning. The forecast proved correct as we were greeted with a damp track and a very cold race day. Tyre choice would prove to be decisive and many drivers were head scratching. The A main was one of the first races in the morning so no one knew what would work. Ben got the tyre call correct and won the first final very comfortably lapping every driver upto 3rd position. Stefan made a great start and claimed an excellent second position. The second final was the turn of Andy Moore to get the tyres correct as he took the win in convincing style ahead of Stefan and Wang from China to make it a HB 1/2/3 and make it a very interesting setup for the last final. Only 3 drivers could win the meeting going into leg 3 and they were all from the UK. The last final was all about Ronald who destroyed everyone making a great tyre choice leaving Andy and Ben to battle over second and third. Andy was too strong and took second position from Ben in third giving him the overall win and second to Ben. The final results were Andy Moore HB TCX/HPI Flux Pro Ben Cosgrove TCX/HPI Flux Pro Stefan Chodyznski TCX/HPI Flux Pro Ronald Volker Wang TCX Chan Marc Fischer Shin Adachi Viktor Wilck Marc Rheinard Both Ben and Stefan used the new HB Subaru Type C bodyshell to great effect giving it its first major race podium. Ben also ran the HB TC-FD car on Thursday to get more valuable setup data. The FD car was very stable and well balanced around the track turning very good laptimes especially when the traction was a little lower. Andy and Ben used the HPI Flux Pro 4Turn motor with a 13.5mm rotor and Stefan used the 4.5Turn motor with the std 12.5mm rotor.


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Small Space Solutions from Hotel Skeppsholmen
The rooms at Stockholm's Hotel Skeppsholmen aren't all small, but the building dates back to 1699, when the average size of a room was 16 to 18 square meters (about 170 to 190 square feet). A recent renovation of the hotel honors the historic structure by maintaining its modest sense of scale.
The renovation was the work of architects Peter Erseus and Gunhild Skoog Jagbeck and interior designers Claesson Koivisto Rune. As a historic building, the renovation had to keep the hotel largely in tact, removing only secondary walls and adding basic modern amenities like elevator shafts and bathrooms. We noticed a few small space tricks being put to use in the interiors.
- 1 Mirrors and curtains hung beyond the window frame visually expand the space.
- 2 Wall-mounted shelves and window ledges create storage space.
- 3 Pale gray walls and white bedding reflect light, making the rooms feel airy.
- 4 A corner nook is just big enough for a table, chair, and wall sconce.
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Cold spell to grip most of U.S.
(CNN) — Bundle up; it's about to get chilly. We're not talking about a nip in the air, either. By midweek, locales throughout the United States will have seen high temperatures up to 20 degrees below average, according to CNN and National Weather Service forecasters.
As a cold front moves through the Plains and Great Lakes toward the Eastern United States — bringing some light snow, especially in the higher elevations of the Appalachian Mountains and in areas impacted by lake effect — temperatures are expected to drop significantly beginning Monday.
The Plains could see high temperatures 15 to 20 degrees below average Monday and Tuesday. By Wednesday, the chill will grip the Northeast and Southeast, pushing the mercury about 20 degrees below average.
"A strong front extending from the Great Lakes to the Central Plains will move eastward off the East Coast and southward to the Gulf of Mexico by Tuesday evening. Cold high pressure over South-Central Canada will sink southward to the Middle Mississippi Valley/Central Plains also by Tuesday evening," according to the National Weather Service.
Residents from the Missouri Valley to the northern Rocky Mountains can expect snow Monday, the weather service said.
Rain or snow can be expected Tuesday through much of the Great Lakes area, down to Tennessee and eastward toward the Carolinas and southern New England.
"Meanwhile, a front over the Eastern Pacific will move to the West Coast and dissipate on Tuesday morning. The system will produce light to moderate rain along the West Coast from the Pacific Northwest to Northern California late Monday night to Tuesday morning," the weather service said.
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If anyone knows beards, it's Blackhawks left winger Brandon Bollig. The hip star has the right scruff: He maintains a trim beard that looks GQ without trying too hard. RedEye gave Bollig five pictures of Blackhawks and asked him to draw the best beards for his teammates. He may not want to show his face around the locker room now. By Tracy Swartz, RedEye. @tracyswartz.
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Augusta's defense had made plays all night against Wichita Trinity, but one more was needed late in the fourth quarter of Friday's game.
The Knights led the Orioles 24-21 with less than three minutes left to go and had the ball. That is, until the Orioles' defense, which had kept running back Tyler Burns in check all night, stripped him of the ball and recovered it at its own 45.
