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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Makin' Merry & Makin' Mayo!
I'm having a party on the Saturday (the 27th); a 1985 themed event, where dressing up is mandatory! We'll see how that goes... And I'm now a bit miffed by the fact that my chosen outfit doesn't fit nicely! With only ten days between now and costume-donning time, I doubt I'll be able to make that much of a change, especially since I'll still be on my drug, and upping the dose at that!
Speaking of the drug, it has been decisively proven that yes, this drug IS causing my increased appetite and is also accelerating fat accumulation. Yay! Full disclosure for the reference of others on the same thing - I'm on DepTran for the chronic pain caused by the damaged and hyper-sensitive nerve cluster. DepTran (Doxepin) is usually used as an anti-depressant, but as my boyfriend put it, apparently taking an anti-depressant when you're not depressed makes you depressed. Yup. The types my GP & I have tried in various rotations over the past few years haven't had any side-effects whatsoever, as far as I could notice, so he was hoping that I would not have an adverse reaction to this tougher one either. Frankly, it's a pretty bloody scary drug, and I'll be happier once I'm off it. If you have a look at the Wikipedia entry about its pharmacological relationships, you can see why and how it is messing with my energy levels, causing fatigue, and weight gain. Big bold letters, kids - weight gain. You can't miss it. Thanks doc, for the heads-up on that one... Oh, and if you look further down, into the Side Effects area, you'll see the frequent increased appetite info, and also breast enlargement! Yep, check that one off my list too - that happened first, before any other weight gain. I'm not small up top in any sense, but now even my looses blouses are pulling across the front! Oh gosh... So anyway, I have an appointment with my GP on Monday, and I'm expecting he'll tell me to stay on DepTran since it's pretty much our last resort short of amputation of the nerve cluster, and given the location of the cluster, that would NOT be fun nor easy, and potentially not even effective since pain may remain at the location of the scar! Gotta love medicine.
But anyway, with that reference there for anyone who is ever in the position of being prescribed DepTran, let's get back to the topic - makin' merry! I am merry, too - despite the fat 'n' fatigue, I've accepted that my drug-driven behaviour can be under my control if I work at it, and I shouldn't beat myself up if my resolve weakens against the forces of compulsion! Look on the bright side - when I over-eat, at least some metabolic healing might be taking place, and I can reap the rewards of a pumping metabolism for the following few days! I'm working hard to play all of my cards to combat my urge to eat, by getting back into the Drs. Eades' Six-Week Cure program (since it satisfies me and I'm also never tempted to eat after my belly is full of protein shake thanks to sheer volume!), reminding myself of the keys to balancing my hormones for fat burning (see this fantastic post on Animal Pharm about Blood Glucose, especially the last section on Entropy Production), and finishing my day's eating earlier than usual to extend the fasting period for as long as possible without risking hunger during times I have access to food. I pass out as soon as my head hits the pillow, thanks to my drug and the cycle of fatigue, and am dead to the world until morning, so at least I'm protected from the dangers of midnight snacking!
Oh, and for those readers who were interested in my Alternate Day Fasting experiment, I'm hoping to reincorporate that back into play soon - maybe not quite as frequently so as to lessen the stress (and therefore cortisol production) on my body, but hopefully some days will just be three small shakes and no meal... And in other experiment news, the beau and I are beginning the Hundred Pushups programme - the beau will try anything so long as there's an iPod app for it! It's just for fun, so we may only make it through the six-week course once and not make it to 100, but we'll see... I've never been good at proper push-ups - my toes don't seem to bend back far enough to support me comfortably, so I end up doing girly ones even when my arms can handle the full plank position... I'll see what I can do about that as well.
Yesterday I tested the shake waters by packing a shake made of Natural Factors Double Choc Whey Factors powder, pure cream, and water for lunch. With a moderately-sized breakfast of Jonathan's Pork & Fennel sausages in my belly for breakfast...
...the shake got me through my busy work day and through most of my late show rehearsal before the tummy rumbles started up and the limb energy started to dissipate... So when I finally trekked home, I replaced that rumble with tasty meats, pronto!
First up - a grilled pork forequarter chop, wrapped in bacon. Yes, damn it, wrapped in bacon!
And a bit later, since the hyperphagia hyena was chasing me down, I fried up slices of zucchini in a copious amount of macadamia nut oil, and grilled some pork & fennel sausage to serve on top. Perfection (although the appetite engine would not shut off - I fought the good fight!)
Today was Day 1 of 6WC #2, so I supped on chocolate protein shake for breakfast, and packed one for work as well. The beau & I headed up the street after work to pick up our weekly veggie box and get wild-caught salmon from the organic butcher - they only get salmon on Wednesdays, and I usually miss out, but today there were five fillets left, and I snagged the lot! I also picked up some smoked salmon and some cooked prawns to serve as a light entree for dinner:
I grilled pork chops for the beau, and he graciously left the thick & gorgeous fatty rinds on the grill for me, so I cooked them a bit longer and then had a good ol' chew!
For my actual dinner, I was left with minimal appetite, so I grilled up a bunch of Jonathan's Chipollatas and washed them down with another protein shake - Natural Factors French Vanilla this time.
My eating for the day was done, but not my cooking...
I've been wanting to try to make mayonnaise for a while now, especially since Every. Single. Product. in the supermarket is based on soybean oil or undisclosed vegetable oils. I wanted to have a tasty salad dressing (or component of salad dressing) for the beau and I to dip into should we desire it, and the fact that it would be one filled with healthful fats would be a wonderful bonus! Tonight's experiment was a texture & flavour, if not photographic, success. I will add visual stimulation when we use the mayo on top of salads or as a component of deviled eggs, etc.
