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Crunchy, salty, chocolaty, chewy – Julia Gartland bakes the perfect cookies, using an unexpected ingredient.
Oatmeal cookies are classic icons of the kitchen. This version has a little bit of a flavour twist: Tahini. This sesame seed paste is used in mostly savoury recipes, including miso tahini dressing and your beloved hummus. But with the addition of chocolate, these flavours just seem to merge perfectly. These cookies are the perfect texture of crunchy with that little bit of chew (and crunch). This sweet/salty/nutty combination just happens to be free of dairy and uses only natural sugars but I promise, you won't notice. Best of both worlds? We think so.
(Makes about 12 cookies)
175g gluten-free oats
50g almond meal
1 teaspoon sea salt
75g maple sugar
65g +2 tablespoons extra virgin coconut oil
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons maple syrup
115g bittersweet chocolate, chips or roughly chopped
57g tahini
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
Preheat oven to 350°F. In a food processor, pulse the oats until gritty, but not yet flour. Mix in a large bowl with almond meal, salt and maple sugar. Stir in all the wet ingredients and mix with your hands to combine well. Chill dough for 25 minutes.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Use about 2 tablespoons of dough per cookie. Shape into a disk and press your thumb into the centre to make an imprint. Continue until all cookies are finished. Bake for 15-17 minutes or until golden brown around the edges and firm to the touch. Press into the centres of the cookies again to reinforce the the dent. Let cool for 10 minutes.
For filling: Double-boil the chocolate chips, tahini and sea salt over medium heat, stirring to help the melting process. Once mixture is smooth, let cool for 10 minutes. Then, fill each cookie with a teaspoon or two of filling. Continue until all cookies are filled, then sprinkle sea salt over top and let cool (filling will set). Eat immediately for an extra-gooey cookie.
A New York-based photographer, food stylist and self-taught cook.
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There are some models it seems like one just cannot get enough of. Evi is one of them. She is back in Paris for her second shoot and so far we are topping the previous round from last year. Second sessions with models often bring great results - the trust is already there. Everyone knows the name of the game, and surely we want to take it even further then last time... in every aspect.
I spent all day yesterday touring studios in the cool and up and coming 10th and 11th districts of Paris. This is where Hasselblad, Broncolor and other pro manufacturers have their bases and this is also where you can find some amazing lofts and industrial buildings turned into awesome photo studios.
So, welcome to Paris. Enjoy the ride from the sideline!

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In spring I have planted a tiny Acacia seedling. At the end of July it has started to open its golden flowers. The flowering season for this sort of Wattle is short and sweet. It wonderfully perfumes the lower wild garden. Australia has for every month of the year a flowering wattle.
Garden in the subtropics; Currumbin Valley; Queensland, Australia
Monday, 2 August 2010
In spring I have planted a tiny Acacia seedling. At the end of July it has started to open its golden flowers. The flowering season for this sort of Wattle is short and sweet. It wonderfully perfumes the lower wild garden. Australia has for every month of the year a flowering wattle.
16 comments:
- catmint said...
lovely trees - I don't think of them as mimosa.
- 2 August 2010 at 23:03
- lotusleaf said...
What a beautiful tree! The name Acasia suits it better.
- 3 August 2010 at 00:56
- Carla said...
Hello Titania,
I have been so busy in the kitchen of late I have not had the time to visit all my blogger friends. I am taking a few minutes today to catch up.
I love Acasias. I have one on the east side of my house, it is not blooming right now. So many of your countries plants do so well here in California. I think our summer is your winter? I believe mine bloomed in February and March. I will have to post a picture of it to my blog.
Have a wonderful day,
- 3 August 2010 at 04:15
- Nicole said...
I grew an acacia from seed and just today I was enjoying the honey scented blooms.
- 3 August 2010 at 05:46
- Ami said...
Very lovely trees! I did click the picture to appreciate those flowers in more detail. This tree can brighten any place with those golden flower!
- 3 August 2010 at 08:50
- Carol said...
Very beautiful, especially enlarged. I love all the different shades of green.
- 3 August 2010 at 11:15
- Stephanie said...
Wow these yellow puffs are quite spectacular! The perfume must be really nice.
- 3 August 2010 at 17:26
- Ann said...
Thanks Titania for the name of my plant.
I saw the wattle in South Port. It is so beautiful, and I told my sister now I understood when my dad in Borneo was given this saplings to grow, he was told it was a Christmas tree. He grew about 6 trees and we asked , why doesn't the leaves look needle like like pine trees?
Dad says may be the baby leaves are like this, and when they grow bigger, the leaves will be pine needles.
The saplings grew to big trees, we never got our "Christmas tree". Dad didn't have the heart to chop them down. In Borneo, they never bloomed.
The flowering wattle makes it a beautiful Christmas tree.
- 3 August 2010 at 21:20
- Tatyana@MySecretGarden said...
Hi Titania! Wonderful yellow cloud! I had it growing in front of the house, but it didn't survive one of our winters with strong winds.
- 4 August 2010 at 04:33
- Gail - Fort Rock Glimpses said...
What a gorgeous, feathery spray of flowers!
- 4 August 2010 at 14:38
- Pietro said...
Hi Titania! These are very beautiful trees, with so pretty and varied shades!
- 5 August 2010 at 13:55
- diane said...
They are beautiful when all flower at once in the bush along the streets and in gardens like yours..
- 5 August 2010 at 21:45
- April said...
What a gorgeous plant - the fragrance must be lovely!
- 7 August 2010 at 01:45
- MedaM said...
Oh, I love Mimosa very much and my mother too. I love its golden, little fluffy balls and its special smell, smell of freshness. This lovely plant cannot grow in the area where I live, unfortunately. When it is spring I always go to the market to buy a bunch of it for me and my mother to put it in the vase and enjoy. I am impressed with Mimosa in your own garden.
- 7 August 2010 at 21:08
- L. D. Burgus said...
I have read books with referrals to this plant and this is a beautiful plant.
- 9 August 2010 at 09:46
- Babara said...
Wenn ich Mimosen sehe, dann kommt mir immer die Basler Fasnacht in den Sinn :-) !! Da werden nämlich ganze Zweige von den Waggiswagen heruntergeworfen ins Publikum am Strassenrand. Für mich ist es immer ein Zeichen des Frühlings, wenn ich diese weichbehaarten Blüten sehe. Aber ich habe diese Pflanze noch nie in Natura gesehen...und schon gar nicht blühend.
Schön, dass du einen Strauch im Garten hast!
Liebs Grüessli,
- 16 August 2010 at 00:04


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Audit: Numerous Factors Aided MNsure Data Breach
ST. PAUL (AP) - Minnesota's legislative auditor says leaders of the state's new health insurance exchange could have done more to prevent the disclosure of Social Security numbers of about 1,600 insurance agents.
The auditor released its inquiry Thursday into the September data breach by MNsure. The report finds it was unintentional and that the agency responded properly. But it rejects claims from MNsure officials that it was only "an HR issue" that was resolved by firing the responsible employee.
The auditor points out others at MNsure decided to collect Social Security numbers in the first place, only to decide it wasn't necessary after the breach. The audit highlights other decisions it says made the breach possible.
MNsure's executive director says the agency takes the findings seriously and is improving data privacy training.


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|This page is about the Fallout 3 location. For the Fallout 3 add-on, see The Pitt (add-on).
The Pitt is a city built on the remains of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on the East Coast in 2277.
The Pitt was once the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Following the Great War, survivors established a settlement on the remains of the city center (Downtown) at the confluence of rivers. The rivers seemed to provide a clear resource, and enough of the city was cleared by the bombs that a new settlement could be established. However, radioactive material and unidentified mutagens mixed into the groundwater, causing it to become slightly mutagenic and highly carcinogenic. As a result, the people in the new settlement began to change gradually over time.
The changes were subtle, not nearly to the degree of the super mutants or the various Wasteland creatures, but over the next 140 years, their effects became visible. Starting from the first few years, children were often born with strange growths or extra limbs. The mutations never went far beyond the occasional hunchback or cleft palate, but it wasn't long before the vast majority of the residents of The Pitt developed some sort of physical deformity in their lifetimes. Although many children were born "clean," the older they became, the more likely it was that a mutagenic problem would manifest as they developed.
The most disturbing change that the environment caused was not nearly as noticeable as the physical deformities. The infected water and poisoned sky began to cause neurological damage to those exposed to it. People became more hostile, violent, and short-tempered; they became known as "Wildmen." Their emotions began to run out of control, often teetering on primal. In severe cases, mutated humans devolved into hunched, savage beasts nicknamed "trogs." Over the first 50 years, The Pitt quickly degenerated into a dangerous urban jungle; even cannibalism was not uncommon.
Rumors of the horrors of The Pitt spread throughout the Wasteland, and all travelers knew to avoid it at all costs. However, The Pitt became one of the most self-sufficient communities in the Wastes. Although their self-sufficiency relied on the citizens occasionally eating one another, they nonetheless functioned without trade or export.
