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Buying / Selling UM tickets thread with spreadsheet
Buying / Selling UM tickets thread with spreadsheet
[UPDATE 8/26/2014 from Seth:]
While the ticket spreadsheet was awesome for its time, we've known for some time that it's subject to abuse, and more likely to be damaged the more our community has grown. We've been on the lookout for some way to add a layer of security that's still free on both ends. Now we have that!
Go here: http://www.tiqiq.com/sellerdirect and sign in with your Facebook account. Then list your tickets, put MGoBlog somewhere in your description if you like, then copy the link to your tickets and paste on the spreadsheet.
Nobody's forced to use that system. This is just a protection for sellers so their price can't be changed, and for buyers so they know they're dealing with a real human with a name and pictures of their cat.
To go along with the 'more informative headlines' theme, this thread will hopefully get set as a sticky. I have made a spreadsheet listing all people selling and looking for tickets.. http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Avnckx2kNv9GdGVPQXBQMDZQdFJ4RTJ… Basketball season is here.. I've started up a new sheet in the document for basketball. Ive made the permissions open to anyone to edit, so we'll try the trust method for a while until someone abuses. Feel free to post what you are looking for or selling. If it gets abused, I'll go back to the method of requiring someone to email me and then posting.


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Hospitals Listening to Patients on Social Media
Hospitals are turning to social media to engage patients and improve the patient experience, which is by its nature often frightening and unpleasant. WSJ's Laura Landro and virtual advisor Jim Burrows join Lunch Break with details. Photo: Getty Images.
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... I ... the churning social media to recruit me out patients and families and the advisers now it's a bit to help create new services fix problems ... and should also protect insurance reimbursement rates are informed patient columnist ... Laura Landro joins us as well as Jim borrows his service excellence director Anthony Morris Children's Hospital thank so much to both of you for being here lar I wanna start with you what some of the main problems ... that hospitals are hoping their patients can help them come back ... by the neck wouldn't put the advisor ... it's all the is just the idea that patients and families need to be engaged in care they can get feedback and then you're basically missing out on a lot ... of things you may notice now Medicare even spare time to patient satisfaction a lot of this ... is not only teaching families but also thinking about reimbursement down the line for some hospitals ... and I think also he's been around for years to eliminate Bihani to the Advisory Council to people that can be in favor of the conference table ... and eighty eight was a month and it's getting harder for people to be present ... so I think the idea I can use social media was anybody not to cast a much wider net ... and get in and he advised said in an Internet analyst ... Jim why he decide first leg of the common advisor anymore ... well about six years ago my daughter Amanda was born with CC near significant cardiac ... issues and within hours of her for ... she was in the know are for ... one of her six ... open heart surgeries are ... and the way that we are treated here at Nemours was unbelievable I really wanted to get back ... and wait to get him back the best of my ability was to use the experience to try to help make things better for other families I have this ... beautiful reminder of home love of the special ness of the people here ... so I did get to see him back ... very very personal for you obviously I'm wondering how you think ... social media ... has been that good to have it hasn't been the conduit for this kind of discussion ... it has been pressing for more were still new in this journey but ... the thinking behind this one was exactly is Lahrs said on members of the council we all went ... to the arrest last weekend during the day touring with how ... but there is significant population ... of former patients and families out there what help ... we just can't get here ... and win wars have such a good presence on Facebook I thought well let's use that trends in Western audience you know wait to get that feedback from people who wanted us ... an alarming your canvassing other institutions around the country how to tell you that the ... I kept people from posting ... too much personal information may be about patients or making sure that people ... you know didn't sort of odd go after and Doctor in very negative way and I ate monitor these discussions ... well ... Moore's Law to say ... personal attacks no one eighty eight seats we all want you to sit here and say what were looking for at the University of Michigan ... for example is looking for ... real solutions and is one promise promise promise that one hear your feedback on ... I know the Institute for family education and care patient and authentic and ... is very instrumental ... in helping keep the to do this and are always looking for on the Advisory Council whether there in person or each is people who really can go beyond their experience to open things up for others and ... think about how and experience might help others and the way in their hospital experience that they can convey a broader message and just to clarify on the onthe Medicare reimbursement portion of this to mean the Medicare will get the summer purse the satisfaction surveys to patients and sometimes the base how much ... they'll pay on claims are based on this and a house that work ... hospitals the experience of care is basically something that many years now using it to ... buy some stuff right now they're working on a patient satisfaction survey for pediatric hospitals as well ... but the idea is that there are patients ... accessories out there now they're saying ... you go home when things they can ask you about it to the hospital has communication today he appeared at her concerns and I think in in the family advisory councils whether a prisoner to some of the key advisory groups ... he's never even on the hostility or the ... right thing that could provide feedback and I think it's part of a broader effort to increase its peace and