Recipe: Lemon & Macadamia Mayonnaise
3 pastured egg yolks (save the whites for making Grain-Free Granola)
1T lemon juice (about half a lemon's worth)
1 cup of healthful oils - I used 150ml macadamia nut oil & 50ml extra virgin olive oil, but coconut oil would be a great one to add to the mix too.
Ground seas salt & black pepper to taste.
Optional dried herbs (lemon thyme works really well) or spices
1. Place egg yolks and lemon juice in the bowl of a food processor, or a small mixing bowl if using an electric whisk like I did.
2. Start mixing, and drizzle the oil slowly into the bowl as you mix, allowing the mixture to gradually emulsify and thicken.
3. Once the mixture is thick and creamy, add salt & pepper and optional extras, and beat a couple of times to combine.
4. Pour or spoon mayo into an air-tight container and refrigerate. I'm not sure of the fridge life of this one - I'll update this when I know more!
My batch has a distinctively nutty flavour, which I LOVE but the beau responded to with the comment, "It tastes kinda like paint". We ask no questions regarding his frame of reference... So. This is one to adapt to your own tastes - personally, I wouldn't like a detectable coconut oil taste, and I imagine EVOO alone would be quite bland... So play with your oil mix and your herbs & spices to find something perfect for your uses. I certainly look forward to working on this one some more as well - it's a safer way to get your fat intake up without creeping into sweet treat territory...
So after I packed my little tub of mayo away in the fridge, I still had some exposed egg whites waiting for me... So, I risked tempting my appetite, cracked open a kilo of nuts, and made the boy a new batch of Grain-Free Granola! It's about time I updated my recipe, so I might make a new post about it tomorrow. In the meantime, here's how this batch looked straight out of the oven...
There will be lots of culinary experimentation in the next week, as I trial ideas of '80s-esque party food! Colourful fun! ;)
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Definitely going to try the mayo recipe!
Oh, and you won't feel old at 25...it is 35 that will get to you! ;)
Happy Birthday and I hope you feel better soon!
- February 18, 2010 at 1:41 AM
- Flowerdew Onehundred said...
I have to say that EVOO in mayonnaise tastes like paint to me too.
I use light olive oil for mayonnaise. I've mixed that with bacon fat, but that just does not work as well as I expected.
I'll probably try coconut oil and light olive oil next.
- February 18, 2010 at 1:06 PM
- Jezwyn said...
Thanks, FM! The friend that told me to watch out for 25-itis is currently pushing 35, so maybe he's just trying to make me feel bad so he won't! ;) Good luck with adapting the recipe for your own tastes - I had some mayo with my sashimi tonight, and it's perfect with fish :)
Thanks for the third opinion, Flowerdew! I'm nto a salad-dressing type of girl, so I don't know what EVOO even tastes like alone! Good to know it's the paint-esque ingredient then :)
- February 18, 2010 at 9:03 PM
- Sandy said...
I've made homemade mayo before, with EVOO as the oil. Meh. Can't say it went over at all with hubby as a sandwich spread -- he refused to go near the stuff. Personally, I used it for making curry chicken salad or tuna salad, but feared using it in any situation where I might actually need to taste it!
- February 19, 2010 at 5:34 AM
- Cheryl said...
TASTE the olive oil you're using first. they're not all alike! The fruitier the olive oil, the tastier. Second, think about adding a few dried red pepper flakes for a kick.
If you add a clove of fresh minced garlic, you've made an aioli, but still - that's tasty too.
Also, homemade mayo only lasts about a week in the fridge; I think it tastes better the 2nd day.
- February 19, 2010 at 11:38 AM
- Jezwyn said...
Hey Sandy - yeah, can't imagine the beau going for it when he can just use his old Paul Newman salad dressings... So this one's for me, and apparently my raw fish :)
Cheryl - I used the organic EVOO that you guys all used and I've used in Caesar dressings repeatedly. I don't eat it by itself, but I know it tastes fine in other recipes. With the tiny amount used in this mayo, I'm amazed it changed the total taste at all. I'm aware of possible taste improvers, but then you'd taste them (chili flakes etc), not the mayo itself. Gotta start with the plain version to understand what's going to be changed.
Aioli has to use just olive oil (otherwise it's not aioli and you risk getting on the bad side of the Italian Mafia! - and sometimes they won't even allow you to use egg!), whereas I'm looking for a primal option (olive oil isn't really primal, and has a pretty bad EFA ration) so I'm more interested in coconut & macadamia nut oil.
Thanks for the heads-up re: fridge life - I'm no good with dairy that's been opened beyond a day or so, so after today it'll be gone ;)
- February 19, 2010 at 1:09 PM


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Spread giving (e.g. a 24 month pledge) often exceeds the value of a single donation, beyond the cost of the cashflow.
Steering donors towards set gift levels, on a proportionate basis such as "donate £5 for a mosquito net" can be dangerous as if it is perceived to be too high a price you will alienate your supporters, if it is too low you will miss out on larger pledges, as supporters will give the amount requested and then walk away with the perception that they "have done their bit".
When creating a fundraising strategy, consideration should be given to the following:
- Is your strategy beneficiary focused or donor focused?
- Are the options available to the donor actually diluting the overall impact?
- Is the money really needed? Can all the costs be justified? Why are retained reserves being utlised?
- Have you done enough research about you potential supporters? What are the demographics of your constituency?
- Are there any active, influential leaders that could champion your cause?
- The principles of pereto and economies of scale apply. Don't underestimate the importance of philanthropists.
- Personal approaches will always be more successful, but are time consuming. A direct mailing will generate no more than a 1% return.
- Have you considered approaching other voluntary organisations such as Churches ans Sports Clubs?
