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best way to recondition Rifa caps after long storage
Hi guys, I have just been given a pile of Rifa PEH169 some 3300u/63v stud mount (about 20) and some 15000u/40v. the 3300 date codes put them at 15 years old, they are unused and appear to be in good nick, but the stated shelf life is 10 years @ 40c, now I know they were kept well packed in a cool but not cold place.
the 15000uf/40v (14 of them) i'm yet to look up the date code (BAO) but these also appear fine and were stored together with the others. I have many things I would love to do with these great caps, not least build an adjustable supply for testing and an F5X, but I do not want to put myself in jeopardy. there datasheet explains to expose them to close to their rated voltage and about double their leakage current for an hour to recondition them before use, is this a good idea at this point? or should I regretfully dispose of them? I suppose the words suck it and see come to mind, try the reconditioning thing and if they survive that unscathed, step up the current a bit using them in a fairly undemanding power supply and again if they survive, use them as intended for the next 70000hrs? your advice and comments are much appreciated it would be a crying shame to throw these away and given they have been stored at 10-20c (probably somewhere 15-20 for the vast majority) well protected and wrapped, i'm probably fine, but thought I would ask just the same Last edited by qusp; 6th December 2010 at 04:20 PM. |
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Old electrolytics can often be re-formed successfully. Just do it gradually. The minimum you need to do this is a DC power supply, a resistor and a voltmeter. There is plenty on the web about this, although much of it is aimed at higher voltages. The principle is the same for lower voltages.
If they have dried out or the film has deteriorated too much then they won't reform. Anyway, give it a try - nothing to lose. |
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thanks yeah thats what I figure, seen the stuff on the net, but thought I would ask 'my people' who may have even had experience specific to these very caps. considering the PEH169 is branded and promoted as an 'ultra long life' electrolytic I figure its about as good a candidate as possible. and since they are branded as such and guaranteed to live 70000hrs in use in much harsher environments than i'll put them through after such a period, they probably cover themselves too.
so i'll be doing just as you say and first winding them up slowly with ~50-55vdc (for the 63v) and a few ma from a resistor and take it from there. will then have to come up with a cooker to do them in batches after that. i've used much older NOS caps and blackgates that must be getting on a bit regularly and they arent designed to last forever like these are. thanks for the advice |
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vegan butter
soy milk
chopped fresh basil
kosher salt & fresh ground pepper
onion & garlic powders
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scallions for garnish
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Wolverine Week: Sabretooth
I don't remember what issue number, or even if it was an X-men or Wolverine comic, but the first story I read featuring Sabretooth had him tusslin' with Wolverine in the snow.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Wolverine Week: The Blob
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Monday, April 27, 2009
Wolverine Week: Fastball Special
Since X-Men Origins: Wolverine is hitting theatres this Friday I've decided, at Laura's suggestion, to devote this entire week to sketches of some of the mutants from the film.
I'm pretty sure Colossus isn't in the movie, but I couldn't resist taking a stab at the ol' "Fastball Special".
Friday, April 24, 2009
ACME Free Comic Book Day: print process
Here are the thumbnail sketches for the print that I mentioned last week for FCBD at Acme Comics.
Next, we have the really rough pencils.
the finished inks...
which would normally be where I'd call it quits, but it was decided early on to add a splash of color on this piece so...
Here are my first few stabs at colors, done with prismacolor markers, as I tried to figure out which bits to color red without it all bleeding together.
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Next, we have the really rough pencils.
the finished inks...
which would normally be where I'd call it quits, but it was decided early on to add a splash of color on this piece so...
Here are my first few stabs at colors, done with prismacolor markers, as I tried to figure out which bits to color red without it all bleeding together.
For the finished piece be sure to come on out to Acme Comics and pick yourself up a copy of the print!
Have a great weekend, folks.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Viking pinup
This pinup will be in Ivan Brandon and Nic Klein's Viking #2.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
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Monday, April 20, 2009
Planet Comicon: El Diablo
Here's my best shot at Jai Nitz, Phil Hester and Ande Parks's most recent incarnation of DC's El Diablo.
El Diablo,
Planet Comicon,
Friday, April 17, 2009
ACME Free Comic Book Day
I'll be attending Free Comic Book Day at Acme Comics in Greensboro, NC on Saturday May 2nd (from 10-7 PM) and am now accepting a very limited number of pre-orders for sketches. I will not be doing these sketches at the store, only on pre-order.
My sketch prices for 2009 are:
$50 for a single character in B&W on 9 x 12 bristol
$75 for two characters (on 1 page) in B&W on 9 x 12 bristol
All sketches will be personalized, no exceptions.
If you know you will be attending Acme's FCBD and would like a sketch please drop me a line, my email address in my profile.
Additionally, prints of the image above will be for sale at the store on FCBD.
Gal Friday,
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
Planet Comicon: Creature from the Black Lagoon
This one was just too much fun. My favorite Universal monster... and one of my top five favorite movie monsters EVER.
Planet Comicon,
Friday, April 10, 2009
Planet Comicon: Hawkeye & Mockingbird
Man. I could draw Mockingbird all day. What a wonderfully simple costume.
Thanks again, Ed.
Have a great weekend, folks.
Planet Comicon,
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Monday, April 06, 2009
Bat-Monday: Nightwing
The above sketch is another one I did for one of the fine gents who work at my LCS, Fantasy Shop. This sketch just happens to be for Scott, one of the hosts of the Comic Dorks Cast.
They just recently did a series of short interviews during Planet Comicon with the likes of Matt Fraction, Jason Aaron, Kevin Mellon, Dennis Hopeless and Alexander Grecian as well as myself. You can give that episode a listen here.
Friday, April 03, 2009
Gal Friday: Power Girl
Well... I did draw a few more sketches at Hurley Con, including a Dorothy from Lost Girls and a Brother Voodoo, but since I didn't get scans of them how 'bout we break things up a bit with another "Gal Friday"?