The Orioles made it count. Three plays and one unsportsmanlike penalty later, Tristan Finch connected with Connor Hurst for a 31-yard touchdown to lift the Orioles to a 28-24 victory. The Oriole defense held off Trinity's final drive after Chaydon Carter made his second interception of a Matt Jones pass to seal it.
"It was one of the most exciting games, to win a playoff game like that," senior Anthony Castillo said.
The go-ahead score capped the Orioles' comeback after they found themselves down 21-0. It took great passes from Finch, great pressures from the defensive front and even a surprise onside kick. All night, the Orioles did whatever was necessary to get back into it.
"We had a belief that we could win this game, and when we have that and we do what we're supposed to do, great things can happen," Finch said.
For the Orioles, it's their second win of the season and first in Districts. The Orioles were motivated after blowing last week's game and facing a must-win Friday.
"Losing that last game pushed us even more," Hurst said, referring to the Orioles' loss to Rose Hill after leading 26-5. "That was our goal was to win a District game. It feels great."
Finch played his best game of the season. He led the Orioles on touchdown drives of 80, 40, 80 and 55 yards. Finch completed 21 of 34 passes for 274 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 68 yards on 23 carries and another score. Carter, Chase Hull and Hurst each caught one touchdown.
"I didn't have any turnovers," Finch said. "There was no let-off in that whole game. I think I got into it early with those swings and X-quicks. That just carried out throughout the game....Our line did a great job tonight. I hardly got pressured at all."
Hurst caught 11 passes for 170 yards, both game highs. He was able to make plays on some of those quick receiver screens early on. He also made plays at the intermediate and deep levels of Trinity's secondary. On the game-winner, Finch rolled out to his right and had two receivers getting ready to break open. He made the right read as his pass led Hurst to get open near the sideline in the end zone.
"Just kept my eyes on the ball and watched it all the way in," Hurst said.
Carter also had two catches for 23 yards. Castillo had two for 27 and Brandon Smith had five for 32.
The rally made up for several mistakes. Augusta gave away a touchdown on a punt fumble miscue that turned into a Trinity scoop-and-score. The Knights led 7-0 after that play for the only points of the first quarter.
The Orioles had another bad play on special teams after they allowed Trinity's Jacob Johnson to return a punt to Augusta's 4. Burns punched it in for a score and a 14-0 lead. The Orioles fumbled on their next possession that gave Trinity a short field again. Trinity quarterback Jones later turned a broken play into a 17-yard scramble for a score and a 21-0 lead.
Though Burns scored twice, he really was kept in check all night by Augusta. He finished with just 93 yards on 27 carries. Burns went off on Augusta in the second half of last year's contest that propelled Trinity to that win.
"Putting pressure on him, that's how we were doing it," senior defensive lineman Blake Aitchison said of stopping Burns.
"We kept him more lateral than vertical, just pushed him toward the sideline," Hurst said.
Coach Roger Robben said he knew Burns wasn't at 100 percent with a nagging ankle injury, but he said the Orioles' ability to keep him contained was critical. The defense also forced and recovered a couple fumbles, got four sacks, three of them by Dakota Thompson, and the two interceptions by Carter.
"Our defense did a heck of job stepping up in key situations and making some big plays," Robben said.
With just 2:56 left before halftime, the Orioles already started shifting momentum. Hull had a 14-yard run and Finch completed passes of 23 and 30 yards to Hurst as the offense methodically moved 80 yards down the field. Finch capped the drive with a 12-yard TD toss to Carter.
"He put it together really well tonight. He saw things a little bit more," Robben said of Finch. "But I also thought it the offensive line's best game."
Then, the Orioles recovered that surprise onside kick that gave them new life. Augusta capitalized on the opportunity as Finch used his legs move the offense. He capped the 40-yard drive with a one-yard run on a spinning second effort.
Just seconds before halftime, Carter jumped a slant pass for an interception and ran it back the length of the field. He would've scored on the play if not for an illegal blocking penalty.
The Orioles kept momentum to start the second half. Augusta marched 80 yards on 12 plays that chewed up 5:27 to tie the game 21-21 after Hull hauled in a 21-yard TD reception. The Knights answered with a whopping 19-play drive, but the Orioles' defense stepped up and held them to a field goal for a 24-21 lead. After an exchange of punts and the big turnover by Burns, the Orioles were set up for their late-game heroics.
"Knew we didn't have to get it all back in one play. We had enough time," Finch said. "...Don't let the moment get too big for you."


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There was a point Sunday afternoon in which things were looking pretty good for the Fire's positioning in the East. DC United had just suffered a somewhat controversial 1-1 draw at home to Philadelphia while due north Bright Dike and Darlington Nagbe had put the West's bottom team Portland up 2-0 at New York.