- Make sure all staff and volunteers are properly trained and understand the objectives of the charity as well as the strategy of the current fundraising efforts.
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ABERDEEN, UK – Mr. Russell Moffatt in Hardgate was on his way to an appointment with his ophthalmologist when he spotted a five-foot tall boy with a horse's head.A stunned Mr. Moffatt, a 50-year-old IT manager, dubbed the half-boy, half-horse mutant "Horseboy" and notified local authorities.
Detective Superintendent Roger Walton of the Grampian Police immediately sent officers to Hardgate to investigate. He also did a search on Google StreetView and found the image of Horseboy himself. He zoomed in on the face of Horseboy in an attempt to determine if the mutant was real or a fake. Even though Detective Walton has severe cataracts, he quickly determined that Horseboy was real. "My Uncle used to clean horse stables in Elgin, so I got to know both end of horses quite well. So I can say without hesitation that the head on that boy was a horse head." He went on to say that unlike the infamous Batboy, Horseboy seems docile. "That Horseboy wouldn't hurt a horsefly. Seems more like a typical Aberdeen sheep."
Weekly World News contacted Google about the existence of Horseboy. They confirmed that he was in fact captured by Google cameras on Hardgate in Aberdeen. The picture of Horseboy has since become an internet sensation.
Horseboy has joined a long list of unusual sights captured on Streetview, but this is the first official mutant photo.
Unfortunately, when the Grampian officers arrived in Hardgate, Horseboy was gone. Mr. Moffatt's ophthalmologist didn't believe Mr. Moffatt saw Horseboy and recommended that Mr. Moffatt "get glasses" and that Google "get new cameras." An offended Mr. Moffat fired his ophthalmologist and immediately took off on his quest to find Horseboy. Almost immediately, Mr. Moffatt bumped into a lightpost, causing his ophthalmologist to giggle and gloat.
Locals have joined the search as well, and Google has sent a Street Team to install more cameras in the area. Though no one has seen Horseboy in the last few hours, some did hear a horse whinny all night long when England lost to Germany in the World cup.
Bat Boy was unavailable for comment.


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The Jeep Eagle division was formed in 1988 as a result of Chrysler acquiring Jeep's parent company, American Motors Corporation (AMC) in the previous year. However, Eagle can trace its roots back to 1954. During its formative years, AMC succeeded in becoming one of the first auto manufacturers in the U.S. to challenge the Big Three: Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler. Over the years, AMC's Jeep marque went on to become one of the most popular and endearing American automotive brands.
When Chrysler acquired AMC, it launched the Eagle brand in an effort to compete with top-selling Japanese imports such as the Toyota Camry and the Honda Civic. Early vehicles produced by the company included the Eagle Premier and Eagle Medallion, both of which were adapted from vehicles produced by French automaker, Renault. Many of the other early model Eagles were based on models produced by another of Chrysler's partners like the Japanese automaker, Mitsubishi.
Eagle History Through The Years
Early Renault-inspired Eagle models such as the Medallion and the Premier were popular with American drivers. In its day, the Premier was even regarded as one of the sportiest sedans on the U.S. market. However, Eagle's greatest success on the American automobile market came from the sale of Jeeps. Jeeps and Eagles were frequently sold out of the same showrooms in the United States.
Unfortunately, the two brands were seen as being at odds with each other by American drivers. This had a negative impact on the Eagle brand's ability to catch on in the U.S. Many potential Eagle buyers at the dealership became distracted by the more appealing and ever-popular Jeeps. Many dealerships even regarded the Eagle to be less profitable than the Jeep.
Eventually, Chrysler chose to sell Jeeps exclusively through Jeep dealerships. This handily coincided with the SUV boom of the 1990s. As sports utility vehicles became increasingly popular throughout the U.S., the Eagle brand was left in the rearview mirror by many American drivers. Eventually, Chrysler chose to discontinue Eagle as a brand altogether. The final vehicle to be released under the Eagle name was the 1997 Eagle Talon. However, even the Talon was essentially a repackaged version of the Mitsubishi Eclipse.
Eagle Models
Despite the relative failure of Eagle as an automobile brand, it manufactured quality vehicles during its brief existence.
In addition to being sporty, the Eagle Premier was light, featuring an independent suspension and rack and pinion steering that was engineered for handling. The car benefited from Renault's decades of experience with front-wheel drive. Even today, the Premier can be regarded as having a level of engineering that was unprecedented in an AMC or Chrysler sedan.
The Medallion, meanwhile, was originally developed by Renault and was repackaged as an Eagle for the American market. The Medallion featured a 2.2-liter engine taken from the European model Renault 25. It was available as a four-door sedan and a station wagon. The Medallion, like the Premier, benefited from Renault's experience with front-wheel drive.
Between 1989 and 1996, Eagle also produced the Summit, which was an economical, affordable subcompact powered by a four-cylinder engine.
The Eagle Vision was a full-size sedan that, similar to the Summit, Medallion and Premier, had front-wheel drive. It was available between 1993 and 1997 as it sold reasonably well.
However, in the case of Eagle, the company saved the best for last. Released in 1997, the Eagle Talon proved to be the most endearing and well-received vehicle released by the company. As a striking sports coupe, the Talon featured a hatchback body style and its top-level trim model came with a turbocharged four-cylinder and all-wheel drive. While in a standard trim model, Talons aren't much faster than any other compact coupes from the same era, the top trim turbo edition is still regarded as one of the fasted coupes of the 1990s.