This Power Girl sketch was done for one of the fine gents who work at my local comic book store, Fantasy Shop.
Speaking of gals, please be sure to drop by Lunchnotes. It's my lovely wife Laura's blog of the notes I draw and stick in her lunch bag each day.
Gal Friday,
Monster Monday. sketches,
Power Girl
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Hurley Con: Conan
Who can't have fun sketching Conan? Not me! Wait... is that a double negative? Crap. Umm. I DID have fun drawing this one though. After I set up my stuff, It was actually my first sketch of the show.
Thanks again, Debbie.
Hurley Con,
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Hurley Con: Deathstroke the Terminator
This was my first crack at drawing Deathstoke. I've always thought he was a great character, and I think I have all but an issue or two of the Deathstroke: the Terminator comic, but I never actually tried to commit him to paper.
Anyway, I wanted to make sure I could draw his crazy mask before I did the requested full-on sketch.
Thanks again, Brian.
Oh, keep an eye out for pranksters today, okay? Nothing good can come of April Fool's Day.
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Casey B. Mulligan had an article published in the New York Times last Wednesday strongly implying that for the current recession, "the decreased employment is explained more by reductions in the supply of labor (the willingness of people to work) and less by the demand for labor (the number of workers that employers need to hire)."
I left a strong critique of his argument in the comments section of the article, and on his blog, here and here. I think these are good responses, and I encourage you to read them later, but first I'd like to go through the basics of this issue and some of the key arguments very clearly and carefully.
Here is what I see as Mulligan's argument, based on his description of it in his New York Times article:
1) If there is a drop in supply of workers (that is, for whatever reason, workers want to work less), then the firms will be short handed, and will have to work the remaining workers harder (less downtime, less sitting around waiting for something to do), and so worker productivity will go up. There will be more goods produced per worker.
We have seen a recent rise in productivity, thus, there is strong evidence that the supply of workers is down, that is people want to work less (at least the way Mulligan wrote his New York Times article, he either intentionally or unintentionally -- and it looks like intentionally to me -- made it really sound like he thought this was strong evidence.)
2) If, on the other hand, there is a drop in demand for companies products, and thus for workers to produce those products (people don't want to work less in this case; it's just many can't find jobs), then the firms will not be short handed. On the contrary, they will have more workers than they need, and so there will be more downtime, more sitting around waiting for something to do, and so worker productivity will go down. There will be less goods produced per worker.
Because we have not seen a recent drop in productivity, instead it's risen, there is strong evidence that it's not the demand for products and workers that's down, rather it's the supply of workers that's down. That is, people want to work less.
And in two previous severe recessions, the 1930's and early 1980's, we did see a drop in productivity, but in this recession we see a rise in productivity (um, what about all of the recessions besides the two Mulligan chose to mention?).
So, that appears to be his argument. I think it's very weak because, for one, there are other very plausible ways productivity can go up in a recession without there being a decrease in workers desire to work. And for two, the other evidence and logic regarding recessions is overwhelmingly against Mulligan's hypothesis that in the current recession unemployment is due mostly to people's desire to work less (see Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman's current book, The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008, for details). This is why the vast majority of top economists don't agree that a decrease in the supply of workers, the desire to work, is the primary reason for the recent high unemployment (for example, see here and here).
In the previous comments I left on Mulligan's blog I gave several reasons why productivity could go up in a recession, but I'd like to go into one of those reasons in a little more detail:
Consider again 1) and 2) above. We have a measuring period for unemployment and productivity, say a quarter, or a year. Now, in that, say, year, suppose there is a decrease in demand for products and thus workers (so it's not that workers want to work less). There will then be two major effects: Effect 1; Immediately, the workers have less to do and so there's more sitting around and less productivity. But, Effect 2: Eventually, some of the workers are let go, and this increases productivity, partly because now there is less sitting around, with more to do per worker, partly because those let go will tend to be the least experienced and productive, and partly because there is now more capital per worker.
Now, if employers are very reluctant to lay off workers, because there is a strong culture of concern for workers and not just the bottom line – a culture like we used to have a lot more of in the 1930s and early 1980s – then for most of the year, or measuring period, we would see much more of effect 1 than effect 2. There'd be a lot more extraneous workers sitting around, and a lot less laying off. With effect 1 dominating, we'd see a productivity drop.
But now let's fast forward to the late 2000s, where there is much less of a culture of concern for workers and much more of a culture of concern for the bottom line. In this culture extraneous workers may not be allowed to sit around with little to do, producing little, for very long at all. They may be swiftly laid off, so that for only a very small portion of the measuring period the company has too many workers, and for the vast majority of the measuring period, it is running lean, with only the most experienced and productive workers remaining, and each having more capital to work with. In this case effect 1 would be small and effect 2 would be large, and productivity would go up.
By contrast, let's again go back in time to the 1930s or early 1980s, where there was much more of a culture of concern for workers and much less of a culture of concern for the bottom line, the extraneous workers may then be allowed to sit around with little to do, producing little, for a long time before managers reluctantly lay them off. They may not be swiftly laid off at all, so that for a very large portion of the measuring period, the company has too many workers. It may only start to get lean at the end of the measuring period, if at all, laying off enough workers so that effect 2 is stronger than effect 1 leaving the firm lean and with only the most experienced and productive workers remaining, each having more capital to work with. In this case – where firms are very reluctant to lay off workers -- effect 1 would be big and effect 2 would be small over the measuring period, and productivity would go down.
Thus, we see one mechanism (and there are others) which could lead to productivity going either way in the face of a decrease in the demand for goods and workers.