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The above image shows an Iridium Flare. What is an Iridium flare you may ask? Well, it's kind of like a communication satellite gone wild. The Iridium's are a group of satellites use for satellite mobile phones. As the Iridiums are crossing the night sky they look like a regular faint spot moving slowly across the sky, but these satellites have 3 main highly reflective antennas and depending on where the Sun is and how they are orientated in the sky can reflect the Sunlight, just for an instant while the Sun is in the sweet spot on the antennas making the satellite appear much brighter to the observer on Earth, they are often mistaken for meteors. The cool thing about Iridium flares is they can be predicted, just go to Heavens Above web site, input your Latitude and Longitude, you can find these numbers for your area here, go to the iridium flare section and it will give you the next time and location in your sky a flare will occur, they're kind of like meteors on a schedule.
August is a great month for the Milky Way, it is at it's highest and best location for viewing and imaging, hence I have taken some more images. I took the image above at our Royal Astronomical Society Of Canada's dark site on their tracking mount, the image is 2.5 minutes at ISO 1250.
The above image of the Milky Way complete with meteor was taken on my tripod, 1 minute exposure at ISO 3200, get out and enjoy the Milky Way while you still can, we loose it's beauty over the winter months as it is high over head and is washed out by our Sun's glare.
Although the upcoming Perseid meteor shower peaks in the early morning hours of August 12, there are quite few rouge ones showing up when you least expect them as we are now entering the debris field left behind by Comet Swift-Tuttle. The image above is a Perseid meteor I took last night. They will be easy to find, just look to the NE between Cassiopeia and Perseus about an hour after Sunset for the show to start, they say to expect to see one every few minutes to start with and as the night progresses into morning up to 2 a minute should appear.
I'll leave you now with a clip I put together of the , you guessed it the Milky Way, took 60 images over a time span of an hour and a half and stitched them together, love how the clouds roll away as the night rolls in.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Iridium Flares and The Perseid Meteor Shower
35 comments:
- Sherer said...
Iridium Flare - never heard of it, thanks for the explaining things in your normal - intelligent yet hilarious method. Very beautiful Milky Way pics i must add
- August 7, 2008 at 7:45 PM
- chanpheng said...
I always wondered what Iridium flares were; now I've learned something new today. Thanks.
- August 7, 2008 at 9:23 PM
- Carole said...
loved the video. images are fab.
- August 8, 2008 at 9:22 AM
- Nature Nut /JJ Loch said...
I've never heard of Iridium flare either, Bob. Cool. This reminded me of something I saw a few years ago in a dusky sky but couldn't figure out. I looked up and saw one large yellow oval type shape moving at a fast speed, but then two smaller bright spots dropped out of it on the left hand side and sped off in the opposite direction. I suppose it could have been a satellite gone wild.
Super photos. Always love seeing the Milky Way and hope to watch the Perseids for the swimming pool. :D
Blessings! JJ
- August 8, 2008 at 9:47 AM
- Nature Nut /JJ Loch said...
from the swimming pool...not awake yet.
Blessings, Nancy
- August 8, 2008 at 9:48 AM
- Two Feathers said...
Iridium flares... interesting. I hadn't ever heard of them before.
I just love the milky way pictures. I grew up in Ecuador, in the middle of the amazon rainforest - and as you can imagine, with no city lights to pollute the night sky, it was just spectacular. The milky way was so vivid and seemed so close.
I don't know how much of a difference there is when you see it from the equator as opposed to North America, but now when I see it in my own night sky, it seems a pale imitation of what it could be.
- August 8, 2008 at 4:31 PM
- Bob Johnson said...
Thanks a lot Jesse, I know you had requested more shots of the Milky Way, be careful what you ask for,lol.\m/\m/
- August 8, 2008 at 7:10 PM
- Bob Johnson said...
Thanks and thanks for dropping by chanpheng, glad you learned about Iridiums here.\m/\m/
- August 8, 2008 at 7:11 PM
- Bob Johnson said...
Thanks Carole,glad you enjoyed the shots, thanks for dropping by.\m/\m/
- August 8, 2008 at 7:12 PM
- Bob Johnson said...
Thanks JJ,lol, JJ I think you saw an alien spacecraft, with baby ones being the scout ships,lol, and I suppose you could watch the Perseids for the swimming pool as well,lol, good luck with the meteors, calling for rain so far here.\m/\m/
- August 8, 2008 at 7:15 PM
- Bob Johnson said...
Thanks Shirley, wow, I would love to see the Cosmos from the south, there are constellations and deep sky objects that are too far South for us to see up North that you would be able to see down there, like the large and small magellanic clouds, which are big and beautiful sister galaxies.
As far as the Milky Way you would see more of the southern portion, beautiful in any hemisphere.\m/
- August 8, 2008 at 7:20 PM
- Anonymous said...
This is just way too cool Bob. Love the shots. You've got the exposures down pat. Once of my favourite past times is sitting in lawnchairs looking up into a crystal clear night at the milky way in the month of Aug (less bugs). Thanks for the input on the flares. I'll be certainly testing the info out and using to my advantage :-)
Take care.
I've been on vacation hence the scarcity. Alas only two more days to go.
- August 9, 2008 at 7:21 AM
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- August 9, 2008 at 7:43 AM
- 1st Lady said...
Meteors on a schedule? That's just fantastic. I've been ignoring the nights sky this last week, apart from noticing how clear and sharp the moon has been. Tonight I'll go out and see what I can see :)
- August 9, 2008 at 7:43 AM
- Bob Johnson said...
Ouch JD, last 2 days of your vacation , enjoy them while you can, thanks for your comment, the Milky Way in August, it's the best.\m/\m/
- August 9, 2008 at 8:53 AM
- Bob Johnson said...
Thanks 1st lady, good luck with the night sky, look to the NE you will probably see the odd Perseid, we have cloudy skies here, and is not looking too good for the shower.:-( :(
- August 9, 2008 at 8:55 AM
- Andrerw said...
Beautiful shots of the MW!.We have pretty much only had one good night to observe since the summer solstice.We have clear skies at the moment but,I see clouds rolling in once again...booooo!!!!.Iridium flares are cool to see,although it has bee quite some time since I have seen one.As for the Milkyway...living in the middle of town makes it tough although,I DID see some dust lanes a couple weeks ago.I need to travel up north to a good friends house to see it in it's full glory.Last time I saw it was last year and that was the fist time I had seen it in almost 20 years.Sad but true :( !.
- August 9, 2008 at 7:52 PM
- Speedcat Hollydale said...
This is such an interesting blog. You have really sparked my interest in the beautiful sights and mysteries of space.
Iridium flares? New to me ... I will have to check out the Heavens above link. Getting out my lawn chairs :-)
- August 10, 2008 at 12:40 PM
- Bob Johnson said...
Thanks Andrew, you have to get out of the city on a clear Moonless night, which I might add doesn't happen that often, we have been very lucky lately so I have been out taking advantage of the situation.\m/
- August 10, 2008 at 3:17 PM
- Bob Johnson said...
Thanks speedcat, if you can get out Monday night Tuesday morning to see the Perseid Meteor Shower, should be a good one, thanks for dropping by.\m/\m/
- August 10, 2008 at 3:19 PM
- Roger said...
Those are awesome Bob, you always put on a good show!
You should join my Creative Photography contest!
- August 11, 2008 at 7:48 AM
- Ruth said...
You are way too good to us.
- August 11, 2008 at 11:03 AM
- Bob Johnson said...
Thanks Roger, I am thinking very seriously of putting something in, you have such fine artists entering stuff.\m/\m/
- August 12, 2008 at 8:52 PM
- Bob Johnson said...
Lol, thanks Ruth,\m/\m/
- August 12, 2008 at 8:53 PM
- kml said...
Bob - I have never heard about those flares - I would have thought they were meteors if I had seen them. Your Milky Ways are gorgeous!
- August 12, 2008 at 8:59 PM
- Bob Johnson said...
Hey thanks kthy, glad you like them.\m/
- August 12, 2008 at 9:19 PM
- Marvin the Martian said...
Who owns Iridium, these days? Didn't the Navy buy it, and try to sell it, or something? Can't remember. I used to watch satellites from my backyard in Denver - around 10 PM, they'd catch the sunlight while all else around them was dark. Very fun. I haven't tried to watch satellites in FL but I should.
- August 13, 2008 at 8:22 PM
- Bob Johnson said...
Lol marvin, they initially were going to have 77 satellites the atomic number for iridium there fore the name, just an interesting side note, good luck with the hunting.
- August 14, 2008 at 12:10 PM
- Jerry said...
Tonight I saw two "flares" just below the W of Cassiopeia A tonight around 7:30PM Maui time. No motion, just two -3 or so lights that waned over about a minute or so. I am used to the motion of planes and satellites. These were static. At first I thought it was Jupiter and another bright planet. No Iridium flares scheduled and there was no noticeable streak. Any thoughts?
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- October 16, 2010 at 9:09 PM
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Hi there,
This is a question for the webmaster/admin here at blackholesandastrostuff.blogspot.com.
May I use part of the information from this post above if I give a backlink back to your site?
- November 15, 2010 at 8:21 AM
- Anonymous said...
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- December 5, 2010 at 9:36 AM