In 2255, Star Paladin Lyons of the Brotherhood of Steel led the Scourge, a large-scale military action that wiped out nearly the entire population of The Pitt. In a single night, the Brotherhood swept through the city, eliminating any resident who put up a fight. Although the intent of the Scourge remains unclear, several unmutated children were taken from The Pitt by the Brotherhood and placed into initiate training. The motivations for the Scourge are unclear to this day, but many in the Brotherhood note that it was a marked change in the way the Brotherhood operated. Additionally, it is known that something was recovered from The Pitt during the Scourge, although to date it would seem that only Elder Lyons knows what it was.
It is said that one man - a Brotherhood of Steel Paladin from the Scourge - stayed on in The Pitt, seeking to bring law and order to the unwashed masses and creating an underclass of slaves in the process, guarded by raiders under his personal command. However, in the decades following the events of the Scourge, nobody has heard anything from The Pitt. Travelers who have gone to investigate have not returned, and no survivors have emerged.
Train yardEdit
The main trainyard for The Pitt has long since fallen into disrepair, and the main rail bridge into the city has fallen into the highly toxic river. In addition, the tunnel is blocked, preventing further journey on rails. A small scouting party of Pitt raiders guards this yard, ready to report back to the main gate if any enemies are spotted or if slaves try to escape. This is moderately well guarded and is the last stop between the Wasteland and The Pitt.
Despite ruling The Pitt with an iron fist, there are still pockets of resistance throughout the city, not least of which is an old Slave Trading Post near the Wabash Bridge, which is now under the control of Wild Men. The bridge is a dangerous trap-filled pathway with vicious dogs and a sniper, but it's better to face these than dive into the river below, as radioactive death is instantaneous. On the north side of the bridge, slaves periodically attempt to flee and are blown apart by the many scattered mine traps. Down the street is the main gate to Downtown, guarded by the ever-offensive Mex and his lackeys.
Home to the majority of the slaves working in the nearby Mill, Pitt Downtown is a gruesome, grimy, and desperate place, where Pitt raiders rule and slaves are treated worse than dogs. From the main courtyard, with a hole and a furnace, there's an alley leading northeast toward a 'Market Square', where the majority of the slaves plot rebellion. Above the ground, and accessed only after victories in the Arena, are the upper scaffold pathways and bridges. These are home to Pitt raiders, who can keep constant vigil on their property down below.
Once the main Steel-producing center of The Pitt, recent and increased activity by Wild Men and trogs have rendered this a largely-uninhabitable area. Slaves unlucky enough to be ordered to work in this gloomy location are usually killed or eaten (or both) by the inhuman trogs and Wildmen that prowl this grimy area, or fall to their deaths from one of the many decaying catwalks and balconies.
Uptown is primarily a Pitt raider paradise, with defenses and lighting constantly checked to ensure no trog incursions occur. Part of the crumbling tenement blocks hold a number of wandering raiders, all loyal to Ashur. Much like Downtown, you are able to access the ground and upper levels via a series of scaffolds and catwalks. North of the open-plan tenements is an Abandoned Apartment. To the east is the main Courtyard and the entrance to the power plant and Haven interior.
Dominating this expansive courtyard plaza is a giant effigy, flanked by two bouts of intermittent fire. A twisted monument to the sickness, this has the added benefit of keeping trogs away, as they are light-sensitive. However, Ashur knows from past massacres that the lights must be kept on to avoid a trog influx. The effigy stands at the foot of Ashur's base. It is a skyscraper known as Haven, due to the safety and experimentation into curing the sickness that takes place inside.
Related questsEdit
- Unlike Operation: Anchorage, the player can return to The Pitt after the completion of the add-on.
- In the base game, Paladin Kodiak provides information regarding his upbringing in The Pitt if asked. Additionally, Rollings -- We're done, a holotape in Rockopolis, mentions The Pitt as the location where the settlement's former inhabitants have been sent to.
- If you look closely at the butt of the giant metal sculpture you can see the dead body of a man.
The Pitt appears only in the Fallout 3 add-on The Pitt, and is mentioned in Fallout 3 Point Lookout[1].
Behind the scenesEdit
- The bridge that the Lone Wanderer uses to enter The Pitt exists in real life as the South Tenth Street Bridge.
- Several buildings on the skyline, including the BNY Mellon Center, PPG Place, and the U.S. Steel Tower are real buildings in downtown Pittsburgh.
- The Pitt could be a reference to the George A. Romero film Land of the Dead. Both are set in Pittsburgh, which is split into a poor part and a rich part where the leader lives in a tower. Outside Pittsburgh in both the film and The Pitt are animalistic creatures (zombies in the film, trogs in the DLC) and if you follow Wernher's path, the creatures invade the rich area, like in the film.
- The Pitt has some similarities to the 1981 Canadian horror film The Pit. Aside from having the same name, although spelled differently, the monsters in The Pit are underground creatures called Troglodytes.
- Haven is the Fallout universe's version of the Cathedral of Learning, a central building on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh.
PC Xbox 360 Upon first return from The Pitt, the player's Pip-Boy may still have an "orange outline" on it, this will be fixed if the player restarts the game. [verified]


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Tag: 'prairie life'
April 18, 2011 at 7:54 am
Disclosure: Wendy is a friend of mine and she gave me an advanced review copy of this book for free. I've done work on her web site. She also let me sleep at her apartment one weekend during a Wordcamp conference and left the unfinished manuscript in the room I slept in, which I was very tempted to read, but I restrained myself from doing because I apparently have ethics. One night that weekend we watched the orangutan episode of Little House on the Prairie. All of which I say to be totally transparent, not to be pretentious or drop names. (Whoops! Could you pick that up for me?)
Sometimes we have nostalgia for a life that wasn't ours or for things that never happened. I felt this way recently when watching the 90's TV show My So-Called Life on Netflix streaming and found myself back in the world of introspective Angela Chase who looked like she dyed her hair with Kool-Aid, illiterate Jordan Catalano who really knew how to lean, and openly gay […]


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Routes / Grand Canyon to Joshua Tree to Los Angeles« on: October 20, 2012, 10:49:07 pm »
We are three cyclists on tour across the US and are trying to figure out the last part of our trip. At the moment we're in Gunnison, CO after having transitioned onto the Western Express after riding on the TransAm since Yorktown, VA. We plan to be in Cedar City, UT by November 1 or so and will then head south on the Grand Canyon connector trail.
Our plan was originally to take that trail all the way to the Southern Tier and then head west to San Diego and then go up the Pacific Coast trail to Los Angeles. Could we instead cut through from Grand Canyon to Joshua Tree and then on to Los Angeles? I've tried researching on this forum and elsewhere but haven't found anything. This may be a totally foolish/crazy idea but I just figured it might be worth a shot. Does anyone have any advice on this? Thanks!
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Pelican's Perch #13:
Getting High on Welder's Oxygen
Having problems finding Aviator's Breathing Oxygen to refill your bottle? Upset about the rip-off prices some FBOs charge for an O2 fill? Don't put up with it, says AVweb's John Deakin, who explains why it's perfectly safe � and perfectly legal � to use cheap welder's oxygen, and tells you exactly what you need to know to buy it in bulk and do your own refills.
Can't breathe welder's oxygen? Aw, horsefeathers, as my dad used to say! Show me the rule!
Oxygen is oxygen. It is the substance that matters, not the intended purpose. These days, welding, medical, and aviation oxygen are exactly the same. All three come from the same tank of liquid oxygen (LOX). The liquified form is the cleanest, purest, driest form of oxygen (or any substance) you'll find anywhere.
Oxygen, Oxygen, Who's Got the Oxygen?
For many general aviation pilots, oxygen is so difficult to find, so much trouble to buy, and so expensive that many pilots wind up flying at lower altitudes without oxygen, when higher (with it) would be safer, and more comfortable. I know. I used to be one of them. Before I set up my own filling system, I frequently flew multiple long legs without being able to get a refill, and usually had to make special stops for it. Either oxygen was not available at all, or there was no one available to do oxygen fills on weekends or after hours. Of course, any suggestion that I might do it myself was instantly met with looks of horror, tales of insurance requirements, and citation of "rules."
Without oxygen being readily at hand, many pilots will also "push" their own personal altitude limits, often not having the faintest idea what those limits really are. It's awfully easy to take the macho approach and think "I can handle it"� and go on up to 10,000 feet, 12,000 feet or higher without it. (Some need it above 5,000 or so!)
Unless you have been through a good altitude chamber course, or you carry one of the wonderful little Nonin Onyx pulse oximeters that monitor the actual oxygen saturation of your blood, it is very unlikely you will truly appreciate how quickly human performance degenerates, and the extent to which pilots are unable to detect any loss of ability. This means you, not the other guy!
NOTE: Other related articles on the subject include Respiration: What Pilots Need To know (But Aren't Taught) and Altitude Decompression Sickness: Tiny Bubbles, Big Troubles.
