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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
10 years ago ... coated in ice
Ten years ago today, the Charlotte region awoke to the sounds of cracks and crashes.
It was a symphony of tree limbs and trees crashing onto roofs, cars and the ice-covered ground, in the wake of the worst ice storm in decades.
The ice storm of Dec. 4-5, 2002, left millions of Carolinas residents without power, some of them for many days in winter cold. It caused at least three deaths, changed the region's tree scape permanently in places, and served as a reminder that ice -- not snow -- is the big winter danger in the region.
A cold front ushered in arctic air a few days before the storm, bringing unseasonably cold temperatures into the Carolinas. Then a low pressure system formed over the lower Mississippi Valley and moved eastward.
The area from York County northeast to Raleigh was locked in a cold air wedge. Chilly air was funneled into the Piedmont from a high pressure system parked over New England. Precipitation from the low pressure system moved into that pocket of cold air.
Farther to the north, in Virginia, the temperatures in the atmosphere -- from higher levels to the ground -- were below freezing. So the precipitation fell as all snow, dumping 1 to 2 feet along the Interstate 81 corridor.
But in the Piedmont, a pocket of above-freezing temperatures a short distance above the ground melted the snow as it fell, turning it to rain. Temperatures at the surface were below freezing, however. So when the rain hit the ground, it froze.
Freezing rain is not uncommon in the Piedmont, but the amount of rain that fell in the December 2002 storm was heavy enough to cause buildups of 1 inch of ice in many places. Meteorologists say that accumulations of a half-inch or more are enough to cause trouble.
The December 2002 storm caused plenty of trouble.
The storm broke a record for Duke Energy power outages in the Carolinas -- 1.375 million customers left without electricity. Other companies across the Piedmont were similarly hit.
In comparison, about 700,000 outages were reported in a December 2005 ice storm that hit the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia. Hurricane Hugo caused 696,000 power outages.
Across the Charlotte region on the morning of Dec. 5, 2002, trees and tree limbs fell.
Road conditions weren't bad. For the most part, the streets were wet. But power was out almost everywhere.
A number of people made the mistake of trying to heat their homes with charcoal grills. More than 250 carbon monoxide cases were reported across the region on the first day of the storm.
Don McSween, Charlotte's city arborist, said 30 percent of the oak trees were damaged.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police reported burglaries increased 54 percent during the five days after the storm, as crooks took advantage of homes where residents had left, seeking shelter in hotels or with friends fortunate enough to have electricity and heat.
Duke Energy paid $87 million to repair the damage, including $56.5 million to pay for outside labor -- repair crews who came from across the eastern United States to help restore power.
The Rev. Brad Busiek, pastor at Newell Presbyterian Church, had arrived from Texas a few months before the ice storm. On the Sunday after the storm (Dec. 8), Busiek began his homily with a variation of a familiar poem: "Twas the ice before Christmas, when all through the house, everyone was shivering, especially my spouse."
At St. John Neumann Catholic Church in east Charlotte on that Sunday morning, there was a moment that almost seemed miraculous. In the middle of Mass, being celebrated in candlelight, the power came back on.
What would be different if such a storm hit today?
Duke Energy, which received generally good grades from the N.C. Utilities Commission in a post-storm study, has changed some its policies. One of those includes a beefed-up database for keeping track of power outages. That system has been helpful in storms since 2002, company officials say.
Duke's staff of meteorologists also earned praise, for correctly predicting that significant ice damage was likely in the Piedmont. That allowed the company to position its repair crews properly. In the wake of Hurricane Hugo, Duke Energy restored power to an average of 38,667 customers a day. After the ice storm, that daily average was 152,777.
The arrival of smart phones and other hand-held devices would create a different scenario today, especially in distributing information. In 2002, if the power was out, so were people's computers, for the most part. Today, residents could get news from their phones and other "smart" devices, without the need for electricity.
As was the case with Hurricane Hugo, we can hope that the December 2002 ice storm was a once-in-a-lifetime event.
Photo: Dec. 4, 2002 in Winston-Salem. From left, Darren Richards, Trayshawn Davis and Jasmine Carter, play in the snow. Winston-Salem Journal, David Sandler
18 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Remember it well. Our gas water heater and gas fireplace logs saved us as our power was out for a week. It was actually quite cozy..but I do long for a repeat. I know many people suffered.
- December 4, 2012 at 3:08 PM
- Anonymous said...
What I remember the most about that storm was people at work continually calling their home phones. If an answering machine picked up, it meant the power was back on, and you could go home. If not, it meant another night in a hotel or a friend's sofa. Good times. NOT!!!
- December 4, 2012 at 3:08 PM
- Anonymous said...
re: above "do NOT" ( wish we could edit)
- December 4, 2012 at 3:09 PM
- Anonymous said...
Wow! Yep I remember this! Good memory Steve!
- December 4, 2012 at 3:13 PM
- Anonymous said...
23 years ago "Ice Ice Baby" was released by Vannila Ice
- December 4, 2012 at 3:17 PM
- Anonymous said...
I remember it well. I dug my car out, threw my suitcase in the trunk and I was off to the airport for NYC and the Winston Cup Championship Banquet (Tony Stewart won that year). I wasn't about to miss that all because of a little ice / snow!! :)
- December 4, 2012 at 3:31 PM
- Anonymous said...