A decrease in the demand for goods and workers does not have to lead to a decrease in productivity as Mulligan intones.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Rebutting Mulligan's argument that the rise in unemployment is primarily due to decreased desire to work
Sunday, December 21, 2008
We shouldn't try to just print away the crisis
Tim Duy wrote on Thursday:
The problem, in my mind, is that the rest of the world either refuses or is simply incapable of shouldering some of the burden of global adjustment. This inability to adjust appears to be the end result of almost thirty years of global acceptance and US indifference to external imbalances. Global consumption and production patterns, both spacially and intertemporally, are so misaligned that it looks like we are all now in a race to the bottom together. An amazing global policy failure. So, so depressing.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
We've far from used up all the positive NPV government investments
I was noting that serious pure free market problems like externalities, etc, have long been established in economics (scientific academic, not self-proclaimed), and J. Thomas responded:
One view is that while markets do have their serious intractable problems, government is even worse. I have heard this attributed to the GMU school -- while free markets have insoluble problems which are pretty much guaranteed to lead to disaster, still every other alternative is even worse. So we might as well advocate unfettered free markets despite the evidence.This get's into the "market failure versus government failure" issue, so how to respond? Certainly there's not time, the readers or mine, here and in most situations, to go into the mountain of theoretical and empirical evidence for a great increase in high NPV government investments (and there's tons of them). So what's a good way to explain this briefly?
I think what I came up with is good:
So it's best to have no government spending at all and thus no government at all? Obviously that would devastate national productivity and wealth, with no public police and military, no public schooling, vaccinations, sanitation, etc., etc.For more on this, please see here.
There's a far better alternative to 100% pure free markets, a mixed economy with predominantly free markets, but a great deal of smart regulation and government investment. You greatly over-rate the problems of the government and under-rate the problems of the pure free market.
Let me put it this way:
The next time there's a bill to spend billions on basic scientific research into quantum computers, or basic scientific research related to solar, or on universal preschool, or decoding cancer genes and placing the results freely on the internet, so every scientist in the world can use them, rather than the tiny fraction who could if they were decoded by a private company and kept secret from competitors (you can't practically patent and widely sell this), the next time there's a bill for the government to spend billions on these things, will you oppose it, preferring that the billions instead go to tax cuts for the rich, so instead of the above things we get more and bigger yachts and mansions, and predominantly close to zero-sum-game prestige arms race goods?
If half the government investment money is flushed down the toilet (and nowhere near that fraction will be wasted relative to the waste of a typical private business -- in a Democratic administration that wants to do government well and believes in thinking and competence), the other half that's spent on these things will still provide massively greater growth and total societal utility over the long run.


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It's hard to wrap your head around the oil hub in Cushing, Oklahoma.
Much of the pipeline infrastructure is underground, and what is visible is as expansive as it is unrevealing: Hulking, featureless cylinders in fenced-off fields. Thick steel obscures valuable oil storage and transport data, forcing traders to spy on the vast tankscape with satellites, sensors and infrared cameras.
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Hi All! I've been a BMW guy since the late '80s, when I fell in love with the M6. Sadly, I was but a teen, and I couldn't find my way into one. The First One After years of saving, I sold my VW GTI 16v, and picked up a 1990 325is. Over the years, I updated the wheels to a 5 spoke setup, and put a custom Denon sound system into the car. I moved myself to Prescott, Arizona a few months later, where I enjoyed myself for countless hours going up and down Hwy 89/89A. The twisties on this road are phenomenal, and the 325 handled them beautifully! A few years later I moved to NY, where I managed to get stuck in the snow frequently. I endeavored and ultimately succeeded at getting myself back to Arizona. Sadly, 10 years and 140K miles into owning the car, my now ex-wife insisted I sell it and "allowed" me to purchase a Honda Civic SI. This was a passable car, but the driving experience suffered for it. In all, I drove across the US 2x with the car. I replaced the steering rack twice, had a clutch fail, replaced the passenger door (someone hit it), the moonroof (rust), the oil pan (twice - long story), and the A/C compressor. Aside from that, basic maintenance was all it needed. I miss that car... The Dark Years I spent a number of years, too many if you ask me, driving other cars. First was the aforementioned Civic SI. We didn't stay together for too long - it got stolen 3 months after I bought it. Next I owned 2 Acura TLs. Not a bad car, but hopelessly soul-less and uninspiring to drive. Never again. Enter the 5 I managed to find my way (i.e. convince my then wife) into a 2 yr old 545i. I was back in a Bimmer! I enjoyed every moment I was in that car. Sadly, In the 4 years I owned it, it was at the dealer for almost 12 months. I had problems with almost everything in the car - check engine light always coming on, emissions warnings, replaced transmission, electric windows inop, moonroof inop, DSC failures, Active Steering failures, the iDrive computer was replaced 3x. I sold that car as I was getting divorced, seriously disillusioned with BMW. While I loved the car, owning it was a seriously stressful and disappointing experience. M stands for Freedom! I walked out of the courtroom in April, 2011, free from the confines of my previous marriage and need of a new car. Knowing the outcome of the financial portions of the legal wrangling, I did some calculations, and decided I could afford a "freedom gift" for myself - a new 2011 M3. I drove off the lot with my new Silverstone M3 Sedan 4 hours after I left the courtroom. You should've seen the look on my ex's face when she saw the car. Priceless! Today I live in North Scottsdale, Arizona. I mostly use the M3 as a commuter, but every now and again I get to make a run up the Beeline Hwy to Payson. It's such fun to take this car on a good, high-speed run through the twisties! Someday, I will make it to the track...
Excellent story, I love it! Divorces really bring out the best in people! I had a similar experience after my divorce, but it was more my ex catching me smooching on the new guy in the parking lot. Oh well, they are exes for a reason. Enjoy your new ride, I know I do!
That was my laugh of the day... Welcome to the club and glad you're back in a bimmer (& such a sweet one at that!)
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We know that Motorola is gearing up to unleash the Moto X, but that's not the only device that the Google subsidiary is preparing to unveil this summer. In addition to a low-cost smartphone codenamed DFX, which is aimed at developing markets, Motorola is also continuing its collaboration with Verizon for the Droid line.