Of course Kenny Cooper and Tim Cahill had pulled the home side back level before halftime, the Timbers flubbed two breakaway chances and Heath Pearce headed home the winner in the 83rd minute to push New York back into sole possession of second place in the East.
Later on Sunday night, Columbus used goals from Cole Grossman and Eddie Gaven to erase a 1-0 deficit but had to settle for a 2-2 draw when Andy Gruenebaum muffed Adam Moffat's 82nd minute equalizer.
WATCH: Red Bull 3, Timbers 2
The result meant that the Top 5 in the Eastern Conference closed the weekend the same way they entered it, effectively pushing the Fire back down to fourth place (losing the goals scored tie breaker to Houston).
All this is by way of saying its going to be a scrap or as Brendan Hannan put it this morning, a "real dog fight" the rest of the way in the Eastern Conference. With 10 matches remaining and five of them against the other four in the Top Five, the Fire control their playoff destiny and seeding perhaps just as much as anyone in the East.
"[Playoff qualification] is in our hands," head coach Frank Klopas told Chicago-Fire.com Monday. "They're all obviously difficult matches because most of the games we play are going to be against teams that are going to be right there until the end. Its exciting but I think we feel good about having those games at home and having the opportunity to control our own destiny."
While Montreal and Columbus still have a shot at the postseason, popular opinion has the top five now remaining the top five come October 28 making a "mini-league" of sorts the rest of the way for the Fire, Sporting KC, Red Bull, the Dynamo and United.
See below the "mini-league" grid of remaining matches between the East's top 5 teams.
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When looking at the chart, two things undoubtedly stick out...
1) No that's not a mistake, the East's top two teams Sporting KC and New York, will play eachother three more times through the end of the season. Depending on how their other matches go (something that will continue to be a common theme), the Conference's top seeds could well be decided in those three games.
2) The Fire are the only team in the Top 5 that will play everyone around them and have two games against D.C., meaning the team seems to have the best shot of controlling it's own destiny in the tight playoff race. With 15 points available in these matches, if the Men in Red can take anywhere around 11 or 12, they could be in very good shape for a top two finish.
Either way, the Fire manager reiterated the game of most importance is the one upcoming.
"It's up to us," continued Klopas. "We don't have to rely on other teams like we did last year but the most important thing is to not look too far down the road and so our next game against D.C. is what we have to hone in on right now."


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Williams looks set for Martini sponsorship
Williams looks set revive one of motorsport's classic liveries this year as part of a new sponsorship deal with Martini.
The Martini brand has sponsored various teams in different forms of motorsport over the years, including a deal with Brabham in Formula One during the 1970s (pictured). The team was not willing to comment on speculation surrounding its future sponsorship deals when contacted by ESPN, but confirmed a new livery would be revealed for Australia.
At the Jerez test the team ran an all-blue livery, but a Martini deal could see the the famous blue and red stripes of the drinks brand on the car in time for Melbourne. Earlier this week a merchandise website promoted an image of a white Williams Martini team shirt on its homepage, which was quickly removed once it started appearing on social media.
Williams recently announced a new sponsorship deal with US insurance company Genworth and it is rumoured to be close to a deal with Brazilian oil company Petrobras.


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|Sesame Street
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|Season 1 (1969-1970)
This episode guide has been compiled from materials at the CTW Archives. ⓘ
- Guy Smiley hosts "The Mr. and Mrs. Game", a quiz show for newlywed monsters. Mr. and Mrs. Monster win the game, and Guy offers the choice of three prizes: a new house, a trip to Hawaii, or a cookie. Mr. Monster ravenously devours the cookie.
- Ethel Kennedy makes an appearance to read the story Sam.
- The Anything Muppets sing "Seven Days".
- Sesame Street Animal Films: Baby reindeer (First: Episode 0003)
- Snerf demonstrates shorter and longer, introducing a film about giraffes.