We had just brought home our preemie that was 3 months old and she was on oxygen and heart monitors. Husband ran the generator to keep everything running and keep her (and her oxygen) warm away from the fireplace that kept the rest of the family warm. Just prayed we didn't have to hit the road for the hospital during the storm. Blessed to say everyone was fine through the storm and she just celebrated a healthy, energetic 10th birthday.
- December 4, 2012 at 3:48 PM
- Anonymous said...
Its Al Gores fault
- December 4, 2012 at 3:55 PM
- Anonymous said...
I was lucky in 2002; I was only out of power for 2 days.
I certainly don't want that again, although a foot of snow would be fun.
- December 4, 2012 at 4:15 PM
- Anonymous said...
I notice that we've fallen into another roller coaster pattern similar to last year. A few days in the 50's followed by a few days in the 60's/70's. Are we gonna go through this again, weather guy!?!!?!
- December 4, 2012 at 5:12 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thank God for global warming! I wore a t-shirt to work today!
- December 4, 2012 at 5:19 PM
- Anonymous said...
Remember this day very well! My first birthday in my new home and the only birthday that my husband ever bought me flowers (they were on sale because the store had lost power!!) I think of that storm every year on my birthday!!
- December 4, 2012 at 5:46 PM
- Anonymous said...
Man what a difference 10 years makes. Last night, I opened my living room window for the night. Ten years ago, I drove home in my new SUV from work in a snowstorm and watched a van I had just passed on I-85 near my exit careen out-of-control into the median.
I lost power twice; the first time for 12 hours, the 2nd time for a week. During the powerless week, I slept in the car with my 2 cats for a couple of nights and finally fled my home for warmth for me and the cats to a church family with 7 kids that had power.
At night, I ventured outside and it sounded like a war zone; cracking tree branches falling all over the place. At daybreak, my neighbor's car had been bombarded by tree branches.
But what really blew me away was the tree damage from the crushing ice. Every Bradford Pear tree that had lined my street was destroyed. My mouth dropped straight to my feet as I starred at the damaged trees. Wow!
As I pondered the historical week, it wasn't really so bad after all; I thought of the pioneers expanding our country westward that fought more miserable weather than our Ice Storm of 2002 and had nothing to live in except the wagons they brought along for the journey.
The new post 9-11 heroes were all the power workers that came to the Tar Heel state's rescue to restore the power.
During my powerless time I kept a diary. I titled it "The Nightmare Awaits." The December 2002 Ice Storm was the worst weather I had ever lived through. Two weeks later, Christmas was a welcomed distraction.
Mark in Kannapolis
- December 4, 2012 at 5:47 PM
- Anonymous said...
The comment about checking for the answering machine hit home. We were without power for 5 days. No generator, no fireplace. We stayed at a friend's apartment with our 4.5 month old baby. The sound of the answering machine picking up was music to my ears!!
- December 4, 2012 at 6:05 PM
- hipQuest said...
We were blessed that we never lost power so we had over a bunch of family and friends that were not so lucky. They, of course, brought their pets so we had a houseful. One of the dogs thought my 3 month old kitten was a chew toy. For someone who had no damage we had a very expensive night. 10 years later my sweet Trio sticks to me like glue. All who were here enjoyed the warmth and food; while we are forever grateful to the emergency vet by the Siskey Y for saving our Trio.
- December 4, 2012 at 6:43 PM
- Anonymous said...
Here at Envirosafe Termite & Pest 1800 Camden Rd #1071 Charlotte NC 28203 www.pestcontrolcharlotte.net or www.charlotte-pest-control.com we were prepping our spray units to prevent freezing and making sure all our chemicals were in heated areas. This weather is much more conducive to pest control and our business.
- December 4, 2012 at 7:17 PM
- Anonymous said...
Out of power for 8 days! On the 7th day I called Duke Power to find out when the power would be back on and they said: "Can't confirm your power is on, but I show that it is..." My reply"I can confirm that it's NOT ON!" So much fun. Power was back on the next day...
- December 4, 2012 at 8:06 PM
- Unknown said...
I still say that storm was scarier where I lived than Hugo was.
- December 5, 2012 at 12:36 AM


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White Bean Sausage Soup
Total TimePrep: 15 min. Cook: 20 min.
Makes2 servings
- 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- Cayenne pepper
- 1 Italian turkey sausage link, casing removed
- 2 tablespoons chopped onion
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 can (15 ounces) cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 teaspoons sherry, optional
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh parsley
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon dried thyme
- Spoon cheese into six mounds 3 in. apart on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Spread into 1-1/2-in. circles. Sprinkle with a dash of cayenne. Bake at 400° for 5-6 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool.
- In a large saucepan, cook sausage and onion in oil over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Remove and keep warm.
- In the same pan, saute garlic for 1 minute or until tender. Stir in the beans, broth, cream, sherry if desired, parsley, salt, thyme and a dash of cayenne. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 12-15 minutes or until heated through. Cool slightly.
- Transfer to a blender; cover and process on high until almost blended. Pour into soup bowls; sprinkle with sausage mixture and Parmesan crisps.
Nutrition Facts1 cup: 425 calories, 22g fat (10g saturated fat), 82mg cholesterol, 1218mg sodium, 33g carbohydrate (1g sugars, 8g fiber), 23g protein.