Previous leaks suggested that Moto and Verizon have in the pipeline the Droid Ultra, Droid Ultra Maxx, and Droid Ultra M. Now @evleaks, the prolific purveyor of inside info, came back and clarified that the actual names of the devices are going to be Droid Ultra, Droid Maxx, and Droid Mini.
To clarify: DROID Ultra=XT1080, DROID MAXX=XT1080M, DROID Mini=XT1030, and Moto X=XT1060
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In addition, @evleaks also supplied what may be the first image of the Droid Maxx:
Looking at the render, which, according to Android Police, @evleaks thinks is final, it seems that the new line of Droids will not be a major departure from Verizon's devices from last year. We're looking at the same Kevlar back, with the aggressive, industrial look that we've come to expect from Droid devices. The device features capacitive keys, which is odd, considering that Motorola used onscreen buttons for the Droid Razr Maxx HD, and that Google, the corporate overlord of the company, strongly favors onscreen buttons over capacitive or physical buttons.
Also interesting is the conspicuous absence of Motorola's or Verizon's logos. After the HTC One, the Droid Maxx would be the second upcoming device that leaks without a prominent Verizon logo. Did Big Red change its stance on liberally applied logos? We can only hope.
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February 4, 2010
Are You a Published Author? Now You Can Tell the World!
Hey, Published Authors: Feeling artistically discouraged? Critically devalued? Culturally marginalized? Alternatively, are you just so full of self-admiration and self-confidence that you could absolutely pop?
A Customized Author Plaque from ZLS Publishing ("The Authorpreneurial Publisher") might be just the thing.
That's right, writers. You can get your book cover laminated onto a wooden plaque, along with "engraving options" such as "Bestselling Author – 5,000+ Books Sold + your name," or "Author Extrordinnaire [sic] -100+ Books Sold + your name." (Talk about faint praise!) The plaques come in a range of colors (white, black, blue, etc.) and a variety of sizes, from dainty to hefty.
Just imagine the many uses to which you could put your plaque! If you can't, ZLS suggests:
1) To be used and shown during your book signings.
2) Picture of your plaque to be placed on your website.
3) To give as Holiday gifts to authors or family members you know.
4) To be used and shown during your speaking engagements.
5) Use as part of your overall book marketing package.
And the cost? A mere $125 for the dainty size, and a somewhat heftier $325 for the hefty size, plus a few dollars extra for engraving.
(ZLS also sells Customized Author Shopping Tote Bags, Customized Author Pencils, and Customized Book Signing Author Balloons. And if the demise of Poetry.com has you missing those offers to put your poem on a plaque, ZLS can help.)
So if the vanity shelf in your office with all your titles ranged upon it isn't quite enough to sustain your self-confidence, or if your self-promotional arsenal is lacking that certain je ne sais quoi, or if you just want to say it loud, you're a Published Author and you're proud...you can now go plaque yourself.
44 comments :
- Writer and Cat said...
Those would make funny gifts, but only if I take a friend's book cover, glue it to some plywood, and paint polyurethane over the whole thing myself. That would really add the personal touch!
- Matt said...
I buy similar plaques for all sorts of random things at my work (retirement, so-and-so of the year, etc.) and the prices these guys are charging are outrageous. If you really, really want something silly like that, you should call around to your local trophy shops.
- Creative Writing Topics said...
That's hilarious. I especially love the creative spelling of "extraordinaire."
- steeleweed said...
If I win the lottery I'll selfpublish and buy hundreds of these things to airdrop over the next convention of publishers/authors/agents/literati.
- Deb Salisbury said...
ROFL! Even the price is silly.
- catdownunder said...
Maybe my 87yr old father could start a new business? He has enough timber in the shed - and I think he could do it for less than this! Do you think they would welcome the competition? :-)
- Jane Smith said...
I want to be a Writer Extraordinnaire too.
Lordy. - 2/04/2010 3:54 PM
- Puppetmaker said...
You know that Modge Podge is a wonderful thing for this sort of project.
I ran it by an owner of a local trophy shop that I know and he said he could go 1/2 price on that and still make a tidy profit.
Kath O David - 2/04/2010 3:55 PM
- Tam said...
Wowsers! Have ordered six - is there a loyalty scheme, do you think?
- Marisa Birns said...
What! Everyone commenting is laughing and saying it's a JOKE?
Oh. *puts back the $325 worth of pennies in purse* - 2/04/2010 4:11 PM
- Andra M. said...
Wow. That takes narcissism to a whole new level.
Okay, I admit I say that because narcissism is one of my favorite words.
I'm with those before me; it would make a great gag gift, but not for that price.
There will be plenty who will dish out the cash, but it only proves the old saying: A fool and his money are soon parted. - 2/04/2010 4:21 PM
- S.M. Carrière said...
Ah hah hah hah ha!
That is all. - 2/04/2010 4:40 PM
- G said...
Where do you find these?
This is so freakin' hilarious. Maybe I should be a few to give as mandatory necessities to all new government employees. - 2/04/2010 5:05 PM
- Jill said...
Good grief! How tacky, exploitative, shamelessly self-interested... and worst of all, poorly spelled!!
I'd eat my shoes before buying such a plack (sic). - 2/04/2010 5:32 PM
- Sir Otter said...
I've seen better plaque on a dog's teeth.
- Dave Felton said...
Just starting my day (7:00am) and got distracted by the web (as ever). So glad I did!
That site and this post put a smile on my face to start the day. :) - 2/05/2010 2:02 AM
- Lee Ee Leen said...
its like sitting on the roof of your house and yelling through a megaphone
- Katrina S. Forest said...
It never ceases to amaze me how vanity presses offer all sorts of junk that I could easily buy somewhere else for a fraction of the price.
- Levi Montgomery said...