- Sesame Street Animal Films: Giraffes. (First: Episode 0010)
- Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "The People in Your Neighborhood": Garbageman and Barber. (First: Episode 0045)
- Kermit's Lectures: Kermit gives a lecture about rectangles. Cookie Monster smashes the shape, but says it'll still work out: "It's a wreck -- and it's a tangle!" (EKA: Episode 0017)
- Kermit's Lectures: Cookie Monster drinks both of Kermit's glasses of milk, which he was going to use to explain "more" and "less". When Kermit insults Cookie Monster, several of Cookie Monster's monster pals gang up on Kermit, prompting him to point out that now there are more monsters and less frogs. (First: Episode 0004)
- Cartoon: A fisherboy catches all the letters of the alphabet and makes alphabet soup. (First: Episode 0004)
- Ernie & Bert — Ernie has some picture cards and asks Bert if he can figure out what happens next. (First: Episode 0017)
- Cartoon: A man talks about the letter J with a jack-in-the-box, whose lid ends up crushing him. (aired twice) (First: Episode 0071)
- Cartoon: "Story of J" -- Two boys are told of a man named Joe who is sent to jail after jamming a june bug into a jar and a tire pump. (aired twice) (First: Episode 0009)
- Speech Balloon: J -- (strawberry) Jam (First: Episode 0012)
- Cartoon: "Imagination O" -- A surreal story about a boy, a goat, and a bulldozer that closes up a hole in a cloud that blows the cold. (First: Episode 0011)
- Cartoon: "Story of R" -- A man and his dog play a film about the letter R, involving a robber who steals a rooster and escapes by rowboat. (First: Episode 0011)
- Cartoon: A man (voiced by Casey Kasem) explains the letter R with a radio. Once he starts singing, the radio decides to turn him off by tweaking his nose. (First: Episode 0011)
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We just approved the 20th Thousand Home Challenge project! Congratulations to Ruth von Goeler and Kelly Slough of Northampton, MA. They participated in National Grid's Deep Energy Retrofit pilot in 2012. Their OPTION B threshold was 13,071 kWh (OPTION B inputs - fossil fuel heat, 4 in household, 3,208 FFA, and 6,208 HDD (base 65). Andrew Webster of Coldham & Hartman Architects was the project manager.
Their annual energy for the post retrofit monitoring period was 8,136 kWh. Their 110-year-old home was previously insulated and had a relatively efficient heating system. As part of the retrofit they substantially increased the finished floor area and still achieved a 61% reduction in energy use from their baseline.
Attached is a spreadsheet with data from our twenty completed projects.
Interesting numbers, ranges, means, and comparisons! I welcome your observations. What is most interesting from the attached spreadsheet? Please provide suggestions for charts and graphs to tell the story of the 1000 Home Challenge projects to date.
6.9 kBtu/ Ft2: Avg Energy Use Index (EUI)[2]; US National avg. 44.8 kBtu/ Ft2 (single family homes)
1.91 kWh/ Ft2: Avg. THC Whole House Energy Use; US National Avg.: 14.27 Ft2
(5) Net Zero or Better
(3) Also charge Electric Vehicles
1,709 kWh/year: Average Energy Use per Occupant
4,554 kWh Average project energy use; 31,389 US National Avg: 31,389 kWh/yr
8,108 kWh Average project Thousand Home Challenge threshold
(17) Homes have PV; (8 of 20) Projects met the Thousand Home Challenge without PV
(93 kW) Total installed PV Capacity (17 homes)
1869 Oldest home; 2008 Newest home
Year Built: (20%) 1850-1899; (25%) 1900-1930; (15%) 1931-1960; (30%) 1961-2000; (10%) 2001-2010
Correlation between indicators of energy performance and age: None
576 Ft2 Smallest home; 3,208 Ft2 Biggest single family home
2,271 Ft2 Average house size (per household)
1.73 Occupants: Average household size
(18) Single-family homes; (2) Duplexes
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I used this as the subject line "Measured Performance - Avg EUI 6.9 KBtu/ft 2 - Twenty THC Projects - US Avg 44" of an e-mail to some folks who I thought would be interested in the Home Energy Pros post.
It worked. It got your (and others) attention.
Regardless of how misguided of a metric it may be, 20 projects with an average EUI of 6.9 kBtu/ft 2 is impressive. If a person is not familiar with the term, it is still obvious that is is substantially less than 44 kBtu/ft 2 (national SF residential average).
I think it is important to translate the performance in a wide variety of ways.
Assuming there is a "best" metric is silo thinking. It assumes there is one "best" answer.
I really like how Linda looks at things, she shares what is likely to interest most people, then if you want to slice or dice according to the metric that you find meaningful - go ahead.
Certainly one might want to look at consumption per occupant, another per sf, maybe another wants to do it by bedroom or get even more granular. Your objective will define how you want to perform your sort.
What is pretty clear is we need to move away from picking winners and losers because perspective can make anything a winner, and if there is one way of looking at "best" markets get perverted by that rigidity of thought.
We need to move away from ratings as proxies for energy efficiency, those are obsolete nearly the moment they are defined as the market will evolve beyond them, the average will shift. Moving to measured energy use is a giant step in the right direction, without it we don't get to the next step of narrowing in on the subset that we are interested in with measuring tape that is meaningful.