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Like the first reviewer, I changed the recipe a bit, however, I'm still giving it five stars simply for the idea. It' something I would have never thought up on my own. For starters, I doubled the recipe. My husband said it was very rich (I thought it was fine) so perhaps I should have added even more chicken broth. I too added some sauteed carrots and celery as well as extra garlic. Didn't have thyme so I used marjoram and subbed ancho chili powder for the cayenne since I was out of that too. Also reheated after blending and added more salt, pepper and chili powder. Two thumbs up.
Mar 1, 2011
Well I guess I really shouldn't rate this soup because I changed it so much but I did get rave reviews with the changes I made. I sauted onion, celery, carrots in olive oil until tender, then added two cloves of garlic for one more minute, then added four cups of chicken broth and two cans of northern white beans. Brought to a boil, simmers until vegetables were tender. Cooled slightly then puree the entire mixture. Reheated and added salt, peper, thyme. Delicious.


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Abstract: This work presents results from a short firn core spanning 15 years collected from near Mount Brown, Wilhelm II Land, East Antarctica. Variations of methanesulphonic acid (MSA) at Mount Brown were positively correlated with sea-ice extent from the coastal region surrounding Mount Brown (60-1208 E) and from around the entire Antarctic coast (0-3608 E). Previous results from Law Dome identified this ... MSA-sea-ice relationship and proposed it as an Antarctic sea-ice proxy (Curran and others, 2003), with the strongest results found for the local Law Dome region. Our data provide supporting evidence for the Law Dome proxy (at another site in East Antarctica), but a deeper Mount Brown ice core is required to confirm the sea-ice decline suggested by Curran and others (2003). Results also indicate that this deeper record may also provide a more circum-Antarctic sea-ice proxy.
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I love hot dogs. Well, I love food in general but my statement still stands! Whether it be cheap gas station hot dogs (YUM), ballpark franks (YUM), or even some awesome Nathan's Hot dogs from Sam's Club (YUM) I do enjoy me a good hot dog.
Luckily where I live there is not only a surplus of gas stations, but apparently TWO great hot dog places. One is Hot Dog World and the other is The Great American Dog. Today I'm covering the latter.
This place is relatively new to the area as far as I know and is going up against the big name in town Hot Dog World. Considering Hot Dog World is the de facto best hot dog in town for , burger, and fry place in town it is always good to see some competition. But is The Great American Dog competition? Let's wander on in and find out.
The Inside
Right off the bat you get a different atmosphere than Hot Dog World. Where Hot Dog World almost always has a line out the door and very local feel to it, The Great American Dog is rather, well..
empty. Also, 'Murikah.
I'm not counting either of those against it, but damn if it isn't a bit jarring. At least I get most of the place to myself and plenty of time to look over the menu, which, if you notice, is massive.
Hot Dogs? Check. Burgers? Check. Fries and Onion Rings. Double Check. Hell, there is so much food that I cut off ends of the menu and missed the Daily Specials board. And their board started growing extra posters to fit all the food too!
The seafood baskets were calling my name for sure, but I came on a mission to hot dog so hot dog I must! I ordered a Carolina Dog, a plain hot dog, a side of onion rings, and a drink. Speaking of drink, they had Cheerwine!
If you have never had Cheerwine I'm sorry. It is a Cherry flavored soft drink that isn't super sweet like some juices but also doesn't feel as heavy as other dark sodas like Pepsi and Coca-Cola. Since everything here is made to order I got to spend some quality time with my Cheerwine. But some silly soda was not the reason I was here.
The Meal
This was:
Cue O Fortuna from Carmina Burana.
The OM-NOMING is upon us! But we mustn't be hasty. Let's ease into this and savor it. Onion rings are a good place to start.
The Side(s)
According to their site, their onion rings are hand breaded and cooked to order along with their chicken tenders and seafood. And I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed them. They weren't 95% deep fried batter or hush puppy mix that most onion rings are and weren't over cooked. They were almost like onion strips with a light crunch on the outside and a then your onion on the inside. Also whatever they used wasn't to strong or powerful like hush puppy batter so you really got to taste the onion inside.
Verdict: The onion rings weren't super greasy or super filling so all in all a great complement to the hot dogs, especially with some ketchup. Whatever they use to bread these onion rings is great since it allows the onions flavor to take point and adds a bit of crunch and flavor.
The Main Dish
Now for the main course(s). The hot dogs themselves! Apparently all their hot dogs:
- Use premium cuts of meat (no sawdust here!).
- Have natural casings (nice snap when you bite in, and once again, no sawdust.).
- Are grilled.
That last one is really interesting considering their main competitor boils their hot dogs and it is the middle of winter so getting anything grilled right now is a plus.
First up the Carolina Dog:
This puppy is topped with coleslaw, chili, mustard, and grilled onions. I could have gotten plain cut onions instead of grilled but I despise the texture of uncooked onions so grilled it was.
A few bites in and I had a good impression of this dog and how I felt about it.
The grilled onions mixed in really well with the chili and slaw and didn't stick out like onion can be prone to do. The slaw itself was cool and not ice cold and had a bit of sweetness in it. My money is on it being made there and not scooped out of some frozen bucket. It wasn't overly runny or watered down and the cabbage was chopped well enough where you weren't eating strips of cabbage like a wet noodle. The chili was pretty much just beef in some chili sauce but wasn't super greasy or messy. But it also had the unfortunate effect of being right on top of the mustard which greatly overpowered it in my opinion.