In my opinion, a cheap, readily-available source of this gas will make cross-country flying much safer, and often smoother and more pleasant. In my mind, this enhancement to safety would far outweigh the very remote risk of getting oxygen with harmful impurities in it . . . IF there were any more risk from using "welding" oxygen (which there isn't). In this column, I'd like to explore some of the issues involved in spending a few hundred bucks to set up a safe, cheap, and effective personal oxygen refilling system.
Those Blessed Rules
Readers should be aware some of this advice may violate various rules of your hangar landlord, your airport, the EPA or others. It is pretty clear to me that nothing here violates any FAA rules, but your FSDO may have a different interpretation (as FSDOs are inclined to do). So proceed at your own risk.
For all the OWTs (old wive's tales) surrounding oxygen, there is remarkably little in the FAA and DOT publications, or even the old CARs and CAMs (pre-FAA). I have searched extensively, and can only find a very few citations, most of them from very old publications that are well out of date today. None of those publications are "regulatory," only "advisory."
I found the following notation in Advisory Circular AC 43.13-1A (Acceptable Methods, Techniques, And Practices � Aircraft Inspection And Repair):
Use only aviation breathing oxygen when having the oxygen bottle charged. MIL-O-27210C specifies that the moisture content of aviation breathing oxygen must not exceed 0.005 milligrams of water vapor per liter of gas at a temperature of 70� F and a pressure of 760 millimeters of mercury.
Good rule. It is easily satisfied by the modern methods of oxygen production.
The real nub of the issue is found in AC 65-9A (Airframe And Powerplant Mechanics General Handbook) which is some 25 years old now, and this is as good a place as any to extract a few words of wisdom:
Cleaning compounds for use in the oxygen system are anhydrous (waterless) ethyl alcohol, isopropyl (anti-icing fluid) alcohol, or a mixture of freon and isopropyl alcohol. These may be used to clean accessible components of the oxygen system such as crew masks and lines. Fluids should not be put into tanks or regulators.
It is imperative that the highest standard of housekeeping be observed in handling oxygen and that only authorized persons be permitted to service aircraft.
Here's the biggie, in my opinion:
Only oxygen marked "Aviators Breathing Oxygen" which meets Federal Specification BB-0-925a Grade A or equivalent may be used in aircraft breathing oxygen systems.
I have underlined "or equivalent" in the above citation because in the final analysis it is the legal loophole that clears the muddy water as if by magic. Some really heavy-duty experts have scoured government documents, and queried many government agencies, trying to find out just what the heck "equivalent" means in this context. Its meaning appears to be nowhere specified, which leaves it up to the user in my opinion (and the opinions of those with whom I've consulted).
All that said, there are still a lot of "experts" out there � including medical doctors, gas suppliers, and others who have not researched the issue � who will parrot the old rules for three types of oxygen. When you are faced with these folks, a simple "Show me the reg, please?" will keep them busy for months while you go flying with your self-filled tank.
There is also the possibility that a "bad" FAA Inspector will choose to make a problem, and violate you for using "filthy welder's oxygen" instead of Aviators Breathing Oxygen (ABO). It's very doubtful the violation would be approved at higher levels, but it's better to just be discreet about it. Yes, it's legal, but some in the FAA won't know that.
This subject got beaten to death in CompuServe's AVSIG aviation forum some time ago, and a senior FAA Inspector in Washington took the bone in his teeth and ran with it, to satisfy his own personal curiosity. The following is a direct quote when he sort of tossed in the towel after a lot of research over many months:
Fm: Rick Cremer FAA HQ 72130,3305
To: George W. Braly [ADH] 72311,556
George, I talked and talked to all the "right" people in the FAA including the aircraft certification people in ICT and here in HDQ, the maintenance people, etc. And NO one can point to a regulation or AC that says "exactly" that you must service an oxygen system with a specific kind of oxygen. People always start the conversation with "you should use....". Then I say "should or must and what reg says that". Then....silence.
The bottom line is, until someone can show me something more specific than what I have seen and heard thus far, I would say that we have no regulation that requires that a specific kind of O2 be used to service an O2 system on a airplane. That is my position, someone in the FAA may disagree with that. If I were a field inspector (which I once was) I surely would not be taking enforcement actions on people for alleged O2 violations.
This may be one of those questions that should be sent on to the Chief Counsels office for a thorough review and answer. Would you like the address?
Best Regards, Rick Cremer
The reality is simply that it all comes from the same tank. It's all the same. Some folks just slap an ABO label on the tank and charge higher prices because there may be a greater liability, or simply because it's aviation-related.
Some Reasons ... and Dangers
Why is this stuff so hard to find, when it's in the very air we breathe? I think there are a lot of factors. Where there used to be multiple FBOs at some airports, now there is just one, and sometimes none at all. Without competition, there is little incentive to provide "services" for pilots unless they are very profitable. The FBO needs to sell something that almost everyone will need, with as little time, trouble, risk, and manpower expended as possible. (Can you spell "self-service fuel"?).
Commercial oxygen refilling systems are troublesome, take a fair amount of care and operator training, do not provide much profit margin, and incur a fair amount of liability on several fronts. There is some danger in just having oxygen cylinders present, much more danger to those using the system to replenish a customer's system, and all this creates liability that must be assumed or insured against. There is also the very real exposure of getting sued by the customer for some real or perceived fault of the fill or the gas. I suspect the quite-reasonable attitude of many FBO owners is, "Why bother for a couple fills a month, when folks will only bitch at the price anyway?"
For those FBOs who do supply the service, the price they charge must be high enough to at least help cover the costs.
The real cost of the gas itself is just a few pennies per fill, but the real cost to the FBO is much greater: perhaps $1,000 invested in the equipment, perhaps some additional liability insurance premiums, and the lost time of an employee (often an A&P mechanic). By the time a mechanic stops what he was doing, gets to the aircraft, removes the bottle or finds the filler port (some are incredibly hard to get at!), does the fill, reinstalls the bottle (if necessary) and returns to his work, it's easy to lose an hour of shop time. Either the customer needs to pay for that, or the FBO needs to "eat" it as a "customer service," hoping the customer spends enough money on fuel and other things to make up for the loss.
Oxygen cylinders and filling systems have the very real potential to cause injury or death if not handled and used properly. All the containers, from the big green cylinders to the smallest portable bottles, are quite literally very powerful bombs capable of creating an incredible blast, with damage for hundreds of yards. Fortunately, they don't explode very often, but when they do, it's ugly. The movie scene where the scuba tank exploded in the mouth of "JAWS" was not overdone in respect to the violence of a 2,000 PSI tank exploding! Even if it's just a hose blowing or breaking, great injury can occur.
I once watched from a distance as the main filler hose on a "cascade" system broke on the supply end, with the filler end connected, but the valve turned off, pressurizing only the filler line. As the broken hose expelled the 2,000 PSI oxygen in the line in a second or two, that hose was a lethal weapon, flailing around much too fast for the eye to follow. Fortunately, the mechanic had walked away for some reason, and no one was hurt. Had it been the filler end that broke, or had the fill valve been open, the flailing hose would have made it impossible to approach the system until the tank ran out.
How It's Made
Ok, warnings out of the way, just what is this stuff, anyway? I'm not going to get into the dull chemistry of it, but there are some interesting tidbits. First called "dephlogisticated air" (love that word!), oxygen was first "discovered" in 1774 by Joseph Priestley, an English clergyman, who extracted it by heating mercury. Just what the heck he was trying to do heating mercury is unclear, but the gas that boiled off sure did make fire burn a lot better, and he later discovered it would support respiration. (Hmmm, just how did he "discover" that? Sounds like a modern doper looking for a new high!)
In 1895, Carl von Linde perfected the current method by which all oxygen is produced commercially. Plain air is filtered, then alternately compressed (and thus heated) and cooled in several stages, until it is at about 2,000 PSI and 70� F. Water is drained at each step as it condenses out, leaving the moisture content at near-zero.
Then the long, complex process of cooling the air begins, with several different systems used to bring the stuff to -275� F, and partly by dropping the pressure to about 90 PSI, where everything except the oxygen and nitrogen is frozen, and filtered out. By playing with the temperatures, the oxygen vapor is boiled off, captured, cooled again to the liquid state, and stored in special double-walled containers for transport.
Key point, here. That 90 PSI oxygen must then be re-compressed, and this is the point that led to all the hang-ups over "welding, medical, and aviator's" oxygen. In years gone by, there were several ways to do this. Breathing oxygen (medical and aviator's) was compressed by water-sealed compressors to reduce impurities added, and that nasty old welder's oxygen might have been compressed by machinery using oil for lubrication. This is what led to the old "Welders," "Medical," and "ABO" differences of decades past.
But modern industrial processes demand gases that are at least as pure as breathing gases, so the old ways died out, and compression is now universally done by the same compressor, using dry lubricants and the same standards of purity and cleanliness for all oxygen.
When the LOX truck pulls up to your local supplier, that oxygen is, by definition, the good stuff. It is 99.6% pure, with the remaining 0.4% being mostly Argon, a harmless gas, and it is utterly clean and dry. The by-product, liquid nitrogen, is 99.96% pure, but most of it is simply discarded as harmless waste. We humans use a lot more oxygen than nitrogen.