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|View Poll Results: To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S - Total Series Rating
|Perfect 10
|9 out of 10 : Excellent
|8 out of 10 : Very Good
|7 out of 10 : Good
|6 out of 10 : Average
|5 out of 10 : Below Average
|4 out of 10 : Poor
|3 out of 10 : Bad
|2 out of 10 : Very Bad
|1 out of 10 : Painful
|Voters: 54. You may not vote on this poll
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|2013-10-02, 02:29
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To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S - Overall Series Impressions & Total Series Rating
This thread is to be used for discussing the entire episodes of To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S ... your thoughts about the show, overall impressions, expectations and hopes about Blu-Ray/DVD-exclusive footage etc.
A few subjects you might want to ramble on about:
And so on.
The poll represents your total series rating. In other words, how you would rate all the episodes combined (1-10)? If you'd rather rate the whole series by technical/artistic merits, you can do so. An example:
Animation Quality: 1-10
Voice Actors: 1-10
Script: 1-10
Soundtrack: 1-10
Editing: 1-10
Enjoyment: 1-10
Emotional Involvement: 1-10
Average = Total Series Rating
Or a combination of the two. Or your general gut feeling.
Feel free to discuss and more importantly, have fun
|2013-10-02, 04:55
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Overall, pretty good. 8/10
The Sister Arc knew exactly how to make its emotional punches hit hard, by using the more slice of life moments (mint ice cream, Dog the cat) to build up character empathy... so when the horrors came in, they hit hard (reminds me a bit of the Cloverfield in the basic method).
Art and sound were of a high quality throughout and I like Sister Noise enough to put it on my Youtube list. I know Index and Railgun sessions 3 should least look good and sound prey
Script writing was good.... for the Sister Arc. The Silent Party arc writing was the weak link in otherwise strong session with all sort of plot holes and general problems.
In balance however we did get the adorable Febri and a chance to see Saten play the role of big sis.. which was cute! The filler arc also wisely decided to go for a more optimistic and silly mirror to the Sister arc which I feel was best shown in the huge mech fight at the end, but was a nice balance to the dark first arc.
Character wise as sessions, Mikoto got bucketloads of depth added, Saten got to show a different side to her character and Kuroko "affections" were certainly handled better this session.
Overall a lot better second session than the first, Can't wait for the next!
|2013-10-02, 09:07
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Location: Spain
The series started very good. The Sisters Arc was actually surprisingly well adapted; as a standalone adaptation I would give it a 9/10; the only detraction I would give is the odd filler episode with Kuroko and the clover and a few things with ITEM (mainly the change of shape of Body Crystal and that I didn't particularly like Saiai voice)
About the filler, the Silent Party Arc; it's obviously made for the people who prefer the light-hearted atmosphere of the first season. While it has more issues than even other Railgun filler (so many that my first run through the arc left me a bit pissed off) it can be enjoyed if you like that kind of things and don't mind some silly moments. After seeing it a second time I could enjoy the action and the visuals but the plot was obviously the weakest part of the arc with many moments thrown in for fanservice. Definitely the worst arc in both Index and Railgun for me in that regard.
All in all I give the series 8/10 mainly because the Sisters Arc and some things in the second arc like ITEM fighting Powered Suits. Hopefully if they go for filler next season they will step up their game.
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|2013-10-02, 09:53
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Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Age: 28
Animation Quality: 9/10
Voice Actors: 10/10
Script: 7/10
Soundtrack: 8/10
Editing: 7/10
Enjoyment: 8/10
Emotional Involvement: 7/10
Overall rating: 8/10
Railgun S was really successful for the Sisters Arc. It had great script, animation, script as it was done by Kamachi himself mostly, and had good storyline. It was very enjoyable and made great expectations. Also had great emotional involvement as Mikoto was in despair and such about the Sisters getting killed and was really emotional and epic after Touma shows up.
However after entering Febli arc, things have gone downwards in terms of plot, character, personality of the characters, and original script. It had terrible antagonists and characters did things they normally wouldn't have done at all, such as Mikoto talking about the darkness towards her friends which would obviously put them in danger.
If it wasn't for the Febli Arc, this anime would have gotten at least 9~10/10 overall, but Febli arc gave a lot of minuses.
|2013-10-02, 11:03
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Location: Toronto, ON
Age: 26
Animation Quality: 8/10
Voice Actors: 9/10
Script: 8/10
Soundtrack: 10/10
Editing: 8/10
Enjoyment: 7/10
Emotional Involvement: 8/10
Average = 8/10
Fairly good adaptation of the Sister's arc overall. Which was surprising for me as coming from Season 1. Outside of an odd episode and few -forced- SOL injections to include other characters, it was great. The pinnacle being the ITEM sub-arc and the final confrontation between Accelerator and Touma. However, it did feel like it dragged on a bit near the end. Where things felt they could have fit in one episode rather than pushing it to the next.
The animation quality was absolutely great. It pushed a lot from JC Staff I didn't expect. To give a comparison, it was like a slightly toned down Endymion.
However, for the filler, I couldn't enjoy it as much. Even when accepting filler is filler though it was a nice visual feast in the final episode. But there was a noticeable drop in animation quality. I could not get attached to Febri. And it was generally poor compared to season 1's.
The Soundtrack was great all around. Iuchi Maiko usually captures me with her high-tempo electronica themes that's done in Toaru series, but most of my favourites ended up being the more sombre pieces. One in particular, was from episode 14- the bridge scene. Very big improvement.
Overall, even with the poor 2nd half, the sister's arc adaptation was quite good minus some issues here and there and that far outweighs it thus, 8/10.
|2013-10-02, 12:33
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Age: 29
Animation Quality: 8/10
Voice Actors: 8/10
Script: 7/10
Soundtrack: 8/10
Editing: 7/10
Enjoyment: 8/10
Emotional Involvement: 6/10
I had to rate the Sisters Arc here I would give a 8.5/10 with no doub but since this is abou the whole season...
Overall I'll give a 7/10.
It was a fun ride until the last arc I want to not remember.
|2013-10-02, 12:39
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Location: Canada
Overall this was a great season. I give it a 8/10 (I'd do 7.5/10 if the polls here allowed it)
The Sister's arc was done almost perfectly. Misaka was so incredible in this arc, her complete emotional breakdown was done so perfectly it was painful to watch (in a good way), and her use of her powers was so cool. Her fight with ITEM was done incredibly well aside from a few small changes I didn't like (listed below). Accelerator was as incredible as always and I enjoyed seeing the flashbacks of his life and why he started the sisters. The fight of Accelerator vs Touma was so epic as well that I did not care that I've already seen/read it four times before this. I didn't care for the "let's all pick four leaf clovers as good luck charms" episode but I can ignore that. Overall I give this arc 9.5/10.
The Silent Party arc was crap. The villains were awful (and I mean awful), so damn many side characters were stuffed into it, Both the villains and the main characters had to do stupid things to keep the plot going, and the whole thing was campy as hell. 3/10.
Miscellaneous positive things:
-Accelerator realizing he can control the wind and then proceeding to do so was incredibly well done. It just looked so cool. Much much better done then it was in Index I
-The first SoL episode after the Sister's arc actually managed to be funny.
-Kuroko's love for Misaka was handled a million times better than it was in Railgun I. I didn't feel the urge to strangle her out of annoyance at all
-Animation was great
-Every Misaka clone death hit so damn hard.
-The ending of episode 5 was really done well
-Probably some other things I'm forgetting about.
Miscellaneous negative things:
-Everything they did with Shinobu. First of all they made her attractive (I mean having a non attractive female character would just be ridiculous right?) and then they saved her. Her getting dragged off to some unknown dark fate was an incredibly powerful scene that highlighted just how dark things got in the Sister's arc. Then this arc show up and says "no don't worry guys she got out a week later and all possible legal issues were swept under the rug for her" It ruined her character for me.
-Mugino just ignored Misaka upon meeting her again instead of going crazy and trying to murder her, which is completely against her character.
-Takitsubo's Body Clear was turned into a pill instead of a powder. Just not the same effect.
-Study didn't think to give any of their 20,000 powered suits guns? Really?
-How on earth did Saten learn to drive a super-advance-robot in one day of reading a manual?
-The timeline of the Silent Party arc clashed with the rest of the series.
-Really, pretty much everything about that arc.
-Probably some other things I'm forgetting about.
|2013-10-02, 13:39
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I'm going to split this by arc and then review it.
Sisters Arc
Animation Quality: 10/10
Voice Actors: 10/10
Script: 9/10
Soundtrack: 10/10
Enjoyment: 10/10
Emotional Involvement: 10/10
There is not much I can say. Aside from that one SoL episode in the middle of the arc (Cloverfield), this arc was simply amazing. The music meshed really well with the actions. The arc did a great job of making me invest myself in the characters, story, and so forth despite the fact that this was the fifth adaptation of this arc (Index Vol 3, Index manga, Index anime, and Railgun manga came before). Let's not forget ITEM's debut into the anime. From the build-up to the denouement, this arc was consistently amazing.
Overall: 59/60=9.8/10
Silent Party Arc
Animation Quality: 9/10
Voice Actors: 8/10
Script: 2/10
Soundtrack: 8/10
Enjoyment: 2/10
Emotional Involvement: 1/10
Ugh...this arc...where to begin...
Febri...Febri...Such a moeblob. All style no substance. The watered-down clone of Vivio Takamachi. Unlike Vivio, I couldn't care less about Febri. She had some cute moments but beyond that there was nothing to make me even care about Febri.
The arc was a mess, the characters went OoC, and the villains were lame (although considering that they were rejects of the Darkness, that is sorta acceptable). It completely ruined the timeline--I'm looking at you, Episode 24. It was basically full-frontal fanservice and nothing more.
Overall: 30/60=5/10
Total Series Score-
Weighted Average by episode count:
Sisters Arc=16 episodes
Silent Party Arc=8 episodes
Weighting=Sisters:Silent Party=2:1
Overall Score: [2(9.8)+1(5)]/30=8.2
Round Down to 8
|2013-10-02, 13:54
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The Sister's arc was excellent, It was not just a good adaptation, but had a great execution. Any defect the story had, came from the source, but I say those were minor anyway.
Still, the season seems too short with only 17 episodes, it feels like I'm missing something...
At any rate, 8/10 sounds about right, IMO.
|2013-10-03, 00:09
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It wasn't bad, but unlike the previous season, the last arc bombed. The enemy was pathetic and the last episode was beyond stupid in almost every way.
The middle arc was a remake of Toaru Majutsu no Index, which I could barely care less about (though the quality was great!).
But well, one good thing about the Railgun anime is the amount of original material. Gotta love how the novel followers can't spoil anything to save their lives.
I've stopped reading the manga, so I don't know if anything comes up about Shinobu, but I am glad the anime brings her back in to the story and saves her. Oh, and anime version is pretty cute. Great job there, designer.
And Saten-san.
|2013-10-03, 08:33
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Location: Canada eh.
I enjoyed this season. Music was good and they did the sister arc quite well. I was quite surprised at Shinobu. I did not like febri and STUDY much, but I do enjoy filler episodes which gives us more Saten and Kuroko. The end episode was a bit campy.
|2013-10-06, 11:09
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- Last story arc was weak compared to the first one.
- Not very fond with the visuals. Some of it was too 3D for me. Especially the damned powered suits.
- The final villain was unbearably uncool.
- Action scenes were a bit too slow, and some of the emotional scenes fell a bit flat.
+ The rest was pretty cool though. Like, wow.
8/10 would watch again.
|2013-10-12, 13:31
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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Age: 39
Sister's Arc = perfect!
Silent Party Arc = good start, horrible climax
A single bad episode can't overcome the greatness of the Sister's Arc so I give it a 9.
|2013-10-15, 10:37
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without the last arc, I would have given it 10/10.
with it though, im giving the show 8.
also guys I found this:
|2013-10-15, 12:40
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|2013-10-15, 16:13
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|2013-10-28, 01:01
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Sisters Arc was perfect. The second arc wasn't so bad but it really looks terrible in comparison to the Sisters arc. The ending is awesome though.
Sisters Arc is 12/10, other Arc is 6/10, ending of other arc is 9/10 so it's a 9 for me.
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NEW BEDFORD — Mayor Jon Mitchell is asking fishing regulators in the Northeast to get aggressive about softening the blow of quota cutbacks for cod, haddock and yellowtail flounder.
NEW BEDFORD — Mayor Jon Mitchell is asking fishing regulators in the Northeast to get aggressive about softening the blow of quota cutbacks for cod, haddock and yellowtail flounder.
Mitchell sent a letter Monday to the New England Fishery Management Council, which is meeting this week in Portsmouth, N.H., with several strong suggestions, including finding out why groundfish regulation has admittedly failed.
He supported the request of the Massachusetts congressional delegation that NOAA immediately identify ways that the fishing industry can be helped under the Magnuson-Stevens Act that governs fishing regulation.
"More than at any other point in memory, the fishing industry needs the government to do everything in its power to prevent or mitigate the impact of the impending cuts," Mitchell wrote. Action must be taken, he said, "to keep the industry alive."
The council's agenda for today is exclusively the groundfish issue. Alarmingly low stock assessments have prompted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to propose quota cutbacks of as much as 86 percent in the fishing year beginning May 1. Quota that low would end fishing, say fishermen.
Those assessments have been challenged, but NOAA Regional Administrator John Bullard stood by them in a letter to the council last week. The letter was to deny another round of interim measures pending new assessments, something he said the law does not allow.
Mitchell also asked the council to reconsider its computations about rebuilding targets for groundfish stocks with an eye toward mitigating the impending crisis.
Finally, with the new fishing season fast approaching, Mitchell called on the council to re-analyze its existing model for predicting fish stocks, and the Northeast Fisheries Science Center team with UMass Dartmouth's School for Marine Science and Technology to conduct a short-term survey of yellowtail.
Mitchell said he is grateful to the council for concluding at its special meeting in December that a quota of 1,150 metric tons for Georges Bank yellowtail flounder is appropriate. He asked the council to pay close attention to whether that quota is implemented, and to urge NOAA to approach Canada about reconsidering the overall Georges Bank yellowtail quota for 2013.