I am not a fan of mustard but I had to give this dog a try in it's "natural" form. The mustard for me stuck out like a sore thumb and really detracted from what was a good dog. Also, the bun was nothing to write home about and feels like a missed opportunity. There's nothing technically wrong with it, but it's just there holding everything together. Not bad, not good, just there.
Verdict: All of these toppings complement each other to give the dog a unique identity without overpowering each other. Except the mustard. Would eat again sans mustard.
And last but not least, a plain dog with ketchup.
Yeah, yeah, yeah I should've started with this first to get a good baseline on the other dogs but I didn't. This dog really helped bring to the point the grilled and natural casing of the dog. To me a boiled hot dog has its flavor all over. You can lick it and taste the juices since it literally cooked in them. A grilled dog on the other hand tries to keep that on the inside and tightens and dries the outer casing so all the flavor remains inside the dog. When I bit into this the casing has resistance and is unwilling to give up the tasty morsel inside. When you do bite through you get the softness and juices of the hot dog meat and it's like a small reward for chewing. And boy is it tasty!
Once again though, the bread is just there. Being bread.
Verdict: Plain, simple, and delicious, this dog exemplifies what qualities make their hot dogs special: the grilled hot dog.
The Overall Verdict
I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by The Great American Dog. I was expecting some greasy American food and what I got instead was a refreshing take on an American classic. Hot dogs don't have to be greasy and sweaty from sitting on a conveyor all day or boiling in water and then don't have to be just a dog. They can be a sum of all their parts instead of just a dog with toppings. They can be great.
OVERALL VERDICT: For the price and what you get, The Great American Dog does a good job of showing why the hot dog is an American Classic. Will nom again. But hold the mustard.
4/5 Hot Dogs.
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Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed one of my many food adventures. I luckily have the graces to live in a place with a HUGE foodie interest so that means plenty more where this came from if you guys would like. Presidents come to the area just for our BBQ and I live near Beer City USA four times over. So as long as you have an appetite you will find something new and great to eat.
Where will I be next time? Checking Hot Dog World and seeing how their dogs stand up? Trying the newest beer at the Asheville Brewing Company? Or maybe enjoying some authentic tacos at Los Gallos? Suggestions are welcome!
Until next time, onward and om nom nom!


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Remember when I wrote a post about cinnamon rolls from Trader Joe's, and how some of us started talking in the comment section about escargots (or pains aux raisins), some kind of raisin-filled pastry commonly found in Switzerland and France?
This is what this pull-apart thingy reminds me of, but I'm not going to be bashful about it: I'll boldly say it's even better.
Now I want to add just a touch of vegan pastry cream to it along with raisins to make it even more escargot-like, but it'll be for another time. Oooh.
I (clearly) based the concept of this on Flo Braker's pull-apart coffee cake, using Joy the Baker's idea for a cinnamon sugar filling instead.
No offense, lemon, but cinnamon just can't be beat.
Cinnamon Pull-Apart Brioche:
One recipe brioche dough, right after it took a trip in the fridge (shorter fridge time is fine for this recipe, 2 hours will do)
For the cinnamon filling:
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Flour, to roll out
Water, to brush the rolled-out dough
Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Set aside.
Punch down the refrigerated dough. Generously (and I do mean generously) sprinkle the counter with flour. Roll out with a rolling pin, or use your hands to press down the dough into an approximately 10 x 15-inch rectangle.
Lightly brush the whole surface of the rolled-out dough with water. Evenly sprinkle the cinnamon sugar on the whole surface, pressing down gently so that it adheres to the dough.
Using a sharp knife, cut the rolled-out dough lengthwise in four (2.5-inch in width) strips. Be advised that the brioche dough will be very soft.
Place the strips atop each other, with the sugared side looking upward.
Cut into 6 stacks (about 3 inches), width-wise. You'll have 6 stacks, each one made of 4 layers.
Transfer the stacks carefully into a greased 7.75 inch x 3.75 inch x 2.75 inch pan.
You want to arrange them cut edges up. It will be tight, but it will fit. Be sure to hold the stacks that are already placed in the pan up with one hand as you grab the remaining ones with the other hand.
Cover with a piece of plastic wrap, and let rise 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours, or until doubled.
Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C, or gas mark 4). Line the oven rack with a piece of foil, just in case some cinnamon sugar were to escape. Carefully remove the plastic wrap from the brioche.
Bake the brioche for 40 minutes. Do cover the baking brioche with a piece of foil if the top browns up too quickly, checking after about 25 minutes of oven-time.
Let the brioche cool a few minutes before digging in.
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What's new in CLZ Comics for Android?
CLZ Comics (Android)
v4.11.4: Small maintenance build
September 5th, 2018
- When syncing some comics were not added locally in rare occasions.
- On phone devices: series thumbnails did not take the collection status in account.