I have to laugh at some folks who insist that ABO is somehow "cleaner" than other oxygen, when they live in the Los Angeles basin, or in some of the other big cities, and the pollution level is broadcast hourly. Please, give me some of that "polluted oxygen" that is only 99.6% pure!
There are a couple other processes that can be used to get oxygen in the lab, but they are too troublesome, and too expensive when producing large quantities, so all industrial and breathing oxygen is now produced by this method, making the old terms obsolete.
Medical Oxygen?
As a side note, have you ever noticed in the hospital, when patients need oxygen, they must bubble it through a jar of water? This is because the absolutely dry stuff, as it comes from the supply tanks, is harmful (or at least uncomfortable) to human tissues when breathed for long periods, and must be humidified first. So much for the OWT about moisture in ABO (Aviator's Breathing Oxygen).
Truth be told, we pilots would probably be better off doing the same, as breathing oxygen can be dehydrating, at altitude. But classically, ABO has had a maximum limit of 0.5% moisture, ostensibly to keep it from freezing at altitude. Note that many systems are kept inside the cabin, where freezing temps will not occur. Some airplanes have bottles in non-pressurized, or non-heated areas, of course, but with modern oxygen, it's simply a non-issue.
Frozen Pipes?
Some people express concern about the drop in temperature caused by the drop in pressure when the oxygen flows through the needle valves and regulators. This is also a non-issue, because the flow is so slow that there is very little cooling of the metal taking place. If you simply open the valve and let the bottle exhaust itself into the open air, then you will see chilling, and perhaps a bit of frost on the outside of the hardware, but this is from the cold metal condensing moisture in the ambient air, not moisture from the oxygen coming from the tank. The tank temperature will also drop with the rapid pressure loss. However, this is not the way we use the system, unless you're trying to cure a hangover, in which case you should refill the bottle on the ground, anyway.
Fire in the Hole!
Oxygen itself doesn't burn, but a blast of it, combined with fire, is spectacular. Daredevils might take a couple of breaths of oxygen, then blow through a lit cigarette, and produce a violent flame several feet long. (Don't try this at home, and if you do, don't inhale!) Much of the literature cautions against mixing oil and grease with oxygen, which is a very bad thing. At normal atmospheric pressure it might not hurt, but there are many hydrocarbons that will burst into a violent fire spontaneously when exposed to oxygen under even low pressures. Oil and grease are the worst at doing this. If in a contained space, the sudden over-pressure may cause an explosion and an intense fire, as three astronauts found out during a simulation in a pure oxygen environment.
So it can be very dangerous stuff, which leads us right back to the dangers, concerns, and liabilities incurred by FBOs who do provide oxygen filling service. It is also my intention here to give pause to those considering setting up their own refilling systems. You must understand fully what you are doing and be careful, otherwise you might get hurt. Of course, that's equally true of many other aspects of the flying machines we love, so we need to understand the tradeoffs.
Rolling Your Own Oxygen
Your first step is to get at least a pair of the big, heavy tanks of oxygen. They're painted a dark green for easy identification, and contain somewhere between 220 and 250 cubic feet of the gas at 2,000 PSI. They're about four to five feet long, nine inches in diameter, and heavy (about 150 pounds when full). Two of them allow "cascading," where you first fill your airplane tank from one, then "top it off" from the other. The tank you use first drops in pressure much faster. After many dozens of refills of my small bottle, one of my tanks is down to about 1,000 PSI, the other one is at about 1,500 PSI which is now the highest "charge" I can get. It is time for me to swap the low-pressure tank for a new one, which will become the "topoff" tank. By the way, this will be my first tank change in over three years!
Any local industrial gas supplier can help you with getting these big tanks, and will usually have a variety of plans. (Look under "welding supplies" in the Yellow Pages.) You can lease the cylinders with some sort of plan to exchange, you can rent, or, as I did, you can purchase them outright. I paid about $175 each for two of them, with the agreement that I can just swap an empty tank for a full one any time I want for less than $20. That's not a typo, for you folks used to paying up to $50 for a refill of a small, portable bottle! You may do even better in price if you work your way up the food chain to the central distributor for the area.
I strongly recommend that you not get into a conversation with the supplier about why you need oxygen, and that you definitely do not mention you intend any aviation use! That is an instant red flag, and many will balk at the liability, or not understanding the situation, will insist "sorry, we can't do ABO." Just be very matter-of-fact and, if pressed, tell 'em it's for your home welding shop and let it go at that.
When you transport those tanks, be careful! If one falls over and happens to break the valve assembly off, the tank can turn into a rocket-powered missile and do great damage. Put the bottom of the tanks forward in your vehicle, and secure them so that even if you have an accident, they'll be as safe as you can make them. Try not to hit anything on your drive from the gas supply house to your hangar. The thought of having an accident, with smoking metal, and then having a whole tank of oxygen spraying all over the place is worse than a horror movie.
For similar reasons, give some thought to where you store the big tanks in your garage, or hangar. I prefer to lay 'em down flat, so they can't fall over, and chock them, so they can't roll around. Put them where nothing can fall on them.
Other Supplies
Any discussion of using oxygen and flying would be incomplete without mentioning several fine vendors of oxygen supplies.
|Mountain High Equipment & Supply, Inc.
12th Avenue
Salt Lake City, UT 84103
|Nelson Oxygen
c/o Precise Flight, Inc.
63120 Powell Butte Road
Bend, Oregon 97701
|AEROX Aviation Oxygen Systems
200 Dillon Road
Hilton Head, SC 29962-3742
These outfits are run by excellent, truly helpful people, who will spend copious amounts of time on the phone, and who will go far beyond the call of duty to satisfy even the most difficult customer.
Mountain High sells the key to the personal oxygen filler system, a "Transfiller." This is the device that hooks between the big supply tank, and your little one. There are several models available, priced from well under $100 to about $250. All are very well-made from the very best material; the difference in price is solely due to the difference in features, not quality.
Don't stint on the cost of this device, or settle for less than the very best! It really needs to be made to the highest industrial standards, as this is the part that will most likely hurt you if it fails. The hose must be as short as possible, to keep it from flailing too much if it does fail. The Mountain High Transfiller hose is about 18" long, just enough to work with easily, yet short enough to be safe.
The least expensive Transfiller is simply a hose with an appropriate fitting at each end, one with an o-ring, one with a nipple that fits metal-to-metal. You hook it up between one big tank and your small one, turn on the valves one at a time (slowly, please), wait for the pressure to equalize, and turn off both valves. I don't like to blast the gas in, but if you take about ten seconds for the equalization, you'll be fine. Little or no heating takes place, as the gas is already at pressure in the big tank, and you're just equalizing it with the small tank. Whatever gas is already in the small tank gets compressed, and this may warm it very slightly to the touch. At this point, with both valves closed, you must be careful to loosen the end without the o-ring first, because there is high pressure still trapped in the line, and if you loosen the end with the o-ring first, you'll destroy the o-ring, and have to replace it. Crack the fitting, and let the pressure vent. The hose is then hooked to the next big tank in the "cascade" and the process is repeated. It works, but it's a little clumsy.
The best Transfiller (naturally, the one I like the best, at about $250) comes with o-rings in each fitting, and a hand-wheel to tighten the end on the big tank. Since you'll have to use an open-end wrench to get the usual fittings (and usually the regulator) off your small tank, obviously there will be a wrench available for the job. It also has a pressure gauge (very handy) so that you can tell what the pressures are in the big tanks as you work. Finally, it has a three-way valve that will 1) send oxygen through to the small tank, 2) trap the oxygen in the hose, or 3) vent the hose to the air. By thoughtful use of this valve, oxygen loss from venting the hose each time can be avoided. You really need to think about what you're doing, because if you err, you'll start removing one of the fittings with pressure still on it, and there goes your o-ring. Not dangerous, but annoying, especially if you don't have a spare!
Mountain High also has Transfillers with special fittings to fit other types of oxygen tanks, and interconnects to tie two or more big tanks together. I didn't bother with these.
With the top-of-the-line Transfiller, the filling procedure is as follows:
Remove the regulator and fittings from your small tank. Mount the Transfiller with the hand-wheel end on the big tank, and the other end on your small tank. Place the Transfiller valve so it points along the hose to the big tank. Open the valve on your small tank fully. You may hear the residual oxygen in your small tank hiss a little as it pressurizes the Transfiller hose. Next, gently and slowly crack the valve on the top of the big tank, listening for the hiss as oxygen begins to flow. By listening, and by watching the pressure gauge, you can "gently" let the pressure equalize. I really don't think there's any harm in just opening the valve and letting the pressure equalize quickly, but old habits die hard.
Once the pressure has equalized, close the valve on the big tank, and rotate the three-way valve on the Transfiller to dump the tiny bit of oxygen trapped between those two valves (keeping the bulk of the hose under pressure). Move the "big-tank end" to the next big tank, open the Transfiller valve, then use the big tank's valve to add more oxygen as before. When done, close all valves, vent the Transfiller at the big tank end, take the Transfiller off the big tank, vent the hose to the open air, remove the Transfiller from your small tank, and you're done.