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Bowling alleys aren't the first place one thinks to go for culinary craftsmanship.
Don't get me wrong — they serve a wonderful, storied purpose to Americana. Where else can you have that much fun drinking cheap beer, downing dried-out hot dogs and wearing funny, smelly "clown shoes"? I mean, nowhere.
But America's favorite participation sport isn't exactly a cultured experience. Unless, that is, you happen up an elevator and into the magical 12-lane boutique bowling land of Mustang Alley's in Little Italy. By now, you may have been there — Mustang's has been in the neighborhood for the past six years. What you might not realize is that they have a growing cocktail program at their full-service bar. "We are out to prove it's not all warm pitchers of beer and bowling alley pizza," says Mustang's manager, Lindsay Huber. And they make a good case with the striking, gin-based 7-10 Split.
I promise not to lay out too many more puns on you but really, the 7-10 Split is based around one. As Huber explains, "A split in bowling is when the first ball rolled in a frame knocks down the headpin but leaves standing two or more non-adjacent groups of one or more pins. Getting a spare in a split situation is difficult … a 7-10 split is one of the hardest to pick up. The 7-10 Split is our take on a killer drink." The cocktail appeals to all sides of the palate. Light and refreshing, it's a nice late-summer transition drink that cools while also bringing a little warmth.
The cucumber-infused Hendrick's gin is the base, which head bartender Brad Alterwitz utilizes to play off the other ingredients, most house-made and seasonal. Alterwitz infuses a cucumber puree with a touch of sake and simple syrup with cilantro. Add in fresh lime and lemon juices and you have a full flavor profile: the citrus hits your taste buds in the back and the front, while the gin and sake round in the middle, creating a sweet, smooth herbaceous experience.
I'm not exactly sure the 7-10 Split will help improve your score, but ordering a classy martini at a bowling alley made those gutter balls feel way more worth it.
How to Make The 7-10 Split
2 parts Hendrick's gin
1 part cucumber puree
1/2 part cilantro-infused simple syrup
1/2 part lemon and lime juices
Club soda
Cucumber slice
Shake all ingredients; pour into iced martini glass, top with club soda. Garnish with cucumber and serve.
Where to Get The 7-10 Split
Mustang Alley's
1300 Bank St., Little Italy


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Joe Hockey is cautiously optimistic the unemployment rate will not hit the heights predicted in the budget.
The treasurer says the latest national accounts show the resilience of the economy, with growth at its strongest in about two years.
The economy expanded at 1.1 per cent in the first three months of 2014, lifting the annual rate to 3.5 per cent and above its long-term trend of 3.25 per cent.
Mr Hockey said the figures backed up the government's economic strategy.
"We have a very solid foundation for future growth," Mr Hockey told reporters in Canberra on Wednesday.
"But as I've said on many occasions, future growth must be earned."
Mr Hockey's budget in May forecast a jobless rate of 6.25 per cent in the coming two years, a figure he says he inherited from Labor.
"I'm cautiously optimistic that we won't get there," the treasurer said.
The unemployment rate sits at 5.8 per cent.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia senior economist Michael Workman does not expect the strong growth reading to prompt the Reserve Bank to lift the cash rate any time soon.
"In our view, there is unlikely to be a policy change until we see a clear shift to lower unemployment rates," Mr Workman said, adding that would need to coincide with higher inflation in coming quarters.
Exports were the biggest contributor to growth in the March quarter, adding 1.4 percentage points.
This coincided with the extraordinary event that Western Australia was not hit by cyclones in the March quarter.
"Our miners are exporting their socks off," Mr Hockey said.
However, Treasury secretary Martin Parkinson is sticking with his budget forecast for economic growth to return to below trend for a while yet.
"That growth (in exports) won't be sustained," Dr Parkinson told a Senate estimates hearing on Wednesday.
Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen said the national accounts highlighted the importance of the mining industry but economic policy must also focus on supporting growth in non-mining sectors.
"The budget has clearly hit household budgets and consumer confidence," Mr Bowen told AAP.
Mr Hockey dismissed the drop in confidence as not unusual after a budget.
Treasury's executive director for the macroeconomic group, David Gruen, went further, saying confidence readings were not particularly helpful in predicting consumption.
"It is something of interest, it certainly generates headlines in newspapers," Dr Gruen told the hearing.
"I'm not going to say it is of no value, but I am going to say that it contains relatively little information once you know what else is going on in the economy."
Provided the economy continued to do reasonably well, with good jobs growth, consumer confidence was likely to bounce back, he said.