Recent changes
v5.1: Better barcode scanning! January 29th, 2020 v5.0.9: Added 4 new folder options and some fixes January 7th, 2020 v5.0.6: Several user interface improvements October 1st, 2019 v5.0.4: New: Statistics screen September 19th, 2019 CLZ Comics 5.0: Automatic values, more fields, multiple collections and more September 9th, 2019 v4.14.1: New for tablets: Resizable panels December 5th, 2018 v4.13.1: Redesigned app icon November 6th, 2018 v4.11.3: Moved some buttons to more logical places September 3rd, 2018 v4.11: More editable fields! June 21st, 2018 v4.10.3: Bigger and easier to spot Add button! May 14th, 2018 v4.10: Many new sort options and a redesigned Select Sort Order screen March 14th, 2018 v4.9: Improved search features January 24th, 2018 v4.8: Automatic CLZ Cloud syncing! December 4th, 2017 v4.5.8: Further improvements to the Add Comics screen November 21st, 2017 v4.5.4: Easier way to add series and improved navigation! July 12th, 2017 v4.5.2: Improved barcode scanning May 22nd, 2017 v4.5.1: Improved Add Comics screen May 10th, 2017 v4.3.8: New "split" edit screen November 17th, 2016 v4.3.6: New folder options, new out of sync mark and more! October 20th, 2016 v4.3.5: New: "Search-As-You-Type" suggestions when adding comics October 5th, 2016 v4.3.4: New search engine and new way of entering dates September 22nd, 2016 v4.3.1: A completely new look! September 7th, 2016 v4.2.1: New: Manage Pick Lists tool and ways to edit pick list items July 28th, 2016 v4.0.1: CLZ Comics for Android is now free to download March 24th, 2016


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The new iMac range is coming out in the next week or so. They will not have optical drives built in. They will be thin. They will be more powerful. They will be roughly the same price as the old ones.
Does it bother you that there will be no optical drive? Should you have to buy an external drive so you can either import or export media to/from discs?
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Heartland Horseman's Challenge to feature Illinois-based horsemen
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[January 08, 2014]
SPRINGFIELD — New for 2014, the
Heartland Horseman's Challenge is a judged competition all three
days of the Illinois Horse Fair, March 7-9, at the Illinois State
Fairgrounds in Springfield. In the competition, four horsemen and
women are given an opportunity to choose and work with a rescue
horse, culminating in a freestyle ride and challenge course. The
competition will allow horsemen to showcase their program and the
potential talents of their chosen horse, which will be available for
adoption throughout the event.
Leading up to the event, the four Heartland Horseman's Challenge
horsemen and women will be announced on the Illinois Horse Fair
www.horsemenscouncil.org/HorseFair, and on Facebook,
Tickets for the Illinois Horse Fair include the Heartland
Horseman's Challenge and are also available on the website and
Facebook pages. Those interested in having information emailed to
them may sign up for Horse Fair updates on the website.
Programming for the "East Meets West"-themed 2014 Illinois Horse
Fair will feature the talents of Chris Cox and Yvonne Barteau as
well as many other great horsemen and women, including Terry Myers
in horsemanship; Liz Graves, gaited riding; Scott McKinsey, cutting;
Susan White, hunters and jumpers; and many more yet to be announced.
Horse lovers of all stripes will enjoy diversity as never before
at Illinois Horse Fair's silver anniversary celebration.
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All-Youth Judging Trials, young riders area, and queen and
princess contests.
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Exposed linear encoders
Exposed linear encoders are designed for use on machines and installations that require high accuracy of the measured value.
Typical applications include:
- Measuring and production equipment in the semiconductor industry
- PCB assembly machines
- Ultra-precision machines
- High-accuracy machine tools
- Measuring machines and comparators, measuring microscopes, and other precision measuring devices
- Direct drives
Absolute encoders
|The LIC exposed linear encoders permit absolute position measurement both over large paths of traverse up to 28 m and at high traversing speed. In their dimensions and mounting, they match the LIDA 400.
Encoders with position value output
|The LIP 211 and LIP 291 incremental linear encoders output the position information as a position value. The sinusoidal scanning signals are highly interpolated in the scanning head and converted to a position value by the integrated counter function. As with all incremental encoders, the absolute reference is established with the aid of reference marks.
Incremental encoders
For very high accuracy
The LIP exposed linear encoders are characterized by very small measuring steps together with very high accuracy and repeatability. They operate according to the interferential scanning principle and feature a DIADUR phase grating as the measuring standard.
For high accuracy
The LIF exposed linear encoders have a measuring standard manufactured in the SUPRADUR process on a glass substrate and operate on the interferential scanning principle. They feature high accuracy and repeatability, are especially easy to mount, and have limit switches and homing tracks. The special version LIF 481 V can be used in high vacuum up to 10–7 bar (see separate Product Information sheet).
For high traversing speeds and large measuring lengths
The LIDA exposed linear encoders are specially designed for high traversing speeds up to 10 m/s, and are particularly easy to mount with various mounting possibilities. Steel scale tapes, glass or glass ceramic are used as carriers for METALLUR graduations, depending on the respective encoder. They also feature a limit switch.
For two-coordinate measurement
On the PP two-coordinate encoder, a planar phase-grating structure manufactured with the DIADUR process serves as the measuring standard, which is scanned interferentially. This makes it possible to measure positions in a plane.
For application in high and ultrahigh vacuum technology
Our standard encoders are suitable for use in a low or medium vacuum. Encoders used for applications in a high or ultrahigh vacuum need to fulfill special requirements. Design and materials used have to be specially adapted for it. For more information, refer to the Technical Information document Linear Encoders for Vacuum Technology.