If you think about each step before you do it, it's pretty simple. Otherwise, you may want to use a checklist. Blowing an o-ring is not dangerous, but it can be scary when you get a huge blast of oxygen after failing to turn off a valve! It's wasteful, too, and you may have to start all over.
I carry the Transfiller in the airplane with me, just in case I run out, and can find a big tank, perhaps even in a welder's setup. It will take some plain and fancy talking to convince the FBO to let you do it, though, and the best way is to just ask them to look the other way, perhaps in return for a little "consideration."
Other Tricks and Gadgets
What about carrying your oxygen in the liquid form (LOX)? Great idea, you can carry a lot of it in a very small space, but so sorry, it's just not practical, even though the military does it. To keep it in liquid form, the temperature must be kept below about -96� F, which implies either special equipment or servicing insulated tanks just before flight. There must also be special equipment to warm the stuff before humans can breathe it.
I use and like the ubiquitous "Oxymiser" (or "Oxysaver") system sold by all three outfits. These consist of a special conserving cannula that contains small reservoirs and check valves, plus a little in-line flowmeter with a floating ball to indicate oxygen flow and a vernier needle valve to adjust the flow to the desired rate. The conserving cannulas come in two flavors � "moustache" and "pendant" � but both have two small nozzles that stick into the nostrils, with thin plastic supply tubes draped over the ears. Once in place, I'm not even aware of it, and often find myself at the end of a flight sitting at the gas pump still breathing oxygen!
The cannulas are officially approved up to 18,000 feet, and if you're going higher than
that, a full-face mask is recommended. However, with the little pulse oximeter, it should
be easy to determine the individual need for oxygen, and with that, the "rules"
can be adjusted safely.
There are basically three types of oxygen tanks for in-aircraft use. The old conventional steel tanks are cheap, very heavy, and must be hydro-tested every five years. Aluminum tanks are less than half the weight, a bit more expensive, must be hydro-tested every three years and most are life-limited to 25 years. Finally, there are the new Kevlar tanks, which are very light and very expensive ($1,400 and up), must be hydro-tested every three years and discarded after 12 years. The rules about recurrent hydro-testing and life limitations come from the DOT, not the FAA, and there are rumors the DOT will be changing all these rules soon.
Mountain High also sells the very neat (and costly) EDS (Electronic pulse-demand Delivery System), which I would love to have, but have been too cheap to buy. This is mostly because my refills are now so cheap, and normally I go "out and back" and my portable bottle is sufficient for a high-altitude flight each way (to FL210 in a normally-aspirated Bonanza).
Anyway, the EDS (about $600) is a small, battery-powered black box that replaces the normal flow regulator, monitors the faint pressure fluctuations in the oxygen line from normal breathing, and delivers a small puff of oxygen only during inhalation. Since we usually spend about one-third the time inhaling and two-thirds exhaling, this dramatically decreases the wasted oxygen by up to 90%, or so they say. Of course, the EDS also regulates the flow for the altitude automatically, and can be set for day or night requirements.
A very nice feature of the EDS is an audible alarm signal that warns of "no flow" for any reason. If you're doing serious high-altitude work, this alone is worth the cost of the EDS, in my opinion. Without a warning system, it is all too easy to kink a line, run out, or get the regulator misadjusted, and any of these can be deadly if not detected. Of course, using a pulse oximeter to monitor your blood O2 saturation is also an excellent way to avoid such problems.
Full Bladders and Headaches
Some report having these problems, and they are related to the rest of this column. I am indebted to my good friend George Braly (of GAMIjector� fame) for coming up with these suggestions.
For the headaches, simply take an aspirin before takeoff.
Solving the bladder problem is slightly more complex, but makes a lot of sense. We know that high-altitude flight and the continuous use of oxygen dehydrates the body, so we can take advantage of this to some degree, and "regulate" our need for a bathroom. But don't overdo it, as dehydration impairs human performance, just as lack of oxygen does.
Go light on the liquids for a couple hours before your flight, and make sure you make that last-minute pre-departure bathroom visit. Climb to an altitude where you use oxygen, and put it on. From that point, you can either sip liquids to keep from getting too dehydrated, or drink the liquid of your choice, up to about 16 ounces every couple of hours. More at higher altitudes, less at lower altitudes. Higher altitudes (and more oxygen use) will permit longer flights without discomfort, even for us older folks! You will probably find no pressing need after landing, even on very long nonstop flights. Some also find it useful to munch on potato chips, pretzels, or other salty snacks during the flight, as it seems to soak up fluid, rather than allowing it to go to the bladder.
Mike Busch, who does a good deal of flight-level flying in his unpressurized Cessna T310R, suggests carrying a small sack of seedless grapes, preferably de-stemmed before flight. The grapes provide an excellent source of moisture and sugar in a convenient form, and they won't spill if you get into turbulence!
If you use supplemental oxygen (and you should), think about setting up your own filling system. The $600 price tag (cylinders, Transfiller, etc.) may seem high until you figure that 10 or 15 refills at your (mostly unwilling) FBO is the "break-even" point. After that, you can play cheap airline pilot, and chortle to yourself as you load up on "nearly free" oxygen. Hey, it makes my day!
Once you do this, you'll find yourself just putting on that cannula from 10,000 feet on up (or sometimes lower), without regard for the trivial cost, or the fear of running out before you can find a refill. Just top off your bottle before or after every flight, and you'll always have plenty of O2 available.
This, in turn, will lead you to doing more high-altitude flying, where the engines are more efficient, the weather tends to be better and smoother, and where you have many more options to avoid ice and other unpleasantness. With the better fuel (and bladder) specifics, you'll be able to go longer distances and make fewer stops, reducing the wear and tear on your airplane.
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MENLO PARK — Three people in a stolen vehicle were arrested Tuesday night after leading police on a pursuit that began in San Jose and ended in Menlo Park.
The pursuit started when a Santa Clara County Sheriff's deputy spotted an occupied stolen Honda Accord near Coe and Lincoln avenues in San Jose, according to Sgt. Kurtis Stenderup. The Honda was driven by a female and had two passengers.
The driver led sheriff's deputies on a pursuit from southbound Interstate 280 to northbound Highway 101, Stenderup said. Deputies continued the chase until they relinquished the pursuit to the California Highway Patrol around Montague Expressway in Sunnyvale, Stenderup said.
The Honda exited the freeway at Willow Road and then attempted to get back on southbound 101, according to CHP Officer Ross Lee. While attempting to get back on the Highway the driver of the Honda lost control and collided with another vehicle and a guardrail.
The CHP arrested the driver and a male and female passenger. The names, ages and booking charges of the driver and both passengers was not immediately available.
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For many of us, entertaining isn't just for Christmas, it's part of life. After all, what's the point in a dream home if you never get to show it off? Whether it's friends or family, readying your home for visitors requires a healthy dose of planning and often a touch of ingenuity to create that all-important 'wow' factor. Here are some key considerations for creating the ultimate hallmark of hosting luxury: the home bar.
Where you choose to install your home bar makes all the difference. Until you know exactly where it's going to go, you can't even get started on the design. The key to successful placement is understanding how you're going to use the bar. Is it a secluded hideaway to retreat with friends, or will it be the focal point of the party?
Most people opt to integrate their home bar design into their primary entertaining space. If you're lucky enough to live in warmer climes this could even be outdoors. If there's no room for a home bar in your main entertainment space, consider stocking up a portable trolley. Not only will this keep the space free of clutter, but it offers maximum versatility. Bear in mind that your home bar design will need to incorporate running water and electricity to be at its most functional.
The bar itself is not the only thing to think about. Just as crucial to an impressive home bar design is impressive home bar furniture. You'll need somewhere comfortable and stylish for guests to sit, as well as all the associated amenities necessary for a party.
If most gatherings at your place are intimate affairs, it's worth looking into placing a few tall stools at the bar. For larger groups, why not lead your guests over to a more spacious and comfortable seating area, where they can be served their favourite tipple?
Spruce the bar area up with house plants, wall decorations and a home entertainment system or high quality stereo. After all, even a close group of friends may need the odd conversation starter.
Finishing touches
Designing a home bar that's the envy of all your friends isn't as simple as simply stocking a few shelves with drinks. If you want to get it exactly right, you'll need to understand the importance of detail.
Stock top quality glasses that are matched to different drinks. That means dedicated glasses for wine, beer and cocktails, both long and short. If you're going to be serving certain beverages regularly, consider using appropriately branded glasses. Other essential accessories include shakers, muddlers, stirrers and the all-important napkins.
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Seat Time
Jaguar has been busy lately. Under the auspices of Indian industrial titan Tata, the company seems to be finally turning out the sorts of cars it has been sorely lacking for the last few decades. That is to say, exciting ones.
The XFR is the latest offering. And it's damn impressive. This R-branded XF takes Jaguar performance to an entirely new level. In the past, the company was content to take an R-badged car and strap a supercharger onto the standard production V8. This new R, though, takes past performance considerations and punts them through the uprights. Displacement is pushed from 4.2 to an even 5.0 liters. Then the supercharger gets bolted on, and output rises to 510 metric horses, or about 503 American horsepower to you and me.