I spent a couple of minutes perusing their Website Extrordinnaire, thinking "Hmm, these people seriously need the services of a web design firm." Then it hit me. They offer web design services. And every bit as nice as the plaques, no doubt.
- Linda Armstrong said...
LOL!!! What a hoot! A nice detail to insert into a scene--says everything about a character (winks)
- December/Stacia said...
Oh, if only these weren't so expensive, I would totally buy these as gag gifts for all my "Author Extrordinnaire" friends.
Man. I've got 10,000 books sold. And I'm a "bestselling author"?
This is the first faint inkling I've ever had of it. - 2/05/2010 3:43 PM
- LTBROWN said...
I got a much better deal here at home. But thanks.
- Isis McGowan said...
Those would make funny gifts, but only if I take a friend's book cover, glue it to some plywood, and paint polyurethane over the whole thing myself. That would really add the personal touch!
How about just lighting it on FIRE afterwards for a 4th of July picnic pranks? :0) - 2/07/2010 9:43 AM
- behlerblog said...
That is the funniest dang thing I've read since rolling out of bed this morning. Personally, I'd rather have my royalty statement pinned to my bulletin board where it says "10,000 copies sold."
- Karen Packard Rhodes said...
It just boggles the mind. - 2/09/2010 11:22 AM
- Deb said...
This is worthy of the Fail Blog.
We create tee shirts, an author buddy and I, with your cover on it or whatever (spelled correctly) and they're a heck of a lot cheaper. - 2/09/2010 6:27 PM
- fiona glass said...
Good grief. So I can pay $125 for a plaque, take a photo of it, photoshop the photo, upload the photo onto my website...
Or I can just use the cover art.
Hmm. Difficult decision, that one. - 2/13/2010 3:32 PM
- zls publishing said...
First of all, we are not a vanity press so if you're going to call us out do it right. You don't have to like what we do or our business model but it works for us. By the way, we have an award for you: Attention seeker of the blogging world! and it'll cost you nothing. Lol! Thank you for the attention, we very much appreciate it!
www.zlspublishing.com - 3/01/2010 12:10 AM
- ZLS Publishing said...
The idea came from a series of suggestions requested by local authors who saw that businesses we were working with were getting their newspaper or newsletter articles laminated into a plaque and wanted us to do the same for them. We decided to honor their request and also thought it would be a good idea to offer it to everyone. The plaque is a pretty big size which is where the price comes from. We listen to our customers. That is the first rule of customer service and so we honor that. For those who have made the request for these plaques and got them they were satisfied with them. Call us whatever you want, jump to whatever conclusion you want, but we will always listen to our customer first. They approached us and we honored their request.
ZLS Publishing
www.zlspublishing.com - 3/01/2010 3:01 AM
- Stroppy Author said...
Good grief!
Einstein had an area of his office which he called his 'boasting corner' in which he stored all his awards, including his Nobel prize. He was not keen on that kind of stuff, and dumped it all together so that people didn't have to look at it unless they went out of their way to do so. A much better plan.
Why on Earth would you boast that your book had sold only 100 copies?!?! - 3/01/2010 3:02 AM
Thank you ZLS for your explanation. While, I'm not sure if it would be something that I would want to do, I'm sure there are others who would.
You can't be all things to all people and you will take the heat for doing things a bit different. I agree with Stroppy Author about wanting to blast that you've sold 100 books, but I see it on the message boards all the time with writers posting just this. Those are for writers who want to boast to their friends and family that they sold a book.
Good luck in your company and I wish you nothing but the publishing best. I will definitely be paying attention to your company. - 3/01/2010 4:11 AM
Yes, I'd have to agree with both Vanessa as well as StroppyAuthor that I personally wouldn't do it, but we can't get mad at them for doing it. It seems to be a service that writers are asking for and unless we've seen what the plaques look like, picking at ZLS may not be fair. Taking a look at the store, I see that it looks like they are offering other things such as customized stuff for authors that they can use for things like bookfairs. Listen, I feel like this, it's creative, it's different, if it's a strategy that helps get the author known or they just want to have something else to be proud of, I'm all for it. Based on the definition that I've seen on this blog about Vanity Presses I wouldn't call it that based on the definition. Different than what you and I would do-Yes but that's the world of books!
LOL! Maybe Stroppy Author these writers want as Einstein has a "bragging corner." Who are we to say that they couldn't and shouldn't have one. I don't see anything vanity about it. It's in a store for goodness sakes! Seriously!I don't see anything on their website that compares them to AuthorHouse, Publish America or the other Vanities here. We are picking on a publisher who SELLS stuff in their STORE! It's not a service, it's in a store! Wow, are we really that bored and don't have anyone else to pick on. Wow! I've been a follower of this blog for awhile, but I think it's starting to lose its touch. Wow!
- Nicola Morgan said...
But it's a BIG plaque so that's ok!! And obviously, it's not vanity to pay for your own plaque saying how great you are....
- Jane Smith said...
Oh, well then, if it's a BIG plaque I'm all for it. It's only mean little plaques I don't like.
Oh, and vanity presses which make writers pay to be published and then pretend that they're not vanity presses at all. I don't like those either. - 3/01/2010 7:29 AM
Maybe I'm having a slow moment but I don't see how you guys and ladies view this company as a vanity publisher. It just sounds like haters talking. I took a good look at their website and I don't see it. I mean, I actually went through every page including the blog and I don't see what you see. Oh well, I guess this is the price this company pays for putting their customers first.
Good luck ZLS - 3/01/2010 8:49 AM
- Victoria Strauss said...
Hmmmm. A sudden influx of ZLS-positive comments just after ZLS itself makes an appearance...could it be a coincidence? Somehow, I don't think so.
ZLS, Vanessa, Michael, and Malika, you might want to actually read my post before reacting to what you think I said. - 3/01/2010 11:59 AM
- ZLS Publishing said...
You find it interesting that people will jump to my defense, okay, well I find it just as interesting that people will jump on your bandwagon.