• High vacuum: LIC 4113 V and LIC 4193 V
• Ultrahigh vacuum: LIP 481 U
New signal processing ASIC for exposed linear encoders from HEIDENHAIN
Exposed linear encoders from HEIDENHAIN are used wherever there is a need for positioning of extremely high accuracy or for a precisely defined motion. To ensure that these high accuracy requirements can be fulfilled over the encoders' entire life cycle, HEIDENHAIN has developed a new signal processing ASIC: the HSP 1.0. This video shows how it almost completely compensates for signal changes and restores the original signal quality.


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One of the ways to showcase products and services online is through creating a website—the face of your company on the Internet. The development of your company website should include strategies that will not only improve your online brand but will also strengthen your online presence to make you stand out from others in your industry.
Your website will allow you to communicate with clients and prospects and visually exhibit what your company has to offer, letting people know why they should purchase your products or hire your services.
Nowadays, most companies have already invested in web development to reach the highest peak of their online presence and to increase sales and conversion rates through their online audience and consumers. Employing the best web development services and having the best web design will get you to the top and will help you build a web image that will serve as a powerful tool in putting your brand online.
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In the digital world that we are thriving in right now, it is not enough that businesses and entrepreneurs settle in sending out flyers or leaflets to promote products and services that they offer. Consumers today are more technologically inclined and their interests are no longer piqued by printed advertisements but by colorful texts and animated videos they see on their screen. And so, the birth of online marketing!
In establishing your online brand, web development and web design must be on top of the priority list in your online marketing strategy. Developing a website is not just about becoming visually present on the Internet, but this is also especially significant in achieving the following important points.
Proving your Company's credibility
Creating a website is the easiest way to prove your credibility to online consumers. When a website is designed and developed professionally, it reflects a great deal about your business. In your site, you are not only able to showcase your products and services but you also have the chance to highlight the milestones and accomplishments which your company has achieved. That way, you can gain the trust and confidence of your customers, and you are giving them the impression that you are providing only the top quality products and services that they need.
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At Authority Solutions™, we do more than just design websites that will only be accessible by desktop users. We develop responsive web design that makes a website become responsive in any device a user is viewing it in. A responsive website is a website that is more likely to have the ability to connect to a greater number of online audience—desktop and mobile device users. Having this kind of online visibility will only result in an increase in organic traffic.
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Hello visitors and members all over the world. Welcome to DragoArt.Com. Today we will have an extremely fun lesson on "how to draw Batman step by step". Of course everyone knows batman from the popular DC comics and countless movies. He's supposed to be a superhero with amazing fighting and stealth skills. Under his mask is an intelligent man named Bruce Wayne. There are many movies based on Batman. Here we will list the awesome action packed Batman movies. The first movie was called Batman and was released in 1989. Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice) starred as Bruce Wayne in the movie. This film explained how Batman was born and why he became the hero he is now. The joker (Jack Nicholson) was also born in this movie. The second film was called Batman Returns and was released in 1992. Once again Michael Keaton starred at Batman in this movie. This film was about Batman's battle with two other villains Penguin (Danny DeVito) and Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer). Later on another movie was released and was called Batman Forever. Val Kilmer played the role as Bruce Wayne in this epic film. And there were two other villains introduced. One of them was two face (Tommy Lee Jones) and the other was the Riddler (Jim Carey). Also Batman has a sidekick named Robin (Chris O'Donnell). In the fourth installment of the series was called Batman & Robin. The famous Arnold Schwarzenegger played as Mr. Freeze (villain) in this movie. George Clooney was the role of batman as Chris O'Donnell was the role of Robin once again. There were also two other sidekicks to these the good and bad. Uma Thurman played the vile villain Poison Ivy as Alicia Silverstone was the good Batgirl. The fifth movie was called Batman Begins. Christian Bale played the role as Batman in the movie. And lastly a brand new movie called The Dark Knight is going to be released soon this year. I hope these tutorials will help you learn "how to draw Batman step by step" better. I used Adobe Photoshop CS and my Wacom Intuos3 tablet to draw and color the Batman. I hope you had fun doing this tutorial! :D
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PNM crew back in New Mexico after helping Sandy victims
40-person team arrives Friday afternoon from East Coast
A crew of 40 people will drive back into New Mexico Friday afternoon, after spending two weeks on the East Coast helping Sandy victims get power.
Superstorm Sandy may be gone, but its destructive path is still haunting the East Coast.
One of the most populated ares in the country was left in the dark, with no heat.
Folks in the land of enchantment were unable to just standby and watch.
"We had a lot of people recognize that we came a long way to help them out" said team leader Steve Dettmer by phone.
Flying the New Mexico flag on their trucks, the group took on the challenge, and drove to Baltimore. They worked seven days a week, and long hours.
Following Sandy's path for a couple weeks, they got the power back on one neighborhood at a time.
They ended their work in New Jersey earlier this week.
"It kind of makes you realize how lucky we are - in our lives and living in New Mexico - we don't have to deal with a lot of stuff like this" said Dettmer.
The crew was happy to help others, but are still grateful to come home to their families.
"I just can't wait to get back there, and give them a hug and see them" said Dettmer.