In my mind everything Linda does is moving in the right direction, seeing that only requires not getting stuck in our current schemas.
RE: Your suggestion re Conveying Carbon Emission Reductions
We have carbon emissions embedded in the Thousand Home Challenge application (based on national averages), so that could be tracked. Even if it is full of assumptions, it would help to convey that projects that meet the THC thresholds achieve a substantial reduction of carbon emissions regardless of the energy sources they choose.
Here is a comparison of carbon emissions from hypothetical projects. These emissions are calculated from PG&E emission factors. Their electricity is not as carbon intensive as the national average.
Congratulations Linda! 20 projects is really great, and their energy performance is stellar. I assume that since you are sharing this, that the attached data are open for use by others? I've just finished aggregating DER performance across the U.S. from available case studies, and I might want to include these (some already are, of course). As for carbon emissions, I've derived carbon emissions factors for delivered electricity by U.S. state, based upon the US eGRID 2009 data (attached here, in case you're interested). While not exactly up-to-date (i.e., 2013) and not technically perfect in terms of grid structure, these values provide a much more nuanced and valuable metric in terms of carbon emissions, as they may actually direct project teams in different regions to retrofit differently. Anyways, well done on all this!
Brennan -
Always great to her from you. I would like to learn more about what you have found out from your aggregation of US DER case study performance. If you find projects that appear to meet the 1000 Home Challenge please send them our way.
The data I posted is public - fine to use or disseminate, though I request that you contact me to make sure that there is no misunderstanding about any of our categories, and that you have the latest version. I am working on an update that I should post within a week.
One of the challenges of posting source energy or carbon emissions is that some of our projects do not have separately metered PV production. They just have net energy use. In some cases it is reported and recorded, but only on an annual basis, and the reporting year may not match our monitoring year. In other cases there was no metering installed to track PV performance. In addition, I have not tracked energy performance by energy source, though we have that data in the project application and actual project documentation. I could flag the projects that are all electric. Even so, not knowing the breakout between PV production, PV exported, electricity consumption from the grid and electricity used from the PV array would render an analysis of carbon emissions inaccurate.
Most of our 1000 home challenge project contacts place a very high value on learning and sharing so they would be open to providing additional info if a 3rd party was interested in digging deeper.
Hello, Brennan!
I am also very interested in what you find from aggregating DER performance across the U.S. Performance data is going to be key to the general public's evaluation of this level of retrofit. It is exciting to see such a rapidly growing body of published performance data and analysis!
We (BSC) recently finished a report for Building America that analyzed data from the National Grid DER Pilot Program (2009-2012). This Pilot yielded 42 DER projects (37 comprehensive retrofits, 5 partial DERs). As far as energy use, we focused on what the building used. In other words, we want to know how low the retrofit measures were able to get the energy use and we were not interested in how much any on-site generation facilities produced (not that producing energy on site isn't interesting, but on-site generation is not the same thing as building - and building occupant! - performance). As Linda experienced with these THC projects, it was difficult to find the actual use for buildings with PV given that the utility data is, for the most part, net use. In other cases, the utility data is fraught with apparent attempts to reconcile estimated reads and a hugely changed energy use profile. Some projects did not have sufficient full occupancy since completing the project. Some folks just didn't respond to requests (contractual obligations relative to the generous financial incentives from National Grid) for information. In the end, we were able to get usable post-retrofit energy use data for 29 projects.
I haven't had a chance to compare these projects in detail to the THC projects (there's a small overlap of projects) except to note that the THC projects kicked rumpus even relative to the amazing National Grid DER projects (it's only partly a difference of comparing gross use to net use)!
The Building America report on the National Grid DER Pilot has been approved for publication but I do not see that it has been posted yet. The report is titled "Performance Results for Massachusetts & Rhode Island DER Pilot Community". I know we included tables of data so I think this should provide some projects to add to your aggregation study.
Ken, can you send me a copy of the report (email@example.com)? I would love to review it. I'm not sure I can include the data points in my summary (as we're nearly finished writing the report), though I've already used what was provided in your prior summary of the pilot homes, as well as the 7 Cold climate projects summarized by BSC (can't remember if you're author or not?). I will definitely add your paper as a pre-pub reference, at the very least. Thanks for reaching out and I look forward to hearing from you and learning more about the project. As we get things finalized, I can also send you a copy of our paper.
Brennan, you can find the report here: http://www.buildingscience.com/documents/bareports/ba-1401-performa...
Thank you Ken, I'll read this with much interest.
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