I did read your post and your post seemed to be making an accusation that my company was a vanity press, which it is not. The responses given by some individuals seemed to have also read it that way.
It's cool, I take no issue with you or your blog. Although, I will defend my company as I need to. My first line of business is the customer. We provide them with what they ask for to the best of our ability. What we do may not work for some, but for those who utilize us it works for them. Like I stated earlier, we got the request and honored it. Due to the fact that we chose to follow the first rule of customer service we get attacked for it. It's cool though, it's what happens when you do business. We aren't everything for all people but then again no business is.
Have a great day! - 3/01/2010 3:25 PM
- catdownunder said...
I went and looked at ZLS out of curiosity. I think my reading comprehension is pretty good for a cat. My whiskers started to twitch irritably before the end of the first line. My tail flicked at the words on the right hand side of the page. By the end of the page my fur was on end. Funny thing that, on returning here, I cannot click my claw onto a little blue bit that says "Vanessa", "Michael Schantose" or "Malika Joseph". I wonder who they are?
Who I am is my name-Malika Joseph anything else is of no real importance. What is important is my opinion. I have no personal relationship with ZLS, nor have I done any business with them but I have an opinion just like you do and so I'm going to voice it. I don't have to reveal anything else besides myself if I choose not to and I don't owe anyone any explanation why.
It's okay for individuals like you to gang up on or voice your opinion on a publisher but when someone disagrees with you then you want to try to attact them. I don't see how it is nothing more than catty behavior.
The fact is that I am a fan of this blog and have been visiting it for awhile. I've read the blogs and have gotten many tips from here and most I will agree with, this one I don't happen to. I took a look at the website of ZLS and it says that they do both Traditional and Self-Publishing. I'm not making that up, it's on their website. When I scroll through their Portfolio page, I see a list of authors and schools they are dealing with under their Traditional Website portfolio page. I scroll to their Self-Publishing page and I get an under construction page. I scroll to their Self-Publishing services and I see that it says there is no fee to the author and in fact they are giving the author things. So, I, like Vanessa am a little confused here, how are they a Vanity Self Publisher. Also, their products are sold in a store. Maybe my view of business is screwed but having a store with products is not just providing a service but a product line behind them. It's in their store where it's optional to purchase, just as it's optional to go to Walmart.
Again, I'm entitled to my opinion. You don't have to like it but I would appreciate it if you don't start trying to disrespect me because you can't know more about me or just because you don't agree with me. You may not have meant it in any harm but that's the way I took it and that isn't beneficial to either one of us. - 3/01/2010 7:41 PM
- catdownunder said...
Purrhaps I am rather more cautious than the average cat?
As a cat I would much prefurr to trust a human who was prepared to pay me in tins of tuna and work through the human who opens those tins of tuna for me - the human you humans call an agent.
I will also leave it up to someone else to announce it to the world if someone likes my carefully arranged cat hairs enough to pay for them. - 3/01/2010 8:19 PM
- Victoria Strauss said...
Malika said,
So, I, like Vanessa am a little confused here, how are they a Vanity Self Publisher.
I just re-read my post, and all the comments. Apart from ZLS and its three defenders, exactly one person has made reference to vanity publishing.
So I guess I'm a little confused here, as to why you appear to be so determined to make an issue out of a non-issue. It sort of smacks of defensiveness. - 3/01/2010 8:26 PM
It's a shame how this conversation went in a direction all it's own. The way I see it, it was meant to poke fun at some of the request that authors make. I personally think it was a great post. It brought attention to ZLS and we all got to laugh at things such as the price and the silliness of these authors. I mean, we see it all the time, authors asking for strange things and doing strange things all in the name of publishing. You can walk around the BEA to see some of this. Personally, I'm not mad at them (the writers or ZLS) The book publishing industry is a rough business and in order to do well, you must be able to think outside of the box. If Hallmark can do it, why can't ZLS. Thank you Victoria for posting this great and funny post! Thank you for ZLS for having this great service! I think I might go and purchase me one, just for the heck of it. LOL!
Again-Thank you Victoria for continuing to do the wonderful job that you do. Thank you ZLS's for choosing to be different. Now, can we all just get along!
TELL THE WORLD! TELL THE WORLD! TELL THE WORLD YOU ARE AN AUTHOR! SAY IT LOUD! SAY IT PROUD! I AM A PUBLISHED AUTHOR! Lol! - 3/01/2010 8:57 PM


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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Ghost Dog, Me!
Sailor here.
I am still Mom's ghost dog. And it's fun!
I heard her tell Aunt Judy that Jib has stepped into my shoes, and I went to check it out. But, really Mom, I don't HAVE shoes. I don't even have feet!
But Jib is doing some of my job. He is now the Fun Police. Especially when Kite and Banner are chasing and barking and pouncing on each other.
And Kite has really grown up! You should see him! He almost looks like a dog now. But he still has puppy mind and adolescent nose and is brainless most of the time now. I was NEVER brainless.
Jib now sticks close to Mom, so close that she sometimes runs into him. Then she says, "Ooph!" and stumbles and Jib dances away and apologizes.
So I tried sticking close to Mom, too, and guess what? MOM WALKS RIGHT THROUGH ME! She doesn't Ooph or stumble or anything. She just goes right through me. And it doesn't hurt. And I can walk right through her, too. And Jib. And Kite. It's fun!
But there are things Jibby can't do. He can't make Mom's tears stop the way I could. He can't bark at the mailman the way I could. He can't say Good Night to Mom in the same way.
But he's learning.
And Zoe, well, she's running the Iditarod now, so she's really busy. She sent me pictures and she is lead dog and bossy dog and fast dog and best dog. She says she will lead the winning team under the burl arch in Nome, just wait and see. The only thing she misses is the fish snacks. She says she doesn't have teeth any more or a throat or stomach, so fish are pretty much for the living huskies on the trail. But she is finally doing what she always dreamed about: running The Last Great Race.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Jib here.