Eagle Products and Technologies
During its brief existence, the Eagle brand carved out a reputation for introducing eclectic vehicles into the American automotive market. While Eagle could be regarded as a culling together of different badge-engineered vehicles from companies like Mitsubishi, Renault, and Chrysler, the company produced interesting cars aimed at various segments of the automotive market throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s. The demise of Eagle is more about of the mismanagement of the brand and the casualties that are some times incurred when major automotive companies merge with one another. Many Eagle models are still regarded as reliable, economically-friendly used cars even in today's market.
Eagle Summit
1996-1995 | Coupe, Midsize, Minivan/Van, Sedan, Wagon
Eagle Talon
1998-1995 | Coupe, Hatchback, Sports
From 1990 to 1999, two generations of the Eagle Talon were manufactured and sold by Diamond-Star Motors (DSM), which is a joint collaboration between the Chrysler Corporation in the U.S.
Eagle Vision
1997-1995 | Midsize, Sedan
Unlike many of the famous automobile manufacturers, not all brands have managed to stand the test of time.


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Yesterday on Twitter Ryan Desmond asked Is there a good read for #SSDT regarding deploying changes via schema compare vs solution deployment?
I don't know of any article that covers this so in this blog post I offer my opinion on the subject.
First some background. When building databases offline using the database project type (.sqlproj) in SSDT you have two options for deploying the DDL code in your project into a physical database:
Under the covers both do the same basic operation; build a dacpac from your project, compare it to the target database, build a script that will make the requisite changes to the target database, execute that script.
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I tend to use the Schema Compare as check that the changes been released to Live are what I expected and to make sure that any schema changes are safe (i.e. not doing a huge INSERT into a new table and rename) and use publish if possible. I tell other team members to use build and then publish on development, which has worked well so far.
For your first point, I rely on publish. However, schema compare is very useful for analyzing changes, performing drops and for constraining a comparison to a lower granularity of objects to compare or deploy. I.e. one can exclude users, so they are not dropped or added in the target.
All that said, publish ensures that the entire database is deployed and will be in working order once the operation is complete. It also allows for automated deployment in the case of CI.
I do wish that I could see the preview report before I published the changes though.
For PROD we do a schema comparison to create and review the actual T-SQL itself prior to running. However for a DB where we have view partitioning (i.e., multiple tables with UNION ALL view) we had to go to RedGate for performance reasons.
On DEV/QA/UAT it's automated publishing via TFS builds (whether CI, scheduled or Manual).
Any other environment local, etc), we let the person doing the work make that decision.
One of the pro's of publishing is that everyone can share the publish file as it's checked in. I have found that SSDT schema compare is a little more difficult when sharing a template with specific options.
Aaron, you may want to consider automating your script/diff generation. You can use SQLPackage to generate a diff report in XML and a change script as well. I've done that for several of our builds. We even have that set as an option in our automated build jobs to either just gen the report/change script or to also push the changes. (We haven't built the process yet to just push changes instead of creating the report/script, but it's something we could add.)
Those publish files are great for sharing. It's made our releases - local and to server - much easier.
We export the dacpac from production once a week. The dev team uses the production dacpac as the target for the schema compare and provides scripts for us based on this output.


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"We live about a mile or so from the school," she said. "Certainly when they were little I would bike my kids there in the mornings and it's a really narrow, scary path from town to school."
It was Ober's concern for the safety of her kids and their classmates that led her to apply for grant money to plan a better, safer path.


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If anyone asked me if I would still be co-sleeping with my babies by the time they reached 3, I'd say no. I realize my twins are technically no longer babies at 3, but there are ways they still are. My son actually prefers his crib. Yes, I said crib -- 3-year-old in crib. He never climbs out, and sleeps really well. Why mess with a good thing? Also a good thing: My daughter co-sleeping with me and my husband.
It works for us. More specifically it works for our daughter who just doesn't like sleeping alone. My mom tells me I didn't like sleeping alone either when I was a kid. My dad used to work nights and I remember crawling into bed with her on and off up until I was 12. That may sound horrifying to some, but for me it was comforting.
My daughter never really had to sleep alone -- she was in my womb with her brother, they both slept in the same co-sleeper next to our bed for the first six months, and after a short stint in her own crib, Pippi often ended up back in our bed. At first my husband and I disagreed on co-sleeping -- he wanted the kids in their cribs. But he came around. It's precious to wake up in the morning and see them cuddling.
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We did try to end co-sleeping. When we first moved from a small Brooklyn apartment to a house with real bedrooms, we got the kids twin-sized beds and set up both of their rooms with everything they loved thinking this was it! My son, often clingy during the day, loves to sleep alone. Though if you count the blanket he's had since birth, select cars, and the Spider Man doll that must accompany him in the crib, he really isn't "alone." But not my daughter.
At first, Pippi took a liking to her big girl bed along with the cute firefly bedding we bought her and like magic, we thought it was the end. She slept the whole night through in her own room for the first week. Then it was a few nights a week; and now we're back to every night in the family bed.
Instead of trying to get her to stay in her room, we just upgraded to a king size bed so we can all sleep more comfortably. If you share a bed with your kids, you know how they turn gymnastic in their sleep. And in case you're wondering, my husband and I don't rely on our bed to be intimate. Co-sleeping doesn't have to kill your sex life.
Am I holding her back from learning to be more independent? I don't think so. She's only this age once. And even if she's sleeping in our bed on and off until she's 12, she's still only a kid once. I want to cherish every moment of that ... even the sleeping ones. There will be that day when she's moving out, getting her own apartment outside my womb (and bed), and her brother will one day no longer be sleeping in a crib. Hopefully.