The real story here, though, is torque, 461 lb-ft which peaks at a lowly 2500 rpm and runs flat all the way to 5500, giving you a pretty broad 3000-rpm rev range in which to smoke tires and uproot asphalt.
Simply put, the thing is just a monster. Stomping on the gas time and again from a standing start, rear tires scrambling for traction, it might remind you not of a blown V8 so much as a Mercedes V12. When it does finally hook up, acceleration is visceral, squeezing your guts harder with every centimeter of throttle travel until you can't help but dissolve into hysterics-or pee your pants. Brake for the next light, dangle your foot over the accelerator, and wait for it all to happen again. It's total, pure entertainment.
The new XFR is bold, brash, and seems to make no bones about putting the E63 AMGs and M5s of the world directly in its sights. But is it up to that level? My right foot said yes-but the seat of my pants can't be so quick to judge.
The car still feels big in a way an M5 does not; it still feels like a big Jaguar cruising vessel (albeit hellish fast). On a tight canyon road, the car's heaviness and massive torque delivery are liable to make it a bit of a handful. Not that it isn't exciting in that respect, too.
At the very least, the XFR is a performance deal in this segment, with lots of standard goodies, including a spectacularly elegant interior, bundled in for a (comparatively) affordable price tag.-Karl Funke
2010 Jaguar XFR
Longitudinal front engine, rear-wheel drive
5.0-liter V8, dohc, 32-valve, supercharged
Six-speed automatic
Peak Power: 503 hp @ 6000 rpm
Peak Torque: 461 lb-ft @ 2500 rpm
0-60 mph: 4.7 sec.
Top Speed: 155 mph (limited)
Fuel Economy: 15 city/ 21 hwy
Price as tested: $80,000
From The Hip
Plus +
Massive torque delivery, typically elegant cabin
Minus -
Inherent mass always remains fairly evident
Having once again gotten into it, I'm reassured that the E60 M5 makes my short list of all-time favorites. But the M5 is something of a two-edged sword.
On the one edge you've got these amazing performance capabilities rolled into a five-passenger sedan, not least of which is a 500-hp V10 that revs to stratospheric engine speeds. On the other edge, you've got the way the bulk of its power and torque are delivered-at stratospheric engine speeds.
The M5 is tailored for the autobahn. In a straight line, it's one of the more frustrating cars to drive here in America, because by the time the V10 gets over its relative torque deficit at low rpm and really starts to sing, you're quickly approaching or already well into triple digits.
In this, the M5 represents the opposite approach to power delivery compared to the Jag XFR, which is more dragstrip racer in the sense of old big-displacement Detroit iron
Then again, the M5 is a much thirstier beast. The EPA reckons it'll average about 13 mpg combined, one reason you get slapped right up front with a $3,000 gaz guzzler tax.
The standard M5 comes with a seven-speed SMG automated manual gearbox, which is apt to make driving the car a simple point-and-shoot affair, convenient when you're driving a vehicle this size with this much power.
This one came with a manual six-speed, which affords its driver a little more work. But if nothing else, pumping the clutch pedal and jerking the shift lever around really puts you in the classic BMW driving mindset. (A tight and twisty road also makes that high-revving engine instantly make a lot more sense.) Rowing manually up and down through the gears lets you instantly appreciate everything else about the car that makes it, well, a BMW M: seating position, steering precision, road-holding poise. Everything works magically in association to make this two-ton sedan a true precision driving instrument. In spite of its size and power, it is actually able to carve canyons with great alacrity. And that's what makes the M5 the king of sport sedans-it's a five-seat people mover that very nearly handles like a real sports car. -KF
Longitudinal front engine, rear-wheel drive
5.0-liter V10, dohc, 40-valve
Six-speed manual
Peak Power: 500 hp @ 7750 rpm
Peak Torque: 384 lb-ft @ 6100 rpm
0-60 mph: 4.6 sec.
Top Speed: 155 mph (limited)
Fuel Economy: 11 city/ 17 hwy
Price as tested: $94,895
From The Hip
Plus + Seating position, steering precision, unearthly V10 wail
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After that, take a look at your wiki. There is some more helpful info there.


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(WOIO) - Five students were shot at Chardon High School on Monday, February 27th, 2012.
Victim #1 - Daniel Parmertor, 16, died at MetroHealth Medical Center of a gunshot wound to the head.
Danny's brother, Domenick, said Danny was the happiest kid on the planet and he loved everyone. Danny knew everything about computers, and was also very excited to receive his first paycheck.
Danny is the grandson of long-time Beachwood High School wrestling coach Domenick Iammarino. In honor of Danny, the wrestling team will wear a red band on their singlets with the initials DP at the state match this weekend.
Victim #2 – Russell King, Jr., 17, died at MetroHealth Medical Center from a gunshot wound to the head.
Victim #3 – Demetrius Hewlin, 16, died at MetroHealth Medical Center.
His mother said her Demetrius loved to eat, enjoyed playing games on his computer and music, especially Erykah Badu. He also wanted to play football, and intended to play for Chardon next year. He treated his body like a temple, and worked out 6 days a week. Demetrius' mother said it was her son's decision to become an organ donor.
Victim #4 – Nick Walczak, 17, transferred from Hillcrest Hospital to Metro Health Medical Center for Intensive Rehabilitation
Nick's mother said her son was shot four times - in the arm, neck and back. Nick has no feeling is his legs due to spinal shock, but doctors are cautiously optimistic about his recovery. He will get spine therapy.
His mother also credits a teacher, Mr. Ricci, for saving her son's life. Mr. Ricci pulled Nick into his classroom to safety after he was shot in the hallway.
On Monday, March 5th, Nick was transferred from Cleveland Clinic's Hillcrest Hospital to Metro Health Medical Center for Intensive Rehabilitation.
Victim #5 – Joy Rickers, 18, treated and released from Hillcrest Hospital
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Back on Sept. 14, after an 0-3 start, the Pilgrim volleyball team swept rival Warwick Vets and hoped it would be a springboard for the rest of the season. Instead, the Pats dropped their next match by a 3-2 score to Cranston East before getting swept by two of the top teams in the league. Then last Thursday, back against comparable competition, the Pats lost another five-setter to Westerly.
It was time for a win.
On Monday, the Pats got it. Hosting winless Scituate, the Pats seized their opportunity and took care of business with a 3-0 sweep. The victory moved the Pats to 2-7.
"Any win is a good win," said head coach Claire Baggesen said. "I think we've been competitive all season and the scores show that against many of the teams. The way we've been playing, we've been happy. We lost a heartbreaker to Westerly, but at the same time, we played well. When you can play well and have a good competitive game, that's important. It helps a team's morale."
The Pats have been competitive most times out, but the first half of the season was definitely a learning process. With eight players graduated from last year's playoff team, the Pats have trotted out an inexperienced lineup that's had to take some lumps.
Monday's match marked the end of the season's first half, and the hope is that it paves the way for a better second half.
"I think the first half of the season was a time for us to feel things out – our rotation, people's strengths and weaknesses," Baggesen said. "I think the whole team is looking forward to the second half of the season, and I think that's where we'll shine, just like we did last year."
The Pats certainly finished the first half on a high note. They jumped to a 6-1 lead in game one of Monday's match and never really looked back. Two aces by Michelle Asels and kills by Betsy Heidel and Caitlin White sparked the Pats to an 8-0 run and a 15-3 lead.
The Spartans never got closer than 10 the rest of the way, and the Pats finished strong by winning the last four points. Heidel had two kills in that stretch. Pilgrim won the first game 25-11.
The next two games were tighter, but the Pats rose to the occasion whenever Scituate got too close.
In game two, Scituate led 6-5 but the Pats won eight of the next 12 points to take control. A series of errors by the Pats let Scituate back in and gave the Spartans a 17-15 lead, but an emphatic kill by Heidel put Pilgrim back on track. The Pats won the next six points, thanks to a kill by Megan St. Jacques, an ace from Heidel and three Scituate errors.
The Spartans answered with three straight to get within one, but the Pats got solid serves from Caitlin White and won the next three points on errors to take a 25-20 win.
In game three, the Pats broke a 4-4 tie with seven straight points. Heidel landed a free ball, St. Jacques had a block and Asels delivered an ace to make it 11-4.
Scituate didn't go away, but the Pats steadily put the game on ice. White had a kill to stop a four-point run and make it 17-14, and the Pats won eight of the next 11 points for the 25-17 win. Heidel had two kills in that run.
One of the biggest keys to success all night was Pilgrim's serving. The Pats landed six aces and dished out tough serves all night.
"We're strong on serving," Baggesen said.
Asels had three of the aces and her tricky left-handed serve was responsible for a several long runs.
"Lefties are a blessing for any team in volleyball because it's a different perspective for an opponent," Baggesen said.
While the Pats were happy to get the win Monday, they know there's still room for improvement as they get set for the second half.