Mom wrote another poem for Sailor. She is still sad, but I am helping her be not so sad.
She says, "Zorba danced. I write."
Mom wrote another poem for Sailor. She is still sad, but I am helping her be not so sad.
She says, "Zorba danced. I write."
Only his shadow remains.
The shadow of a bark
Echoing in my ear
As the sun reaches toward twilight;
The shadow of a breeze
Swirling in my hand,
Cold nose on a warm
The shadow of the grass
Rippling across the field
As my ghost dog runs by.
The splash in the water bowl,
The click of toenails,
The scent of wet fur -
Mere shadows all
But here,
Never gone.
Monday, November 12, 2012
(Don't) Go Fly a Kite (Ears)
Jib here.
Kite is having ear woes.
I had ear woes, and after a year and a half, Mom gave up.
But Mom says she can't give up on Kite. Mom says at some point, he's supposed to get all dressed up and go into the conformation ring and run around in circles and stare at cheese. And he needs tipped ears for that.
Does he need tipped ears to hear Mom call him to Front from 50 feet away?
Does he need tipped ears to hear Mom say, "Find Mine" when he's doing Articles?
Does he need tipped ears to hear Mom tell him to Drop when he runs to her on a recall?
Does he need tipped ears for that? And that? And that?
I don't think so.
But Mom isn't going to give up.
So to spare little Kite a world of glue and bother, let's all chant:
Tip, ears, tip!
Thursday, November 1, 2012
I'm Going Home
Sailor here.
I'm going home. Mom told me a long time ago that if I were too lonely without her, I could come back to Earth as her ghost dog.
I am not lonely, but Mom is. She is sad.
So I am going home to be her ghost dog until she smiles again.
I will run next to her and she will see the grass ripple as I run by. She will feel the fleeting touch of my nose in her hand. She will hear the echo of my greeting. I will leap and bark and she will feel the whisper of my paws on her shoulders.
She will smile.
Then I can be happy.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Nothing Has Changed
Sailor here.
Zoe had a sleepover last night.She didn't go back North. She stayed here to play with me.
Nothing has changed.
She still tries to bully me.
I still tell her off.
Then she laughs and runs in circles.
I herd her.
I laugh and herd her some more.
Zoe, how about a snack?
Zoe had a sleepover last night.She didn't go back North. She stayed here to play with me.
Nothing has changed.
She still tries to bully me.
I still tell her off.
Then she laughs and runs in circles.
I herd her.
I laugh and herd her some more.
Zoe, how about a snack?
Friday, October 19, 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2012
SAILOR (November 13,1998 to October 18, 2012)
From Sailor's Mom:
Sailor, you turn toward me in the sun and your coat shines before my eyes, gold as the first rays of dawn, red as the sunset. You are my sun, my warmth.
Sailor, you turn toward me in the sun and your coat shines before my eyes, gold as the first rays of dawn, red as the sunset. You are my sun, my warmth.
Your ruff glows white as that perfect cloud on that perfect
summer day. You are my cloud. You are my sky.
Your eyes are the deep brown of the earth, glinting with
mischief, alive with happiness. You are
the earth, soft and rich. You are the
soil from which my love grows.
You are my happiness.
You are my light. You are my life.
Your love sweeps across my sky, across my earth, across my
heart, shimmering, beautiful.
You looked up at me this last time, grateful, adoring. There is no sadness in your eyes, no
regret. I see peace. I see love.
There are rainbows in your eyes.
And some day when my pain has faded to a whisper, I will
smile with memories of you
and fill my heart with all the colors of the dawn, of the
sunset, of the earth, of the sky.
Sailor, you and I will walk together always in the
shadow of the Rainbow.
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Texas school district closes $60 million football stadium
Published 10:57 am, Tuesday, May 20, 2014
A North Texas high school's $60 million stadium that has been shut down since February amid structural flaws will remain closed through the fall football season.
The Allen Independent School District on Tuesday announced consulting engineers found "significant" structural problems at Eagle Stadium.
The decision, first reported by The Dallas Morning News (http://bit.ly/1giaeHm ), says Allen High School home games will be played in neighboring Plano.
Officials with the designer, PBK Architects Inc., and Pogue Construction on Monday said they're committed to correcting the problems.
Superintendent Lance Hindt says an updated interim engineering report from consultants hired by the district found design deficiencies in the elevated concourse and building codes not met.
The 18,000-seat stadium opened in 2012 but was closed in late February after cracks were discovered in the concourse.


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Simply Elegant Evaluation: Sometimes Less is More
Tuesday, January 19th, 2016Exhibiting at conferences has been a mainstay of outreach for the staffs of the eight regional offices for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM). You may have seen GMR staff at your state or health sciences library conference or the Midwest Chapter Medical Library association annual fall conference. If you were at the 2015 Chapter meeting in Louisville, KY, perhaps you answered a few questions about why you stopped at the GMR booth.
The NN/LM Outreach Evaluation Resource Center (OERC), who helped develop the point-of-contact questionnaire used at the booth, has posted a blog article on the development of and results from the Quick Tap Survey administered at the GMR booth. Follow this link to find out what we learned: http://nnlm.gov/evaluation/blog/2016/01/15/simply-elegant-evaluation-gmrs-pilot-assessment-of-a-chapter-exhibit/.


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A place where i can have fun and share my ideas and learn from others. I love comments.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
New Cartridge
I just got my Tags,Bags,Boxes,& More2 cartridge and had to play with it. The butterfly is from MS punch. I think i am gonna really like this cartridge!!!
2 comments:
- Tami B. said...
Cute, cute, cute!
I'm gonna love mine too if/when I ever get it;) - March 2, 2012 at 8:22 AM
- UnikeByYes said...