I'm not kicking her out because I remember how I felt at 12 and wanting to sleep with my mom. It was comfort. It was security. I felt safe. No boogie man was going to get me with my mom around. Unreasonable? Maybe. It's just how I felt. Sleeping alone in my bed was cold, lonely, and scary. And that was me at 12. Pippi is 3. A baby. Okay a toddler, but still my baby. We went from a tiny house to one with halls and stairs. That's a big change. And frankly, I love having her next to me. It's comfort.
Do you co-sleep with your toddler? How does it work for you?
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once upon a time 6/7ths of us were steamrolled by a post-thanksgiving flu, and then just about the time i could stand without a perilous case of jelly legs, this oral surgeon stopped in and wrenched out my wisdom tooth.
or actually, i went to his place and paid to have it extracted, but the whole thing still feels crazy, like here, let me trade you $350 for a double helping of misery. with a side of nausea and swollen gums. and for dessert, nearly passing out.
i am on day three of empty socket pain, and i am possibly being a baby about it, but i'd have to say that on the outside i am quite stoic and respectable. you, however, dear blog readers, get direct access to the Inner Workings of my Soul, and in here it's all about the whining and the passing out.
in truth, i think the main problem is that i didn't expect it to hurt much. it's like when you go to watch a nicholas sparks movie thinking it's going to be sappy and horribly predictable, and then when it's halfway decent you're mildly dazed with how not-bad it was. (theoretically. i don't know that this has ever happened in actual real reality, but it could.) (ns fans everywhere, i'm sorry for my feelings on the subject.) so that. it's like that, but in reverse.
also, one more thing and then i promise i shall scoot along to greener pastures: it tastes like a sweaty lemon walked into my mouth and died. why is that? the percocet? the saltwater washes? it's unclear.
but moseying along.
it's that time of year to print your beloved a pair of tea towels, bake up some gingersnaps, or buy them a flock of sheep. it's also that time of year for me to have a christmas sale in my shop, so if you're hankering after a map print, do stop in.
and while we're talking shop, etsy has a fresh batch of beautiful somethings this season. once in a while i find a gift that is just perfect for someone i know, but mostly my etsy sifting serves up inspiration to dig in and make that little something.
okay, so most of those somethings? i probably couldn't pull off. but i could totally learn to make them, in an alternate universe with 60 hour days and a more talented version of me. either way, i'm excited that we've hit the season where i get to make people stuff, and they get to smile and say grazie (translation: what is it?) and wear it around town as if it's their favorite thing ever.
and mostly: i'm glad for the wonder thick around us. for the marvel of God with sinew, lips, elbows. for grace brought close to live with us and die for us.
It's still a mystery to me
That the hands of God could be so small,
How tiny fingers reaching in the night
Were the very hands that measured the sky
Hallelujah, hallelujah
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while i'm not a scientist, it seems to me that the word that scientists use to describe their ultimate accomplishment is inherintly flawed. they must be as tired of the misinterpretation of "theory" by the uninformed or uneducated as we are. given that they spend innordinate amounts of time correcting the layperson who equates scientific theory to guesswork, why don't they come up with a new word for theory?
in Dawkins' the God Delusion, he added an intro to the paperback version that discussed this. his minor modification was to call it a "theorum", much like the usage in mathematics. i don't feel like that is good enough.
at the same time, i don't have a better word. i'm open to ideas though...
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Maybe we should amend it to simply be a "Proven Theory", or maybe "tested theory"?
It just seems odd that all theories, whether they are starting out or approved, carry the same name.
Who ever came up with this, !!!!!!
It goes back a long way— to classical Greek to a word that means "something seen, a vision, a concept."
Hence in the geometry of Euclid the statement of a proposition is labeled theorem and is followed by the proof. The same usage is retained in mathematics papers and textbooks today.
(That much I knew as a mathematician, the rest of this I had to recover from various sources.)
The Latin cognate theoria is not classical, but does occur in the Septuagint in Ezekiel 8:3. as the translation by Jerome of the Hebrew word cemel and is rendered in English translations from KJV onward as image.
In English the word theory has been used in both its present senses for over 400 years according to the OED. The OED even gives a quote "Theory of what is and theory of what ought to be are perpetually compounded" which suggests that the two senses have been a problem for a while.
With such a long history and broad usage in diverse contexts, change by fiat is out of the question, I suppose.
Great response man! I enjoyed very much.
Man, what a debacle. Seems we are trapped into this and will have to repeat ourselves like parrots. Not something I'm looking forward to!
You see the origin of the dual sense of the word theory already in Euclid's use: a theorem was the statement of the idea in a geometric proposition, but it was also something requiring proof.
Just reading the latest information regarding discovery of the Higgs Boson particle. It occurred to me there might be a tie in for this thread.
Perhaps what you're looking for already exists. I'm going to go out on a limb here and show my complete ignorance of all things scientific so be nice in your responses.
What you're seeking to do is use the scientific term "Law" for a proven theory. This puts us in a box because wrinkles are continuously discovered that require rewrites to what we know. We currently consider those modifications to existing theories or replace them with completely new theories.
The only way you're going to get around the complete misuse of the word "Law", is to quantify the confidence level in any given theory. The only thing I know that would do that would be along the lines of the Sigma system. I see it being used to describe the confidence level of the Higgs finding but I'm sure it would be over my head as far as how they come up with each sigma level.
It would seem odd to me to see a theory of evolution described as a 5.9 Sigma theory of evolution. No doubt, anything less than a 6 would leave just enough room for a theist to say "so it's only 50/50 that this theory is true. Even your own scientist aren't sure".
I imagine there are diminishing returns to application of a system such as this to most theories.
I think the whole attempt to reclassify the word we use to describe theories is a fools errand. We're just kowtowing to those who have their own mythical explanations. No logic or degree of proof is going to move them from that position.