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George Zimmerman got what he wanted. The man accused of second degree murder in the shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin is expected to be released from prison any time now. Sounds like good news for the Zimmerman camp? Guess again.
When Zimmerman is released on bond, he'll go right back to the fear and terror that he's been living with since the news of the shooting sparked a national outrage. The delay in his release, after all, isn't just about setting up an electronic monitor for the defendant in a murder trial.
They'll also be laying down the law about no access to firearms, no drugs, no alcohol, and no harrassing Trayvon's family. But Florida officials also have to figure out how to keep Zimmerman safe from an angry public -- the type that's been so out of control that they've even started threatening his wife, Shellie, despite zero evidence that she did anything to Trayvon. That may mean taking him out of the State of Florida entirely. I don't envy them the massive undertaking in this age of tabloid stalkers and people with a cameraphone always at the ready. The whole process is just one nosy person's Internet post away from disaster.
I can understand people's anger. But it's a sad commentary on our society that people can't even give the justice system a chance. Vigilantism is tempting. But that doesn't make it right.
If anything, the hypocrisy of protesting what appears to be the shooting of an innocent teenager by someone who made a snap judgment by threatening his life only serves to make Zimmerman a slightly more sympathetic figure. I'm not saying it gives him a pass for what may or may not have happened down in Seminole County, but it certainly shows this guy is not living the life of champagne wishes and caviar dreams.
He's in his own kind of hell now, and getting out of prison is part and parcel of the whole deal. He'd probably be better off just staying put!
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It's been six hours, and the excitement of the convention is now well and truly underway! Whether you're sneaking your poll responses from Anaheim, watching the LiveStream of the event, or tuning in to a live blog of the festivities (for example, the Twisted Nether Blizzcon LiveBlog, which yours truly will be co-hosting on Saturday, just to select one at random).
It's time for a poll with a nod to those of playing along at home, which is truly where the heart is- hey, you didn't really want to see the Foo Fighters, right? So let's put it out there: if you were enjoying Blizzcon remotely from your Azerothian home, in which capital city would you hang your hat?


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Outcomes for Antiretroviral Therapy Patients Receiving Palliative Care (TOPCare)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01608802
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : May 31, 2012
Last Update Posted : June 10, 2014
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Despite overwhelming need for effective HIV palliative care in sub-Saharan Africa, a systematic appraisal of the literature found almost no outcome or evaluative evidence.
The investigators aim to evaluate the efficacy of HIV palliative care training and a simple palliative care assessment tool provided to nurses of patients on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART), and to evaluate this in terms of patient outcomes under clinical experimental conditions in 2 African countries using randomised controlled trial (RCT) designs.
Intervention being tested:
Within each well-established HIV ART clinic, patients will be randomly allocated to either continue receiving standard care (control group) or to receive standard care plus appointments with a clinic nurse trained in basic palliative care (intervention group).
Design: Each Phase III clinical trial (i.e. one trial in each of 2 countries) will be powered and conducted in parallel to a common research design protocol, thus permitting evidence of outcomes that reflects 2 different ART providers, providing evidence of palliative care efficacy relevant to different HIV care settings.
Primary outcome: Each trial has been powered to a primary endpoint of pain control.
Secondary outcomes: The secondary outcomes are the core domains of palliative care as defined by the WHO (i.e. physical, including symptoms, psychological, social and spiritual) and measured by the APCA African POS. Further secondary outcomes measured will be: adherence to treatment; risk behaviours; health-related quality of life; psychological morbidity.
Inclusion: Patients will be screened and invited into the trial if they are on ART, score 3-5 on the 0-5 APCA African POS pain or symptom items, are 18 years or older, and can give informed consent to trial entry and data collection.
Analysis: An intention-to-treat analysis will be conducted to determine treatment response differences between the two conditions. In order to maximise the efficiency of longitudinal data, multi-level modelling will be applied as appropriate.
|Condition or disease
|Other: Palliative care Other: Standard care
|Phase 2 Phase 3
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|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|240 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Supportive Care
|Official Title:
|Phase 3 Trial of Palliative Care for HIV Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy
|Study Start Date :
|May 2011
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|May 2013
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|August 2013
Active Comparator: Standard care
Standard care will be provided to the control group, i.e. existing HIV outpatient multiprofessional care, ART monitoring and adherence support.
Other: Standard care
Patients attend monthly for their ART monitoring and prescription filling, and a multiprofessional team is available as necessary.
Experimental: Palliative care
Palliative care delivered by an existing nurse who has been provided with palliative care training, palliative care patient management planning records, and clinical supervision
Other: Palliative care
Regular appointments with an existing clinic nurse who has been trained in palliative care, the patient is asked about their physical, psychological, social and spiritual problems, and a care management plan devised with referral as necessary.
- Self-report pain using the APCA African POS [ Time Frame: Period of 4 months ]Our primary outcome is the pain item of the African Palliative Care Association Palliative care Outcome Scale
- Psychological morbidity [ Time Frame: Period of 4 months ]Psychological Morbidity using the GHQ
- Quality of Life [ Time Frame: 4 month period ]Quality of Life using the MOS-HIV
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- adult patients (18 years or older),
- with an HIV diagnosis known to the patient,
- currently on ART for at least one month, and
- scoring 3-5 (out of a range of 0-5) on pain or symptoms,
- with sufficient capacity to consent to trial entry.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01608802
|BOMU Hospital
|Mombasa, Kenya
|South Africa
|Ivan Toms Clinic
|Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
|Principal Investigator:
|Richard Harding, PhD
|King's College London
Additional Information:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Dr Richard Harding, Associate Professor of Palliative Care, King's College London
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01608802 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|May 31, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|June 10, 2014
|Last Verified:
|June 2014
Keywords provided by Dr Richard Harding, King's College London:
Antiretroviral therapy
Palliative care
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
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Grenadier Guard Luke Davis and Port Vale footballer Gareth Owen will be united by a common cause when they take part in the 2010k race this weekend.
Luke, 22, was wounded in Afghanistan earlier this year and is running to raise money for the Colonel's Fund, which supports the families of Grenadier Guards killed in action and injured soldiers.
Gareth's brother is currently serving abroad with the Royal Engineers, and has seen service in Iraq and Bosnia. The Port Vale defender will be running to raise money for the Help for Heroes charity, and has already raised over £200.
Both will be having one of their final training sessions for the event at Northwood Stadium in Stoke-on-Trent tomorrow as they prepare for the race.
Luke, from Etruria, is also running in memory of his friend and comrade Lance Sergeant Dave Greenhalgh, who was killed in the same explosion that seriously injured him. Speaking earlier this week, Luke said: "Running the 2010k will be a great way to help me with my fitness regime, but more importantly, it will help me raise some cash for the Colonel's Fund."
Luke's jaw was shattered in the explosion that hit is jackal armoured car, and spent a week in hospital while surgeons rebuilt his jaw. He still needs further dental work done, but plans to return to his unit soon.
Gareth has played for both Stoke City and Port Vale and wants to do his bit to help raise money for Help for Heroes. He added: "My brother is currently an acting serviceman and fortunately he hasn't needed to use the Help for Heroes charity but so many servicemen and women have.
They are the bravest people I have ever met, and I want to do something, however small to help. I'm really proud to be representing the club and the city in the 2010k. Being born in Staffordshire and playing for both clubs, you get a real affinity for the area, and it's great to be able to show that you live and work in such a great city."
A major event in the city's Festival of Sport, the 2010k is one of several mass participation events to celebrate the centenary of the city's federation status. The race will be open to everyone, and will also feature a 2k fun run.
The route will start and finish in Stoke Town Centre, will travel around the town before moving up through Shelton, the city centre, and Hanley Park before coming back to Stoke.
The event is being sponsored by Staffordshire University and sports shoe company Brooks Running.
All entrants will get a free t-shirt and there will also be prizes awarded to the first five male and female finishers