This cart is on top of my wish list - should I say my never ending wish list, LOL! TFS. It is a great project, love the patterned paper for the butterfly and the color of the tulle.
Have a fantastic day!
Liz - March 2, 2012 at 11:58 AM
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Extra Stout BerSim
Russian Imperial Stout • All Grain • 27 L
Хорошо поцелуй России
May 10, 2014 at 09:14pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 27 L)
- 2.26 kg
Maris Otter Malt; Bairds Malt
Maris Otter Malt; Bairds Malt
Maris Otter is a British barley malt variety known for producing beers with a full malty flavor.
- 2.26 kg
Canadian 6-Row Malt; Canada Malting
Canadian 6-Row Malt; Canada Malting
The preferred base malt of large North American brewers due to its larger husk content which is ideal for use in conjunction with adjuncts. Also an excellent base malt for use in wheat beer production.
- 2.26 kg
Canadian 2-Row Malt; Canada Malting
Canadian 2-Row Malt; Canada Malting
Traditional, premium grade 2-Row malt made from the finest Canadian barley malt varieties. This malt is a suitable base for all beer styles.
- 0.58 kg
Roast Barley; Bairds Malt
Roast Barley; Bairds Malt
This product is used in the production of dry or bitter Stouts and other dark beers, or for the careful adjustment of Pilsen beer colours. A different, slower roasting temperature profile is used but the final temperature is 220°C or even higher, which is achieved by allowing the exothermic roasting reactions to continue after turning off the heat source. The reaction is stopped by quenching with water. Because of the high temperature at the end, colour pick-up at this stage is very rapid and extreme care is needed to prevent carbonisation. Because the roasting process is slightly different from that used for Roast malt and a higher final temperature is used, the balance of pyrazines to pyrroles is different, with there being more pyrazines present in this product. This leads to a more bitter flavour and the use of the material in the so-called bitter Stouts. With extreme care it can also be used to colour and flavour Lager beers, but the quantities used are very small, certainly no more than 2 or 3 Kg in 1 tonne of grist.
- 0.31 kg
Black Malt; Bairds Malt
Black Malt; Bairds Malt
This product is used in the production of Porters and sweet Stouts. The flavour is sharp and somewhat acrid. A great deal of care is needed in the use of this material because of its intense colour and flavour. Manufacture is similar to Amber malt but higher final temperatures are used. Flavour again is due to pyrazines and pyrroles.
- 0.76 kg
CaraMalt; Thomas Fawcett
CaraMalt; Thomas Fawcett
Lager colour and flavour adjustment.
- 0.46 kg
Cara-Pils® Malt; Briess
Cara-Pils® Malt; Briess
Characteristics & Applications: • The endosperm is completely glassy and will appear to be darker than standard Brewers Malt. • Carapils® is a very unique dextrine-style malt that adds body, foam retention, and beer stability without influencing color or flavor. • Use to upgrade all types of beer, including light colored beers. • The non-fermentables in Carapils® are very advantageous in balancing body and flavor of dark colored beers. • May be used with or without other specialty malts. • Low usage of 1-5% will help achieve desired results. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.
- 0.22 kg
Pale Chocolate Malt; Thomas Fawcett
Pale Chocolate Malt; Thomas Fawcett
Roasted coffee flavor.
- 0.16 kg
Chocolate Malt; Bairds Malt
Chocolate Malt; Bairds Malt
This product is used in the production of Porters and sweet Stouts. The flavour is sharp and somewhat acrid. A great deal of care is needed in the use of this material because of its intense colour and flavour. Manufacture is similar to Amber malt but higher final temperatures are used. Flavour again is due to pyrazines and pyrroles.
- 0.51 kg
Oats Flaked
Oats Flaked
Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.
- 0.46 kg
Barley Flaked
Barley Flaked
Helps head retention, imparts creamy smoothness. For porters and stouts.
- 0.51 kg
Wheat Flaked
Wheat Flaked
Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.
- 0.24 kg
Dark Brown Sugar
Dark Brown Sugar
Imparts rich, sweet flavor. Use in Scottish ales, old ales and holiday beers.
- 0.23 kg
Imparts strong sweet flavor. Use in stouts and porters.
- 56 g
Target - 10.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Used for its robust bittering ability in British ales and lagers. Aroma is quite intense
- 10 g
East Kent Goldings - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
East Kent Goldings
Mild, slightly flowery.
- 10 g
Styrian Goldings - 6.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Styrian Goldings
Mild, pleasant.
- 300 g
Cocoa Powder - @ 15 mins (omitted from calculations)
Cocoa Powder
Cocoa powder is made when chocolate liquor is pressed to remove three quarters of its cocoa butter. The remaining cocoa solids are processed to make fine unsweetened cocoa powder.Tastes very bitter and gives a deep chocolate flavor.
- 60 g
Coffee (grounds) - @ 15 mins (omitted from calculations)
Coffee (grounds)
From the arabica plant. Beans are usually roasted and have a strong distinct bitter flavor. They are then ground and hot water is used to "steep" the unigue oils out of the grounds.
- 60 g
Orange Peel (dried) - @ 20 mins (omitted from calculations)
Orange Peel (dried)
Has a fragrantt sweet odor and a subtle mild sweetness. One medium orange has about 3 tablespoons of grated peel.
Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale™
Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale™
Slight residual diacetyl and fruitiness; great for stouts. Clean, smooth, soft and full-bodied.
Empâtage: 122ºF pour 30 minutes 158ºF pour 30 minutes 168ºF pour 10 minutes
Style (BJCP)
Category: 13 - Stout
Subcategory: F - Russian Imperial Stout
Range for this Style | |||
Original Gravity: | 1.091 | 1.075 - 1.115 | |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.022 | 1.018 - 1.030 | |
Color: | 37.6 SRM | 30 - 40 | |
Alcohol: | 9.2% ABV | 8% - 12% | |
Bitterness: | 69.0 IBU | 50 - 90 |


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