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1. ELIGIBILITY: The Carrabba's Italian Grill Customer Survey Sweepstakes (the "Sweepstakes") is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico (the "Eligibility Area") who are 18 years of age or older at time of entry. Employees, officers and directors of Bloomin' Brands, Inc. (the "Sponsor"), participating restaurants, their respective franchisees, licensees, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and the immediate family members (spouses, siblings, children, parents, grandparents, grandchildren and spouses of the foregoing, regardless of where they live) or members of the same households (whether related or not) of such individuals are not eligible. Subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void outside of Eligibility Area and where prohibited.
2. TO ENTER: The Sweepstakes begins at 12:01 AM Central Time (CT) on April 1, 2019 and ends at 11:59 PM CT on December 31, 2019 (the "Sweepstakes Period") and consists of nine (9) Entry Periods, one for each month the Sweepstakes is open. Entry Periods begin on the first day of the month and end on the last day of the month.
There are two ways to enter: online and by mail.
Enter online: Access the survey entry page via the website printed on guest checks distributed during the Sweepstakes Period at participating restaurants. You will be asked to respond to several questions regarding your most recent experience at the restaurant, and to provide your name, address, telephone number, email address, and the survey code printed on the guest check. Online entries must be received by Sponsor by 11:59 PM CT on the last day of an Entry Period to be entered in the Sweepstakes and to be eligible for the random drawing applicable to that Entry Period.
Enter by mail: Hand print your name, complete address, telephone number and date of birth on a postcard and mail via first-class mail to: Bloomin' Brands Customer Survey Sweepstakes, PMI Station, PO Box 3586, Southbury, CT 06488-3586. Mail-in entries must be postmarked by the last day of an Entry Period and received by Sponsor no later than the eighth day of the following month to be entered in the Sweepstakes.
There is no limit to the number of times you may enter online or by mail, however each online entry must have a different survey code and each mail-in entry must be mailed separately. For purposes of clarification, as printed receipts will only be generated following a customer experience, all no-purchase entries must be completed via mail as opposed to online; entry via mail is as statistically likely to win as an online entry. It is solely the responsibility of the entrant to notify Sponsor of any changes in the entrant's information subsequent to the date of entry.
3. RANDOM DRAWINGS: nine (9) random drawings will be conducted, each on or about the 10th day of the month following the close of an Entry Period, the first being on May 10, 2019 and the last on January 10, 2020. Entries for any given Entry Period will not be entered or otherwise included in any other Entry Period's drawing. All drawings will be conducted Promotion Mechanics, Inc., an independent judging organization.
4. PRIZES/ODDS OF WINNING: The prizes offered in this Sweepstakes will also be offered to entrants in other versions of the Bloomin' Brands Customer Survey Sweepstakes. Odds of winning for each drawing will be determined by the total number of eligible entries received in this and all other versions of the Bloomin' Brand Customer Survey Sweepstakes.
The following prizes will be awarded in each random drawing:
One (1) Grand Prize consisting of $1,000 cash to be awarded in the form of a check.
Eighty (80) First Prizes, each consisting of a $50 Bloomin' Brands Gift card, subject to its terms and conditions.
Winners will be notified by telephone and/or postal mail. Potential Grand Prize winner will be required to complete an affidavit of eligibility, liability and (where legal) publicity release which must be returned within time period specified in the notification letter or, at Sponsor's sole discretion, a potential winner may be disqualified and if so, an alternate potential winner will be selected. Return of any prize notification or prize as undeliverable may result in forfeiture of the prize, in Sponsor's sole discretion. Limit one prize per person per Entry Period.
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Entries which contain false information, are incomplete, inaccurate or are otherwise forged, defective, or made outside authorized channels, including those which have failed due to malfunction or failure of phones, phone lines, telephone systems or networks, server, providers, computer equipment, software or any combination thereof of any kind, any human error or otherwise, shall be void. Released Parties are not responsible and shall not be liable for: [a] telephone, electronic, hardware or software program, network, Internet or computer malfunctions, failures, or difficulties of any kind, including without limitation, server malfunction or by any error (human or otherwise) which may occur in the processing of entries; [b] failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions; [c] entries which are late, misdirected, unintelligible, garbled or incomplete, or are not recorded or cannot be completed for any reason; [d] late, lost, misdirected, mutilated, incomplete, illegible or postage-due entries or mail; or [e] any condition caused by events that may cause the Sweepstakes to be disrupted or corrupted. If, for any reason whatsoever, this Sweepstakes, in Sponsor's sole opinion, is not capable of running as planned, including, but not limited to, by reason of infection by computer virus, tampering, fraud, technical failures, or any other cause which, in the Sponsor's sole judgment, corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend this Sweepstakes and limit entries to those legitimately submitted prior to the action taken, and/or to award the prizes in such a manner as may be deemed fair and equitable by Sponsor in its sole discretion. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. If due to a printing, technical or other error, or any other reasons cause more than the stated number of prizes, as set forth in these Official Rules, to be available and/or claimed, Sponsor reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes (not yet awarded) by a random drawing from among all legitimate eligible prize claimants in that category. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting an entry via the survey, the entry will be deemed to be submitted by the "authorized account holder" associated with any given telephone number or email account at the time of entry, who must comply with these Official Rules. Potential winners may be required to provide evidence (to the Sponsor's satisfaction) that they are the authorized account holder of the telephone or e-mail address associated with a winning entry. 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Hearings commenced today in the trial of Chiranuch Premchaiporn, executive director of the Thailand-based independent news website Prachatai. She stands accused of 10 different violations of the country's draconian 2007 Computer Crime Act (CCA), each of which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
The case centers on comments posted by users of a Prachatai Web board that authorities have charged were defamatory of the Thai monarchy--a criminal offense under Thai law. Chiranuch has been charged under the CCA's Section 15, which pertains to the liability of online intermediaries, including Internet service providers (ISPs) and webmasters.