Yeah, I agree, we can't use anything that would leave a door open for argument, when there isn't any in i.e. evolution. No matter what details change, there is ZERO chance of evolution it's self been thrown out.
Which brings us back to the original point.
A proven theory's core cannot change, only details of it. Someone already mentioned that a theory holds all the information including the original hypothesis, the laws and changes for ever.
The confusion part is that folks don't know that. So we are still in the same boat, we don't have a way to differentiate between an original unproven or tested theory against one that is proven like evolution.
Until we have, they will continue to throw at us the old "that's a theory" and we'll just continue to repeat ourselves over and over.
I guess that's life.
Sigma is just the name for the standard deviation in a normal probability distribution. A normal distribution is completely determined by its mean, usually denoted by the Greek letter μ, and its standard deviation σ. The mean shows that height in the middle and the standard deviation shows how "fat" it is. The typical plot is shown below:
If you measure something and the measurement errors are random, they follow a normal distribution. 68.2% will fall within one standard deviation of the average of all, 95.45% will fall within two standard deviations, and 99.73% will fall within 3 standard deviations. (This is the usual 6σ standard talked about.)
The term is also used for the confidence level attached to the results of experiments to express the probability that the results are correct. In this case of the Higgs boson, it seems likely to me they are speaking of a confidence level within 5σ of the mean, which in the popular terminology used in industry would be a 10σ standard.
Wow...I hope you didn't go through much trouble to draw that chart ;-)
Thank you for the explanation of that. I'm sure several of us will find it useful.
If I remember correctly, they were talking about several decimal places (i.e. 99.9999%) probability of confidence with respect to the Higgs. I guess they only see one every trillion collisions so that must play into why they're using sigma.
Thrilling to think it is true but I won't be spending any sleepless nights if the lights instantaneously go out on the universe several billion years from now. At least it will keep those physicists off the streets and away from a life of crime.
What the physicists want to estimate is the probability that their events are not just random errors.
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The mean shows that height in the middle and the standard deviation shows how "fat" it is.
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The mean shows where the height in the middle occurs and the standard deviation shows how "fat" it is.
I shouldn't type while I am on the phone.
A couple of additions. First of all, scientists usually refer to statements that are not yet established by good experimental results as conjectures. A conjecture is an educated guess.
Second, all science, including well-established theories, are held tentatively. It is inductive inference that is involved and since you cannot test exhaustively under all conditions, times, and places, the generalization encapsulated in a law is never quite absolute. However, some things are so well tested that assuming they hold for future conditions is a very good bet.
An excellent example of this is given by Newtonian mechanics, which were superseded by relativistic mechanics. Newton had no way of testing his mechanics at very high speeds and no reason not to think that what he observed and used would extend to them. Only when relativity was developed did it become clear that a modification needed to be made. Newton's mechanics are still an excellent approximation, so close that at all ordinary speeds they suffice.
In a sense then, all scientific conclusions are tentative, but most are so well tested that it's foolish to bet against them except under extreme circumstances. In other words, the conclusions should be accepted as factual.
Ok, I'm bring this back, but just to close it.
All this confusion is now gone after reading the explanation:
Evolution is a FACT and Natural Design is the Theory that explains it.
There were many theories explaining evolution, and Natural Design was the winer (unless you talk to a creationist :().
So no need to change the name because it's simply a FACT.
Natural Design = Theory.
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Now, with that said, I want to remind you that if you look at the side effects of ANY drug, you'll find scary shit on all of them. I'm sure I'll put patients on Fycompa, and most will likely do fine.
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I was up for my third semester review at Indiana University, where you sit in front of three Ph.D.s in your field and they decide whether to pass you into the Ph.D. program or to give you the axe—but I was totally distracted. I had a hip-hop group called Middle Passage, back in the day when hip-hop had a lot of positive social messaging behind it, and my agent had just called to say, "Motown wants to fly you out to L.A." There were 15 record labels looking at my hip-hop group!
I got on the plane thinking about performing in huge venues, playing in Europe, and this record deal. I wasn't thinking about graduate school at all. And as I walked through the first class cabin I saw Randall Robinson—a political activist who works with Africa Watch and the man who politicized the plight of Haitian refugees at Guantanamo Bay. This was a man who had gone on hunger strikes, who'd been instrumental in getting financial support for AIDS relief in Africa. So I asked him to sign a book for me—it wasn't even one he wrote, just one about Africa. I just wanted his name. He obliged, and we flew on to LA.
There I spent the night in the same hotel where Tupac and Biggie Smalls were staying. I met with Dick Rudolph, Minnie Ripperton's husband and the A&R director of Michael Douglass's Stonebridge Entertainment/ Third Stone label. It was a heady experience. I really began to question teaching history in the academy via a Ph.D. at all.
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I had to make a decision. Hip-hop or history. I sold my sampler, sold my drum machine, the group evaporated, and I booked a flight to Mali, West Africa to begin my Bamana language studies there.
I left on July 3, and as I crossed over the Atlantic, I remembered Frederick Douglass's speech "What to a Slave is the Fourth of July," a speech I'd learned in a course I took with Peter Frederick. The sun came up over the wing of the plane and I saw West Africa for the first time. Even talking about this, I get emotional. For African Americans, that's a unique kind of home space.
Within two years of that trip, I was interviewing a 103-year-old ironworker about the role his grandfather played in a holy war that took place in Africa at the same time as the American Civil War. My experience in Africa completely transformed my ideas about whether or not I wanted to study history. It became a foregone conclusion.
I look back at the irony of this—that on the plane to search for a record deal with a major label, I encountered Randall Robinson, who works for Africa Watch. It was as if Africa was drawing me back to it. There was no way I could resist that pull.