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July 30, 2011
Name of Cake: Sam and Andrea's Wedding Cake
Occasion: Sam and Andrea's Wedding
Constituents: one two layer, 12 in Golden Dream Wedding Cake filled with White Chocolate Lemon Buttercream and frosted with Italian Meringue Buttercream, one two layer, 9 in dairy-free chocolate cake (the deep passion cake, syruped with spiced rum syrup) filled with fresh raspberry coulis and frosted with vegan cream cheese frosting, one two layer, 6 in Deep Chocolate Passion Wedding Cake filled with Midnight Ganache and frosted with Italian Meringue Buttercream. Phew!
I decided to borrow a friend's kitchen to bake the wedding cake. They have a pet-free kitchen with a good amount of counter space, dishwasher, microwave, and AC. All things I do not have. Plus, they were out of town so I could feel free to bake into the wee hours and swear loudly.
Here's my mobile kitchen:
The wedding being on a Saturday, I decided to bake and syrup on Thursday and fill and frost on Friday. That worked out really well. The cakes were all still really moist on Saturday evening, and all the buttercreams had a chance to sort themselves out. I always find they taste better on the second day. Also, this kept the cakes refrigerated for a good 48 hours before sitting out for half a day in 83°F weather.
With the exception of the frostings and the raspberry coulis, all the recipes came from Rose's Heavenly Cakes. Seeing as I've got about 20 cakes left in the book to bake, taking on such a task as baking a wedding cake was much easier when the recipes were from a very known and very trusted source. It was like having my best friend be my sous chef (which I wish he was...just saying Joelf).
The two chocolate cakes were the cake from the Deep Chocolate Passion Wedding Cake, which is the same cake us Heavenly Bakers have used for the Ice Cream Cake, the Designer Baby Grands, and the German Chocolate Cake. This recipe uses oil instead of butter which made it perfect for the dairy-free layer (the 9 in tier). This is an easy to make cake that is moist and little spongy--sort of like the texture of a box cake, but way WAY better.
Rose splits her wedding cake recipes into two batches: the 6 and 9 inch tiers, and the 12 inch tiers. Which made it perfect for me as I was baking the 6 and 9 inch Deep Chocolate etc cakes and the 12 inch Golden Dream etc Cake.
The 6 inch cakes got the Milk Chocolate Ganache Syrup; the syrup needs to be applied while it is hot so these two cakes got syruped first. The cakes need 140 grams of syrup total, which is a little more than a third of the recipe given (technically I divided the recipe by 3.5). Once these cooled completely and firmed up a bit they were wrapped airtight and refrigerated.
The 9 inch cakes were getting a spiced rum syrup. I based the recipe off of the amaretto syrup for the Almond Shamah Chiffon, however I remembered that the tasting cakes were really wet from using the full amount of syrup so in actuality I only used about 3/4 of the total syrup made. This turned out to be the perfect amount to keep the cakes moist but the rum flavor wasn't very pronounced. Also, I removed the top crust of the cake to better absorb the syrup. The crust came off in the same manner and almost as easily as the top crust of a genoise, which led me to think this cake is halfway between a butter cake and a genoise. That discussion merits a whole post on its own. Again, the cakes were wrapped and refrigerated.
At this point I wanted a change of pace and decided to make the vegan frosting. After all my tests I discovered vegan frostings do much better when they can have a couple days in the refrigerator to firm up and settle down. I had decided to use the Rich Vanilla Frosting since it looked the creamiest and had that intriguing flavor from the apple cider vinegar. I doubled the recipe since it was only for one 8 inch layer.
A quick recap of how this frosting is made: sugar, water, soy milk powder, corn syrup and a pinch of salt are cooked over medium heat to 230°F. This syrup is left to cool down to room temperature. The shortening is beat into the syrup, and vanilla extract, apple cider vinegar, and almond extract are added for flavor.
The doubled amount of syrup never came up to temperature before the soy milk powder browned. So I threw that out.
I decided to make two single recipe batches of syrup and combine them when beating in the shortening. My first attempt never came up to temperature before the milk powder browned again.
By this time I was frustrated, and confused. I decided to take a break, go have dinner, and try again later. After a little yelling and fit having.
After a couple of hours I returned to the kitchen, armed with my own pots and my other thermometer. I made two single batches of syrup with no problems. FINALLY. I left them to cool while I got on the 12 inch tier.
Let me here make a public service announcement to all home bakers wanting to bake a two layer 12 inch cake. This is a huge amount of batter and it probably won't fit in your Kitchen Aid mixer. You know that the batter for two 9 inch cakes pretty much fills up your mixer bowl 2/3 to 3/4 full. The recipe for two 12 inch cakes is essentially like doubling a recipe for two 9 inch cakes. IT WILL NOT FIT IN YOUR MIXER.
You could, if you have it, make two batches of a recipe for two 9 inch cakes (except that you'll need to figure out the leavening situation using the Rose factor in The Cake Bible). There is no 9 inch cake recipe for the Golden Lemon Almond Cake, there is only the bundt recipe which is about 1/3 the recipe of the two 12 inch tiers. So what I did is this, and it seemed to have worked. I prepped everything as if I was going to mix all the batter at once, down to combining the dry ingredients in one bowl, the wet ingredients in another. Then I split all that into two batches (by weight) thereby hopefully getting the right amount of leavening into both batches. Like I said, it seemed to have worked.
I did decide to try to bake both layers at the same time but here's my next warning. If you do decide to bake this behemoth in a regular sized oven, they'll be staggered on two shelves. You'll have to switch the pans halfway through and possibly have some foil ready to tent the cake on the top rack. In my case the top cake's top browned early on and was actually finished a couple of minutes before the other (even after switching halfway through). In hindsight I wish I had baked one layer at a time, either by refrigerating the other filled pan or even holding off on mixing the second batch until the first cake was already out of the oven.
The top of cakes are poked with holes and brushed with the lemon-turbinado syrup right after coming out of the oven. After 20 minutes they are turned out and the bottoms are treated similarly. The directions then say to let the cakes cool completely, wrap them airtight, leave them out at room temperature for 24 hours, then you may do with them what you like.
I wish I had remembered that part at the beginning of the day! I would have baked this cake first.
Last thing I did on day one was finish the Rich Vanilla Frosting and store it in the refrigerator.
Then I went home and pretty much collapsed into bed.
Friday came and I was determined to stay in a good mood. Today was frosting day! This shouldn't be too complicated, or take too long.
I started off with the White Chocolate Lemon Buttercream, which was the filling for the 12 inch tier. I knew it needed a couple of hours to rest before it could be completed so I thought I could knock that out and while it cooled start the next thing.
After melting white chocolate and butter in a double boiler, a bunch of eggs are whisked in and cooked to 140°F. As I stirred and stirred I wondered why we needed this step, and then remembered it was probably to cook the egg to a food service appropriate temperature, as well as to thicken the custard. This custard is then refrigerated, stirring every 30 minutes, until about 70°F. I made a half recipe to fill the 12 inch tier, and it cooled down in about an hour.
Then even more butter (yay butter) is creamed, the custard and lemon oil mixed in, and then this whole mix needs to stand at cool room temperature until spongy and no warmer than 70°F. I put it in their basement and it took pretty much the whole dang day to cool down to 70°.
Next up I tackled the raspberry coulis. I based the recipe off this one by Shaina Olmanson, but used two pints of raspberries, no lemon juice, added two tablespoons of rum, used maybe 3/4 cups sugar, and used three tablespoons cornstarch. I combined everything in a pot, let it macerate for about an hour, cooked the mixture until the liquid pooled slightly on the surface when dropped from a spoon, pushed it through a fine mesh strainer and set it to cool in the refrigerator. This resulted in a very berry, mildly sweet, thick puree that held it's own after slicing. I kind of modified that one as I went along so I am super happy it turned out well.
When I went to fill and stack the 9 inch cake, I pulled out the Rich Vanilla Frosting I has made from the night before and let it warm up to room temperature. It was GRAINY. It was a big, grainy waste of time. I still used it to make a dam around the edge of the cake, but I finally accepted that I couldn't use it to frost. WHAT THE FUDGE, FROSTING. WHY DO YOU GOTTA BE LIKE THAT.
I am still not sure what went wrong. The test I had done came out perfectly creamy and white. In fact the test is still in my refrigerator and it still looks perfect and creamy and white. I don't know what happened but I am firing this recipe forever.
After filling the cake with the raspberry coulis I scattered in one layer of fresh raspberries for fun texture, stacked the cakes, refrigerated, and went to the store. After I ate dinner. And read a magazine.
I picked up Tofutti and Earth Balance shortening sticks to make the vegan cream cheese. At least that recipe was quick and easy, didn't need a sugar syrup, and I knew would hold up well in the heat. And who doesn't love cream cheese frosting?
The recipe I linked to in my dairy free frosting post was scaled for 12 cupcakes. I decided to quadruple it to get enough to frost the cake, except I only used three cups of powdered sugar. I had less than 1/4 cup of frosting leftover. Phew! One tier done and done. The cake went back to the refrigerator.
I decided to fill the 6 inch cake with leftover Midnight Ganache, because there is not a chocolate lover alive who wouldn't love that stuff. That was also an easy thing to do because I just had to defrost the container, whip it up a bit with a spoon, and fill the little cake. Then I snuck a spoon for myself, and put the stacked little cake in the refrigerator to firm up the filling.
In the meantime, I made one batch of Italian Meringue, as shared by Warren Brown of CakeLove. His instructional video is awesome. Look how nonchalantly he pours sugar syrup into his whipping egg whites! I did it too, by the way, and it turned out great. I added one teaspoon of vanilla extract. This made about 4.5-5 cups of frosting.
I frosted my little 6 inch tier and put it to bed.
By this point the White Chocolate Lemon Buttercream had finally cooled itself down so I finished it up by beating it for another minute, then I filled and stacked the 12 inch tier. That cake was heavy! After chilling, I frosted the cake (I needed another half batch of Italian Meringue Buttercream) and then I was done. Huzzah.
Oh yes, I did place the plastic straws in the 12 and 9 inch tiers before I went home and went to bed.
Saturday around noon I boxed up the cake and hustled to the wedding site. It was already getting hot and I was a little nervous about the cakes melting in the heat. I kept thinking of the Cake Wrecks Inspiration vs Perspiration post and hoping I wouldn't see my cake up there next week.
|ribbon is a great way to hide the gap and cardboard rounds. but on a hot day you oughta line the back of the ribbon with parchment. i did not.
The cake table was ready to go so I stacked the cake (frosting already soft!), lined the bottoms of the tiers with the ribbon Andrea provided, and waited for the ladies in charge, Sam's Aunts, to come decorate the cake with flowers. Paula decorated the cake beautifully! She did such a lovely job, and was also very ingenious when the glass cake topper kept threatening to fall over (frosting too soft). She placed flowers behind it to prop it up, and it was just so lovely.
The rest of the time I hovered near the cake table because I was convinced it was going to start sinking. But it never did. Even when the couple cut the cake from the top tier while it was still on the cake (I squeaked a little with each cut--what if the cake came crashing down) all held together.
The Aunts got down to cutting and serving the cake--which I am not so good at--so I got myself a beer. My job was finished! Everything was fine!
People enjoyed the cake, and the dairy-allergic people were super happy to have cake, and one that they said was really good. Again, people were surprised the frostings or the cakes weren't too sweet. Many guests were pleased to discover the lemon almond cake was pound cakey, and one person exclaimed, "how could it be so dense and yet so light!" Such is the magic of Rose.
When you have 75 people standing around a pretty lawn enjoying a cake you've worked on for two days straight, there is no greater feeling I know. A big, HUGE, thanks to Rose for her foolproof and more-than-excellent cakes, and thanks to Kevin and Tu for giving me their kitchen, and lots of love to Sam and Andrea for trusting me to be a part of their beautiful day.
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The wind energy production tax credit (PTC) may have been extended, but companies across the wind power supply chain are still suffering from the uncertainty resulting from the incentive's near lapse.
Nonetheless, many firms are doing their best to mitigate the effects of the precarious market situation. For instance, wind turbine manufacturer Vestas – which was forced to lay off thousands of employees as well as shutter all three of its U.S. research and development facilities last year – has developed a work-share program that reduces employees' hours but preserves their jobs, company spokesperson Andrew Longeteig tells NAW.
Like many other wind energy companies, Vestas has been affected by the market slowdown and reduction in orders resulting from last year's policy uncertainty. However, under the new work-share program, which was recently approved by Colorado's Department of Labor and Employment, employees receive wages for the lost hours on a pro-rated basis from the unemployment insurance trust fund.
The benefits of this program are available for up to 18 weeks, compared to 26 weeks for laid-off workers, Longeteig explains. Hourly employees at Vestas' Brighton and Windsor blade manufacturing facilities are working 32-hour work weeks and participating in the work-share program, while a recently approved program for the company's tower factory in Pueblo will allow for 24-hour work weeks.
Longeteig says the work-share plan not only helps the employees keep their jobs, but also allows the company to retain these experienced industry professionals. Another benefit of the program is that if wind turbine demand were to pick up again this year – especially now that the PTC has been extended – Vestas would avoid the costs associated with rehiring and training new workers, Longeteig notes.
Some industry analysts warned earlier this year that widespread layoffs could hurt not only wind energy companies, but the industry as a whole, by stalling research and development efforts. If more companies throughout the industry were to adopt similar programs, these ramifications could potentially be avoided, says Pedro Guillen, a partner at clean energy advisory firm Kinetik Partners.
According to Dan Shreve, director and partner at MAKE Consulting, work-share programs are especially beneficial to companies with highly skilled workers.
'A work-share program is a costly approach but can increase the competitiveness of [a manufacturer] by allowing retention of key employees and demonstrating loyalty to those employees,' he explains. 'The cost of hiring and firing those types of specialized resources must be taken into account as well. Work-share arrangements are more critical to companies with highly skilled workers, such as tower welders and heavy-haul drivers.'
However, work sharing may not be the right approach for every company, Shreve adds.
'In terms of the usefulness of the program, companies need to take an honest look at what their manpower needs may be in the next up-cycle and what their long-term demand is likely to be following that upturn,' he advises. 'Maintaining an inflated payroll, even under a workshare plan, that is fundamentally out of sync with regional-market demand can doom a company, especially smaller companies with limited financial resources.'
The work-share model has been used widely in Europe, Guillen notes. But despite a provision enacted in February 2012 as part of the Middle Class Relief and Job Creation Act that requires the federal government to pay for the benefits of work sharing, not all U.S. states have these programs in place.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), 25 states and the District of Columbia currently have some type of work-sharing program established: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont and Washington.
Notably, this list includes several important wind energy states, such as Iowa and Texas. More states are likely to follow: In August, the DOL awarded a total of $100 million to states to develop or improve their work-share programs, so wind energy employers in other states eventually may be able to take advantage of these programs and, potentially, reduce painful layoffs.