I was in attendance to monitor today's proceedings, which featured testimony from prosecution witness Aree Jivorarak, head of the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology's (MICT) IT Regulation Bureau. He read aloud a number of the contested posts in court, some of which made only vague references to an unnamed "father," "mother," and "son," and discussed how his censorship team determined the "intent" of such comments.
Aree said in his testimony that when his office brought the comments to Chiranuch's attention she "immediately" deleted them in her capacity as the Web board's moderator. Chiranuch told CPJ that Prachatai's online forums received thousands of comments daily in 2008--when the alleged CCA violations occurred--and that it was impossible to police instantly every comment that was posted.
Chiranuch's case has put a spotlight on the CCA's many vague and draconian provisions. Before today's hearings, in meetings and seminars, freedom of expression advocates here have argued that the CCA's national security related provisions are ill-defined and by passing liability to intermediaries represents a threat to Internet freedom. (Prachatai suspended all of its online forums in July 2010.)
Under cross-examination at today's trial, Aree admitted that his MICT did not have institutionalized rules and regulations for determining and investigating comment-based computer crimes and that they were typically agreed to by a special committee of officials from different ministries and agencies, including the National Security Council and the military, appointed by the prime minister.
The case is the first to use the CCA's Section 15 against a webmaster. People close to Chiranuch's legal defense point to recent court decisions they believe could work in her favor. On January 31, a Thai court ruled in favor of a woman accused of posting anti-royal messages onto a Prachatai board due to lack of evidence. A similar CCA Section 15 case against another Thai site, Pantip, was thrown out on December 29.
At the same time, Chiranuch's trial is being held amid a vigorous government clampdown on the Internet, with a sharp focus on shutting down materials deemed critical of the monarchy. In a December report, Thailand's iLaw Project said the government ordered 38,868 websites and Web pages blocked in 2010 for publishing anti-royal content. Overall, the government took down 44,000 web addresses, including Prachatai, during 2010, the group said.
Defense witnesses are expected to argue in upcoming hearings that the CCA's Section 15 is out of step with laws governing intermediary liability in many Western countries and that the Thai law applies unreasonable obligations to webmasters. Even if the court asserts that such comparisons aren't relevant to Thailand's particular political, cultural, and legal context, today's prosecution witness testimony highlighted just how arbitrarily the CCA can be applied.
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Bangkok, August 17, 2012--Harsh prison sentences handed down recently to two independent Vietnamese bloggers represent the latest official abuses in a widening crackdown on Internet freedoms in the country, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Dinh Dang Dinh, a former schoolteacher and police officer, and Le Thanh Tung, a former military officer, were sentenced to six and five years in prison, respectively, on anti-state charges for their blog postings that were perceived as critical of the Communist Party-dominated government and its policies, according to international news reports.
Dinh was sentenced on August 8 by a Dak Nong province court for violating the criminal code's Article 88, a vague provision banning propagandizing against the state that is often used to stifle and punish activists, dissidents, and independent bloggers, according to CPJ research. He was charged for articles written and posted between 2007 and 2011, according to news reports.
Dinh had written and posted critical articles on government corruption and a controversial bauxite mining project, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA). First detained in October 2011, the blogger was held in detention until his one-day trial. RFA reported that Dinh's family had come under pressure from the authorities not to publicize his case and had not been informed when his trial would be held.
Tung was convicted by a Hanoi court on August 11 for "propaganda against the state" in a series of blog postings he published between August 2009 and October 2011, according to news reports. The court ruled in a one-hour trial that his articles "distorted the policies of the state and the party" and violated Article 88, the reports said.
Several of his articles advocated for democracy and more political liberalism in Vietnam's authoritarian one-party political system. Tung was also given a subsequent sentence of four years' house arrest, according to news reports. He was first detained in December 2011.
"These arbitrary and harsh sentences underscore the excessive lengths Vietnamese authorities take to suppress freedom of expression on the Internet," said Shawn Crispin, CPJ's Southeast Asia representative. "We call on Vietnam's government to reverse these unjust rulings and to release all online journalists now being held behind bars."
Three other imprisoned bloggers--Nguyen Van Hai, Ta Phong Tan, and Phann Thanh Hai--await trial on anti-state charges in Vietnam, according to news reports. Authorities had earlier announced that the bloggers would stand trial on August 7, but the proceedings were delayed for unknown reasons, the reports said.
CPJ's prison census, conducted on December 1, 2011 showed that Vietnam held nine journalists and bloggers behind bars. Neither Dinh nor Tung was included on that census list.
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Unlike F1, there was actually a three-way competition going into the last race of the season. Matt Kenseth and Kevin Harvick also had a shot at taking home the glory, but they both needed varying degrees of minor miracles to stop Johnson. He only needed a 23rd-place finish to clinch it, and he still came in ninth. Presumably, it was just to rub it in, like all good competitors.
Kenseth, who started on pole, came in 2nd. Denny Hamlin won the race.
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