I completed my graduate studies, and now I'm here. I love my job. And I'm able, I hope, to bring Africa to students in a way they might not have experienced it before.
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Box fans, window fan, ceiling fan, tuna-fish sandwiches, train horns, sand, donuts in the morning, the beach, seining, hot summer days, cold-water showers, afternoon naps, no TV, no telephone, sand, stacks of Reader's Digest books, dart board, cards, sand, late-evening thunderstorms, crabbing, fishing, and oh, I almost forgot to mention…sand. These wonderful memories all seem to bunch up together in my mind when the long days of summer come. They make me long for "The Coast," "the camp" — or more endearingly dubbed by the kids as the "Choo-Choo Train House."
The Choo-Choo Train House was located in Clermont Harbor, Mississippi and was originally a school house that sat five blocks inland from the beach, and a few houses from the railroad. It had been a school from 1911, when it was built, until the 40's when the town built a new school. At that time it was put up for sale and my grandmother and my step-grandfather (Pa-pa) bought it when my mother was about thirteen years old. They spent the entire summer every year down at the coast, while Pa-pa went go back to Baton Rouge on the weekdays to work in his store. He would head back to the coast on Friday evenings to be with his family again. When I was a child, we'd go down at least a few times each summer.
The old camp had one big room that was divided into three parts, with half-walls surrounding the kitchen area which was located in the middle. Across the middle hall were two bathrooms — one half-bath and one with only a tub. There were large windows on every wall. These allowed a nice cross-breeze to flow through the building when the weather was hot. The old ceiling fan in the front room was a large heavy-duty, two-blade, "they don't make them like that anymore" type of ceiling fan. It made a slow, loud, repetitive grinding noise as it started spinning, but when it got going, could blow a part in your hair. There were beds in the front room and beds in the back room. But there was one special twin bed right by the front screen door where my Pa-pa took a nap every afternoon. It was difficult to keep a bunch of kids quiet for two hours and to keep the screen door from slamming while he slept!
A typical day for me started at 4 AM when I would get up to go fishing with my dad. It would still be dark as I tried to get dressed quietly.
My dad would turn on a small lamp at the kitchen table and make French bread toast in the old Munsey toaster. After scraping the blackened toast into the sink with a knife (quietly) because we usually left it too long in the toaster while we got other things ready for our fishing trip, we would finish eating and head to Bordage's (pronounced Bo-dash's) fishing marina. It was located inland on Bayou (Bye) Caddy.
After getting there, still dark outside, I put on my orange life-preserver and got into our skiff. Daddy would load our rods and reels, bait, and gas tank and then start the outboard motor. It always seemed so much louder in the early morning! We slowly pulled away from the dock and then made our way down the bayou toward the Gulf. I can still smell the salt water, mud and marsh grass. I remember occasionally seeing, shining in the water as the boat glided through, the phosphorescent organisms that glowed briefly in the darkness. After what seemed to be half an hour of winding through the watery passages, we would finally reach the mouth of the bayou just as it was getting light. We'd fish for an hour or more and then head back to Bordage's. We always ended our trip with a Barq's rootbeer and a pack of peanut butter crackers. I still love that food combination.
We'd get back to the house just in time to put our bathing suits on and go to the beach with my brothers and sister –and whichever cousins happened to visiting at the same time. If the tide was in, we played in the shallow surf. If the tide was out we played on the sandbars running and splashing through the tide pools. Around lunch when we were on the verge of getting sunburned and when it got too hot to stay out there, we'd head back to the camp.. Each of us got a turn at the hose out back to rinse the sand off of ourselves and then we'd do the complete job in the cold shower inside. It seemed extra cold when you were extra hot. And no matter how much you rinsed off, you still found sand somewhere on your body when you got out!
Lunch usually consisted of tuna sandwiches or other cold lunch meat sandwich, then the sleepy people would find a bed and flop on top of it for a nap under the strong breeze of the ceiling fan. Those of us who never napped, read comic books or played a quiet board game, or card game. I must have played a thousand games of rummy! Sometimes Mom would give us each a dime to walk down to Garcia's (Gar-sha's), the local general store to get an ice cream. I believe she did that mostly to get us out of the camp during her nap time.
Finally when the nappers awoke, we'd get our damp swimsuits back on and head back to the beach and play until the sun went down. If the tide was out, we'd seine between the sandbars in the tide pools and see what little fish, shrimp or crabs we could catch. The youngest children always enjoyed the flipping minnows jumping on the net as we pulled the seine up onto a sandbar.
When the sun went down we'd head back to the camp for a meal of hot dogs or boiled crabs if we had been crabbing at the train trestle that day. Of course we didn't eat until we went through the "de-sanding" ritual again of the hose and cold shower. By the way, one of the best feelings in the world is to be clean, and cool, and in fresh pajamas after being hot all day and in a damp,d sandy bathing suit.
After supper it was time to get on — not in — our beds until the house cooled off. At 9:00 PM we always had our radio tuned to the AM station, WWL out of New Orleans, to hear CBS Mystery Theater. We listened intently as the opening trademark "creaking door" opened and E. G. Marshall introduced that evening's suspenseful tale.
Before we went to sleep, we dusted any sand out of the bed — and there always was some — and Pa-pa would tell us to cover our heads with our sheet while he sprayed the inside of the camp with the flit gun to kill the mosquitoes. Going to sleep hot, but waking up cool in the morning, with the birds chirping in the trees outside the open windows, is one of my fondest memories of being at the Coast.
The Coast is where my parents met and courted. It is where all of us put our feet in the water of the Gulf for the first time. It's where we went each summer to relax. It's where we had family reunions every year around my parents' anniversary.