"I think what the team is doing now is making mental errors," Baggesen said. "It is by no means the athleticism. It's the mental things. As far as passing is concerned, we're not quite where we should be, but we're better than we were. Once the passes are there, the setters are doing exactly what they're supposed to do."
Overall, the Pats are just hoping they're on the right track. They were scheduled to host Narragansett on Wednesday, and they'll return to action next Wednesday at home against West Warwick.
"They need to find their momentum and work on mental toughness," Baggesen said. "I think we'll be competitive."


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This is the first module in the Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) Project Suite curriculum. Activities are self-directed by students or student teams using online videos and data from the SDO satellite to explore, research and build knowledge about... (View More) features of the Sun. Students build vocabulary, apply or demonstrate learning through real world connections, and creating resources to use in their investigations. Each activity comes with both a teacher and student guide with sequential instructions and embedded links to the needed videos and internet resources. Activity 1A: Structure of the Earth's Star takes students through the features and function of the Sun's structures using online videos, completing a "Sun Primer" data sheet using information from the videos, and creating a 3D origami model of the Sun. Students use a KWL chart to track what they have learned. Activity 1B: Observing the Sun has students capture real solar images from SDO data to find and record sunspots and track their movement across the surface of the Sun. Activity 1C has students create a pin-hole camera to use in calculating the actual diameter of the Sun, and then calculate scales to create a Earth-Sun scale model. Students reflect on their learning and results at the end of the module. An internet connection and access to computers are needed to complete this module. See related and supplementary resources for link to full curriculum. The appendix includes an alignment to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). (View Less)
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This lesson plan teaches how to select the landing site for a planetary surface investigation, using the 5E learning cycle. Students will be able to determine a landing site for their Mars rover; work with their team to summarize information and... (View More) identify important details in non-fiction writing; research Gale Crater through an online interactive module; use Google Earth Mars to learn about Mars surface features; gather and analyze data to conduct a scientific experiment; collect and record data in a science notebook to draw logical and scientific conclusions; define and identify the role of controls and variables in teams' scientific or technical questions; and differentiate between weather and climate. The lesson plan has a number of appendices, including standards alignment. This is Lesson 8 of the elementary school version of the 6 week Mars Rover Celebration curriculum. (View Less)
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Learners work in teams to determine a landing site for their Mars Rover that best relates to their scientific question. They use technology skills to research Gale Crater through an online interactive module and learn about features of Mars through... (View More) use of Google Earth Mars. The lesson uses the 5E instructional model and includes: TEKS (Texas Standards alignment), Essential Question, Science Notebook, Vocabulary Definitions for Students, Vocabulary Definitions for Teachers, three Vocabulary Cards, and a Mini-Lesson. This is lesson 8 of the Mars Rover Celebration Unit, a six week long curriculum. (View Less)


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Soup's On: Cheddar Beer Soup
Soup's On: Cheddar Beer Soup
Soup's On: Cheddar Beer Soup
When I made cheddar cheese soup a couple of months ago, I had a hard time choosing between two recipes. I went with the classic "best ever" cheese soup recipe from Cook's Illustrated rather than the super simple variation from Everyday With Rachael Ray. To treat myself for Valentine's Day I decided to give the other recipe a try. Good thing I did because I prefer this velvety version! Flavored with leeks instead of celery and beer instead of sherry, this soup has a wonderful cheesy taste. Mustard adds depth and its slight tang offsets the beer. For garnish I made heart-shaped croutons! To see how I made this soup,
Cheddar Beer Soup
From Everyday with Rachael Ray magazine
5 tbsp. butter
2 carrots, finely chopped
2 leeks, white and light green parts only, finely chopped
Salt and pepper
1/3 cup flour
3 cups milk
One 12-ounce bottle amber beer, such as Dos Equis*
1 1/2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
10 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, grated (about 3 1/2 cups)
Croutons, for garnish
- In a large saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat.
- Add the carrots and leeks, season with salt and pepper and cook, stirring, until soft, 10 minutes.
- Add the flour and cook, stirring often, for 2 minutes.
- Slowly pour in the milk, whisking constantly.
- Increase the heat to medium-high, add the beer and mustard and bring the soup to a boil, whisking constantly. Reduce the heat to low and simmer, whisking, until creamy and thickened, about 10 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the heat. Whisk in the cheese 1 handful at a time until combined.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper. Top with the croutons.
Serves 4.
*I couldn't find Dos Equis so I used Pacifico.
From Inger Bareilles
7 slices thick white bread, crusts removed
2 tbsp. melted butter
2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp. garlic, minced
1 tbsp. fresh thyme, minced
salt and pepper
- Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- Slice the bread into small cubes, about half-an-inch by half-an-inch.
- In a large bowl toss the bread cubes with the butter, oil, garlic, thyme, salt and pepper. Toss well to coat all of the bread pieces.
- Spread out on a baking sheet covered with foil.
- Bake in the oven, checking often for 20-25 minutes.
- Remove and let cool 5 minutes. Serve in a bowl alongside the cheddar cheese soup.


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Stately Security
I've been a security guard for a few months now and to begin with it was a job I never wanted to do but was forced to do due to circumstances. I'd been unemployed for months following redundancy (I'm a steel-worker by trade) and was struggling to keep hold of the house and make our monthly repayments on the mortgage. The worry was immense and my wife and kids suffered from not only the lack of money that we had to live on, but also from my depression and dented confidence – it's no doubt a common story during difficult financial times.
Still, we're starting to get back on our feet now. My wife also has a new job (our youngest son has started school) and whilst we're clearly not earning bankers' money, we're getting by and starting to clear some fairly huge debts.
Also, my job is better than I'd imagined as well. I work on a fairly small private estate that has historical importance but is in fact a fairly 'low-key' stately home in South Yorkshire (when compared to somewhere like Chatsworth House for example). My role has a sort of dual purpose and so you can find me walking the grounds and the perimeter of the estate watching out for any untoward trespassing as well as keeping an eye on any problems like fences that have been burrowed under by rabbits or for signs of foxes. This is really important because the estate keeps a selection of rare breed hens, which, as everyone knows, is every fox's favourite dinner. I then report my findings to the head ground keeper who'll be able to do the work to rectify the situation.
So, you see, I'm back on my feet in more ways than one and can be found to have often walked up to anything between twenty to twenty-five miles in a day. I wear Magnum boots because first and foremost they are comfortable and water tight, but also because they have a great reputation for wearing well. The last thing my wife and I need at the moment is cheap shoddy footwear that needs replacing at further expense.
Fortunately, the estate helped me meet half the cost of my Magnum boots. I think because my new employers felt happy to invest in me like this, I've enjoyed doing my job more than I thought I would. So hopefully, there'll be happier times ahead now!
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The years-long tightrope walk performed by the Federal Reserve that attempts to balance its extremely loose fiscal policy with certain economic realities -- namely, inflation and a ballooning stock market -- is growing more precarious by the month.
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On Tuesday the Fed released its minutes from last month's meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), which sets most U.S. fiscal policy, and the notes show growing dissension with tying the Fed's easy money strategy to specific targets such as the unemployment rate.
But inflation hawks hoping the Fed will start raising interest rates from their historically low range of 0-0.25%, dropped there in December 2008 during the worst of the recent financial crisis, shouldn't hold their breath.
Stock markets wouldn't be at near record levels "without the certainty that the Fed would be pumping $85 billion a month into the system."
The Fed minutes reveal growing discomfort with quantitative easing, the Fed bond buying program that has swelled the Fed's balance sheet to an unprecedented $3.1 trillion from less than $1 trillion in mid-2008. Currently, the Fed is pumping $85 billion each month into the economy through the purchase of U.S. Treasuries and mortgage backed securities.
The debate over slowing that flow of cash is likely months away from being resolved. Meanwhile, the interest rate debate hasn't even begun.
"The metrics of 6.5% unemployment and 2.5% inflation are unchanged as barometers for eventual interest rate hikes, which are different from when and how the Fed will wind down its QE efforts," said Greg McBride, senior financial analyst for Bankrate.com
Here's some background: the Fed's setting of interest rates has always been tied to inflation because low interest rates promote lending. Lots of lending pumps money into the economy which raises demand for goods and that pushes prices higher, causing inflation.
After much debate the Fed decided in December to tie interest rates not only to inflation but also to the unemployment rate. The Fed said it won't consider raising interest rates until unemployment hits or falls below 6.5%, a far cry from the 7.9% recorded in January.
The Fed had previously all but promised not to raise interest rates at least until mid-2014 or unless economic conditions improved dramatically, and that hasn't happened.
The Fed's target rate for inflation tied to unemployment is 2.5%, meaning if inflation surges above that figure the Fed will consider raising interest rates. But inflation, as it's interpreted by the Fed (an interpretation that has its detractors because it doesn't take into account rising food or energy prices) has remained well below that figure.
Fed Inflation Hawks Outnumbered
The problem for the inflation hawks, or those that believe a policy of 0-0.25% interest rates and pumping $3.1 trillion into the economy in a four-and-a-half year span will ultimately lead to runaway inflation, is that the Fed is currently led by inflation doves, or those who believe easy money is the quickest path to recovery.