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And in today's news, the Ukrainians are blaming frogs for their 4-0 loss against Spain. Apparently, there was some deafening croaking going on outside the team hotel the night before the game resulting in a sleepwalking performance on the pitch.
In a first reaction, the French deny any responsibility, stating all players and staff were accounted for that night and why would we bother helping the paella eating scum from south of the Pyrenees anyway?


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320 x 240 pixels
See more and farther than ever before
Simple Ethernet connections
Image enhancement in challenging conditions
Fully sealed controller for marine environment
The M-Series gimbal redefines maritime multi-sensor system design, drawing on FLIR's 25 years of experience in building combat-proven airborne and maritime thermal imagers for militaries, Coast Guards, and governmental agencies around the world.
M-Series Features:
• 320 x 240 thermal imaging, M-Series cameras provide four times the thermal resolution and more than twice the range performance compared to other systems. M-Series cameras let you see more - and see farther - than ever before. Even in the dead of night.
• Automatic window heaters keep both sets of optics free of ice to deliver crystal clear video.
• 2X e-zoom function gives the thermal camera best-in-class range performance.
• Mount gimbal ball-up or ball-down for added flexibility.
• Simple Ethernet connections make the system simple to install and easy to control.
• Proprietary image enhancement algorithms called Digital Detail Enhancement (DDE) let all of FLIR's front-line products see more in the most challenging conditions.
• Standard video signal displays on any monitor with an auxiliary video input.
• Watch thermal and low-light video simultaneously on multiple displays or single multi-function display.
M-Series Control Unit
The M-Series controller is simple to use, provides precise system control, and lets users access all of the important camera functions with push-button controls.
Controller functions include:
• Heated LCD screen - Instantly displays system status.
• User-programmable "hot key" for commonly used functions.
• Scene selection allows the operator to optimize the system's performance for specific situations - Night Running, Day Running, Night Docking, and Man Overboard.
• User-selectable color palettes change the video display mode for easier viewing based on operator preference.
• User-programmable Home button allows the operator to point the gimbal to pre-defined position with the push of a button.
• Precision proportional pointing control is provided through a custom, sealed, 8-way iDrive style control knob.
• Backlit for easy nighttime readability; the sealed buttons are easy to see and provide positive tactile feedback.
• The controller is fully sealed for survival in a maritime environment and meets IPx6 standards.
• Install as many control stations around your vessel as you want, thanks to the system's easy Ethernet connectivity.
M-Series Maritime Night Vision Thermal Camera includes:
• Joystick control unit
• 25' shielded Ethernet cable RJ-45 (JCU to head unit)
• Weatherproof Ethernet coupler
• Mounting hardware
• User's guide
The M-Series gimbal redefines maritime multi-sensor system design, drawing on FLIR's 25 years of experience in building combat-proven airborne and maritime thermal imagers for militaries, Coast Guards, and governmental agencies around the world.