Fed hawks, like Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker, a long-time dissenter of the easy-money strategies, are outnumbered and outleveraged by more powerful FOMC members such as Fed Chief Ben Bernanke and fellow easy-money proponent Fed Vice-Chair Janet Yellen.
Close Fed observers have noted the importance attached to the Fed simply making public the dissent over pulling back on its bond buying program, let alone actually altering the program or raising interest rates.
They note how negatively stock markets reacted when the Fed even hinted that the Fed's primary "pump priming" strategy -- as detractors refer to quantitative easing, could be drawing to a close.
On Tuesday, after the release of the FOMC minutes hinting at a tightening of monetary policy, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 100 points and it continued to fall on Thursday, down more than 85 points late in the trading day. Stocks have been surging in recent months, mostly on confidence that the Fed will continue its easy money policies well into the future.
Peter Tchir, founder of TF market advisors in Connecticut, said stocks wouldn't be at their near historically high levels "without the certainty that the Fed would be pumping $85 billion a month into the system."
"Start ratcheting that number down and risk assets (stocks) will struggle," he said.
In other words, imagine what would happen to the stock markets if the Fed announced it was canceling its bond buying programs and raising interest rates.
The Fed isn't supposed to concern itself with either stock markets or politics, but many Fed critics are openly skeptical of those ideals. They argue the Fed – and the Obama administration -- fears a dramatic market downturn and what that would mean to consumer confidence and the broader economy.
Low Interest Rates Slashing Household Incomes?
Be that as it may, in addition to the threat of rising inflation there's another quantifiable reason many economists are calling for the Fed to raise interest rates sooner rather than later.
This argument holds that the combined strategies of historically low interest rates for over four years -- and with no end in sight -- as well as bond buying programs designed specifically to push long-term rates such as mortgages lower are shrinking household incomes and forcing consumers to cut back on spending.
That's bad news given that consumer spending accounts for 70% of the economy.
Economists have noted that many U.S. households hold more interest-bearing assets such as savings accounts, money market funds and certificates of deposit than interest-paying liabilities such as mortgages. The Fed's policies that have kept interest rates low hurt those households because those interest-bearing accounts aren't earning any money and haven't for over four years.
At the same time many of those same households hold fixed-rate mortgages, which aren't impacted by shifting Fed policies unless the borrower decides to refinance, a difficult option given that the recent precipitous decline in home values has left many homeowners underwater on their mortgages and unable to refinance.
Raising interest rates, according to supporters of this strategy, would potentially increase many household incomes, allowing those homeowners to spend more, ultimately driving up demand for goods, generating jobs and promoting economic growth.
But once again, don't hold your breath.


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Job Search / Re: Too late to apply to more firms?« on: February 25, 2009, 02:44:27 PM »
Thanks. I'm a 1L, so we don't have spring OCI. I guess I am just nervous as to what the heck I'm going to do if all of my interviews fall through. Guess I just have to wait and see.


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2010-12-01 / Obituaries
Lawrence J. Papola, Sr., North Massapequan and U.S Navy veteran
Former North Massapequan Lawrence Papola, Sr. died in Bricktown, New Jersey on Nov. 3, 2010. He was 84. He left behind his family and a host of friends, said his family. "He was a great friend so he had many of them," said his daughter-in-law Margarita of Massapequa who said he was also a proud, supportive father and grandfather.
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|Florida State Stays No. 1 in Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll
NORMAN, Okla. – Florida State claimed 10 first-place votes to remain the No. 1 ranked team in the final regular season Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll.
The Seminoles just edged second-ranked Texas - 556 points to 552. The Longhorns tallied eight first-place votes. Third-ranked Illinois received the remaining five first-place votes. Arizona State stayed at No. 4 and is followed by Vanderbilt, South Carolina and LSU. Pac-12 champion Stanford jumped up five spots to No. 8 with Georgia Tech and Texas Tech rounding out the top 10.
North Florida reentered the ranking at No. 24. California fell from the top 25.
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The Pirates selected Stanford RHP Mark Appel with the 8th overall pick in the 2012 First Year Player Draft. Appel was viewed as a potential #1 overall selection but fell due to signability concerns.
With the 45th pick the Pirates took Barrett Barnes, a toolsy OF from Texas Tech.
Appel may have less leverage signing with the Pirates than he would have with any other team. Pittsburgh already has ace-level pitching prospects Gerrit Cole, Jameson Taillon and Luis Heredia in the system plus other solid prospects like Rudy Owens waiting in AAA. If Appel does not sign, the Pirates will receive the #9 pick in next year's draft.
This is not a case of the organization being cheap. Neal Huntington and Company have proven over the last few seasons that they are not afraid to spend big money on draft picks that deserve it. Major League Baseball has implemented a spending cap for draft bonuses this season. The Pirates' total amount available to sign their 1st-10th round draft picks is $6.6 million. If they exceed that amount by more than 5% they will lose draft picks in coming years. The penalties are so harsh that I'm pretty sure they won't be exceeding the cap.
The draft continues today with the second round beginning at noon. We'll know a lot more about the Bucs' intentions/strategy after today.
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Title: Country Director
Location: Cameroon
When did you start working for Heifer? August 15, 2001
What attracted you to work for Heifer? Heifer's vision was in common with my personal vision. I have a soft spot for people who are less privileged and at a disadvantage.
What has been the most memorable experience you have had while working for Heifer?Learning Heifer's 12 Cornerstones for Just and Sustainable Development, living the Cornerstones and seeing them transform the behavior of communities, groups and individuals.
My education includes: A Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria (1992-1999). I also have a diploma in Management and Development of NGO from Galilee International Management Institute Israel (2012).
My hobbies include: Cycling, swimming, music and teaching.
My family consists of: My wife Lana and three children. I have one daughter, Gelao, and two sons, Mikaeel and Malak.
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Liked how he got rid of the Angels at the end. Also very glad that Amy decided to 'make a move' on the Doctor-- I was afraid they were going to drag her feelings and the imminent wedding issue for half the season or something. Hilarious reaction on the Doctor's side, though. :P
What's the deal with the cracks. They have made it into every episode and I'm just dying to know what the cause is. Obviously it has something to do with Amy. Considering every time she is near some sort of scanner device it goes haywire.
Hated this episode. It was really over-acted and some things just did not make sense. Example, Why did the Doctor leave the Tardiswith an Earpeice on? Was he expecting the Tardis to be trapped in time and Amy to be stuck in it as well? Cause he seemed surprised when it happened. If he wasn't expecting that, why on Earth was he wearing it? There is no one in the Tardis to communicate with if both Amy and himself are outside.Also, the episode was really rushed and some things were just introduced making little to no sense. Hey, remember when Craig touched the deadly space poison and the Doctor cured him with a cup of tea and he was perfectly fine after a couple of hours and it was never mentioned again?Why doesn't the Doctor just headbutt everyone he meets? That way he never has to explain himself and get people in danger. Why was there a 5 minute scene of the Doctor playing football? Oh yes, that is right. Shameless World Cup tie-in.Shower scene...Really? Doctor Who is hardly watched for its sex-appeal is it?I notice that my view on this episode is not widely felt as both my partners friends and my own friends loved the episode. Although I can't see why. First Doctor Who episode I was glad when it was over.
I really, REALLY Hated this episode.
the Doctor referred to something bringing the Tardis to a specific point in time and also the nether regions between universes...... Omega? Also, if the universe has been reset, does that mean Gallifrey is back?
I have no idea if that means the Gallefrians are back, but the fact Earth isn't under a vicious alien rule kind of indicated that while the Doctor may not have been around before he got back, his actions weren't rendered invalid. I love the something old, something new, something borrowed something blue bit.
that everything ended up being the same..but knowing the show, maybe something important got bumped in just the slightest of ways that made something happen.
While I won't argue that it wasn't a fantastic season finale, I will argue that this was not the most satisfying finale. Mostly because I'm seeing the main difference between Daives Writing Style vs Moffat's Writing Style.Daives gave use self contained seasons that had all the lingering major questions answered. Any important keywords that were dangled in front of our face were explained, all major plot points resolved, even if it was by pixie dust "I believe in Time Lords" at least it was a conclusion.Moffat...for a most direction comparison...has been watching too many Saw movies. The Silence, why the Tardis exploded...so much build up that went unanswered during the season. It's a crap tactic that I got bored of long ago. :-/ I watched each season of Doctor Who (at least the new stuff) because I was impressed by the writing and loved the character, and wanted to see more of the Doctor's adventures. Not because the production staff spent 13 episodes dangling a carrot in front of my nose only to say "come back next year if you wanna find out what we spent this whole season building up to".Honestly for that fact alone I'm going to have to say out of the new stuff, this is the weakest season of Doctor Who yet. Not for the episode writing (which I thought was great), not for the Doctor (whom I loved), but for that one craptastic tactic alone. XPHere's to hoping that in season 6 Moffat cuts the Saw act out and starts treating the seasons like independent entities.