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Tokyo stocks led declines in most Asian markets on Friday after Japanese economic data showed that the region's second biggest economy is struggling to recover from a sales tax hike.
KEEPING SCORE: The Nikkei 225, the benchmark for the Tokyo Stock Exchange, fell 0.7 percent to 15,358.35. South Korea's Kospi dipped 0.2 percent to 2,071.22 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng was off 0.1 percent at 24,724.45. In mainland China, the Shanghai Composite Index swung between gains and losses and was up 0.5 percent to 2,206.23. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 edged down less than 0.1 percent to 5,621.60. Benchmarks in Taiwan, Singapore and New Zealand also slipped.
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JAPAN: The latest official monthly data showed that the world's third-largest economy remained in the doldrums despite Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's stimulus program. In July, inflation was unchanged from the previous month, real incomes slipped 6.2 percent from a year earlier and unemployment edged higher to 3.8 percent.
GEOPOLITICS: More economic reports are due later from Europe and the U.S. but jittery investors are watching the Ukraine conflict for signs of further escalation after the country's president reported that Russian forces had entered the country. "While a barrage of economic data is due for release tonight, the (U.S.) personal spending, inflation, wage, Chicago PMI and consumer sentiment data will likely be sidelined by developments out of Ukraine," said Desmond Chua of CMC Markets.
WALL STREET: The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 0.3 percent to close at 17,079.57 on Thursday. The Standard & Poor's 500 fell 0.2 percent to 1,996.74. The Nasdaq composite shed or 0.3 percent to 4,557.69.
ENERGY: Benchmark U.S. crude rose 9 cents to $94.64 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 67 cents to settle at $94.55 on Thursday.
CURRENCIES: The dollar rose to 103.72 yen from 103.68 in late trading Thursday. The euro slipped to $1.3183 from $1.3185.


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Only two more weeks an I can get to brewing....yeah! Just thought I'd share that.
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BOLINGBROOK — A Bolingbrook man allegedly caught smoking drugs tried to evade police by hiding under a neighbor's deck with his two young children, according to the Bolingbrook Police Department.
Terrell D. Fanniel, 23, was charged with multiple arrest warrants, possession of cannabis and endangering the life of a child and was cited for several traffic violations in the 400 block Monarch Lane April 2, police said.
About 6:28 p.m. that day, a resident in the 500 block of Larkspur Drive reported multiple subjects parked in a black Range Rover smoking drugs, according to Lt. Mike Rompa. When officers arrived, the Range Rover reportedly sped off, Rompa said.
Police lost sight of the vehicle, but it was located unoccupied and parked in the driveway of a residence in the 400 block of Monarch Lane, according to Rompa. The homeowner did not know whom the vehicle belonged to, police said.
Police reportedly found Fanniel hiding under a neighboring deck with his two children, each approximately 3 years old, according to police. Rompa said the suspect was aware he was wanted for multiple outstanding warrants.
The Range Rover was impounded and officers seized approximately 30 grams of cannabis in six individual packages inside the vehicle, according to police.
The children were turned over to family members, and the Department of Child Services was notified of the incident.
Fanniel was processed and transported to Will County Adult Detention Facility.


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1) CODE TITLE: Iframe-divs - a technique for letting divs overlay anything we want
2) AUTHOR NAME: Arie Molendijk
We can let a div overlay flash objects (without changing wmode to 'transparent' or 'opaque'), select boxes and other windowed elements by giving it certain characteristics of an iframe (without src) having high z-index. The result is an 'iframe-div'. Iframes-divs are iframes injected with HTML. Like real divs, they have no 'source'.
An iframe-div is created by using the iframe's onload handler, like this:

Putting an iframe_div of top of a windowed element (like flash objects), then, is a simple matter of giving the iframe-div a position (absolute or relative), a background (non-transparent) and an appropriate z-index:

I used this (has it been observed yet?) in a script that does not only put an iframe-div on top of anything else, but also styles it in such a way that it looks line a normal div. DEMO and explanations in the URL TO CODE below.


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WOLFEBORO — Moose Mountain Regional Greenways, a non-profit organization whose goal is land conservation and educational outreach, held its annual meeting at the Wolfeboro Inn on Feb. 4. Over 110 people, drawn from the communities of Farmington, Milton, Middleton, New Durham, Wakefield, Brookfield and Wolfeboro, attended. Coyote Creek Outfitters of Rochester was a sponsor of the event.
At the outset, three new board members were elected — David Levin of Milton and Bruce Rich and Nancy Spencer Smith of Wakefield — and three board members whose terms were expiring, were reelected — Dan Coons and Art Slocum of Wolfeboro and at-large member Dawn Evans of Tuftonboro.
Slocum, who is chairman of the board, said that the MMRG will, in the coming years, act as a land trust, and hold land and easements, something it hasn't done up to date although its founding documents allow it to do so.
Slocum said the group would continue to work with its partners, but in some instances, it will speed up the process if MMRG holds the easement of land it is partnering with landowners to preserve.
He said it would take time for MMRG to establish a stewardship fund and put policies and systems in place, to effectively own and manage land and easements. Slocum estimated that within a year they will be ready to be an operating land trust.
"We will be around for many years," he said.
MMRG Conservationist Keith Fletcher expanded on the move to becoming a land trust, and noted that to date, MMRG had helped preserve a total of 4,186 acres in the seven communities it covers.
Following dinner, MMRG honored treasurer Jon Batson for his continuing services, and then gave out two awards.
The Volunteer of the Year Award went to Robyn Olivares, in recognition of her volunteer work on the MMRG website (www.mmrg.info) since 2004, which she designed and regularly updates.
Conservationist of the Year went to the Siemon Company, based in Waterbury, Conn. but with strong ties to Milton Mills.
Slocum described the company's and the Siemon family's involvement:
"Since our founding in 1999," he said, "MMRG has been associated with the Siemon Company, the Siemon Family and the Branch Hill Farm Carl Siemon Charitable Trust. It was at this farm that Carl Siemon planted the lessons for his family of sustainability, conservation, land preservation, and environmentally friendly practices that resulted in not only the founding of Moose Mountains Regional Greenways and the 3,000 acre Branch Hill Farm, but Carl also instilled Green Business practices at the Siemon Company long before they were an industry buzzword and marketing tool.
"The Siemon Company provides matching funds for our Woods Water and Wildlife Festival our largest fundraiser.
"Cynthia Wyatt, our vice chairman and daughter of Carl Siemon, was a founding member of MMRG and has generously donated sustaining funds for MMRG over the years and allowed us to use Branch Hill Farm for many of our events like the WWW Festival and the Branch River Paddle..."
Slocum presented the plaque to the company's part owner CK Siemon and CFO Tom Costello.
CK Siemon related to the MMRG members how the company strives "to be the most green and sustainable network infrastructure company in the world."
"In 1962," he said, "the Carl Siemon Family Charitable Trust was born with the purchase of Branch Hill Farm, a three acre, 200 year old farm. The small farm grew with the additional purchase in 1966 of 56 acres of additional clear cut land where a tree farm could be planted. Since then Branch Hill has expanded to over 3,000 acres with 41 separate land acquisitions.
"Branch Hill Farm is now totally dedicated as a charity providing education programs to the public concerning the preservation of fields, forest and wildlife and has over the last few years been recognized as:
• New Hampshire's Outstanding Tree Farm on three occasions
• New England's Outstanding Tree Farm on two occasions
• Second Place — U.S. National Tree Farm Competition"
Following the award presentation, guest speaker LaMarr Clannon took the podium, and gave a PowerPoint presentation that focused on nonpoint source pollution, and the growth of impervious surfaces.
Lamarr is the coordinator of the Maine Program for Nonpoint Education of Municipal Officials (NEMO), and talks to community land use decision-makers about balancing growth and protecting natural resources. Her talk, titled "Suck it up and Soak it in — How Low Impact Development can Sustain our Children's Water," emphasized the interconnections between land use and water quality.
At the end of her presentation, Slocum reminded winners of the silent auction, which had been ongoing throughout the evening, to check in with the organizers.
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