Yes, it was hot. Yes, it was sandy. But it was a nice place to go to relax, to be with family, to bring friends, to enjoy the beach, and to eat and sleep as much as you wanted.
The Coast is where we used to enjoy all of these things, — but those days are gone now. Only memories remain. Along with many other people's precious possessions, the Choo-Choo Train House and Clermont Harbor were destroyed in August of 2005 by the unprecedented power of Hurricane Katrina. This stretch of the Mississippi Coast was one of the hardest hit areas of the hurricane. The sadness I felt from the loss of our camp and Clermont Harbor was the same as if I had lost a member of my family. I mourned for many years — and I still do.
Nothing can replace the old camp, or Garcia's, or Bordages, but one story demonstrates the resiliency of the place and its people.
One hot day a few weeks after the storm while we were cleaning up debris on our property, my mom proceeded to pull out a checkered table cloth, spread it on the surviving picnic table and began to set out cold lunch meat and sandwich fixings. We all sat and enjoyed our lunch under the sparse shade of one of the remaining, bedraggled trees. It was at that moment that I knew not everything had been destroyed. The heart of the Coast was still there.


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The oceans cover 70 percent of the planet's surface and constitute 99 percent of its living space, and every drop of ocean water holds living things. Without its oceans, Earth would be a rock in space, and life may never have appeared on our planet.
Scientists seek to learn more about these abundant, fragile, and now-threatened communities
Overlooked in the ocean until the 1970s, cyanobacteria are among Earth's most important organisms
Discoveries of unusual marine microbes are radically changing our views about the evolution of life
A unique, complex food web is fashioned by distinctive species and environmental factors
Scientists explore many facets of whales' lives to help species on the edge of extinction
With time running out, an ambitious research plan is launched for an endangered species
Georges Bank experiment offers new insights on age-old questions about closing areas to fishing
Mathematical analyses offer new insights into age-old controversies on fishing restriction
Pioneering cruises into the pack ice of the Southern Ocean reveal secrets of its fertile ecosystem
A new tagging device lets scientists 'go along for the ride' into the underwater world of whales
Scientists develop new instruments to study microbes at the center of the ocean food web
An expanding variety of sensors is changing they way we monitor dynamic ocean systems
The genomics revolution is transforming the way scientists can study life in the oceans


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Each year, the editors of Automobile Magazine convene to test, evaluate, and debate the performance, significance, and pure enthusiast appeal of the cars that make the biggest impact.
Despite the auto industry coming off its worst year in recent history, "the level of excellence found during our annual All-Stars competition was at an all-time high and the competition was strong" said Jean Jennings, president and editor-in-chief of AUTOMOBILE Magazine. "We whittled down a list of thirty-nine finalists to the ten All-Stars. The end results produced a list of true standouts, spanning a wide range of the automotive spectrum."
Click ahead to see which vehicles made the top of the list.
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As our nation's infrastructure ages, and the demands upon our transportation network grow, smart decisions need to be made for our economic future. Asphalt pavements offer cost-effective, high performing solutions. Taking into account today's limited budgets, asphalt offers the return on investment required to meet the needs of road users and pavement designers.
Asphalt pavements ensure the smooth, quiet, and safe ride drivers demand.
Asphalt pavements also provide the flexibility and solutions necessary to improve, repair, or change the road system as traffic volume and demands change. With asphalt, maintenance and repair can be handled cost effectively with minimal impact on road users.
More than 93 percent of paved roads in the U.S. are surfaced with asphalt1 because it offers the affordable, high level performance drivers and road owners demand. Through night time construction and no concrete curing time, asphalt pavements offer the flexibility needed to handle all levels of traffic and they can be maintained or repaired quickly with minimal disruption to travelers. With long-life pavement designs, asphalt roads can be built to last many decades with only periodic surface renewal and maintenance.2 Smart planning — including increasing roadway capacity and maintaining the pavement surface, along with the rapid speed of construction possible with asphalt can help address the $121 billion U.S. motorists lose to traffic delays, as well as the CO2 emissions associated with congestion.3
FHWA (2012). "Table HM-12" in Highway Statistics 2012. Office of Highway Policy Information, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.
Schrank, D., B. Eisele, and T. Lomax (2012). TTI's 2012 Urban Mobility Report. Texas A&M Transportation Institute, College Station, Texas.
A smooth, continuous asphalt surface adds to pavement longevity1 and requires less maintenance than rougher roads.2 Additionally, asphalt pavements don't have transverse expansion joints disrupting their smoothness every few yards. Smoother roads can also save drivers money. Rough roads cost the average motorist $377 per year in wear and tear on their vehicles,3 and studies have found that smooth pavements can improve vehicle fuel economy by 4.5 percent.4 In fact, FHWA has determined that pavement smoothness is a key factor in ensuring satisfaction for road users.5
Pavement Lessons from the 50-Year-Old Interstate Highway System: California, Oregon, and Washington. Transportation Research Board. 2007.
Pavement Smoothness Index Relationships, Final Report. Federal Highway Administration. 2002.
Bumpy Roads Ahead: America's Roughest Rides and Strategies to Make our Roads Smoother. TRIP. 2013.
WesTrack Track Roughness, Fuel Consumption, and Maintenance Costs, Tech Brief No. FHWA-RD-00-052. Federal Highway Administration. 2000.
Help with Converting Pavement Smoothness Specifications, Tech Brief No. FHWA-RD-02-112. Federal Highway Administration. 2002.
Innovations in asphalt surface mixes have helped reduce the noise level of asphalt, making it the "quiet pavement." Quiet asphalt mixes can reduce the need for costly sound barriers.1 These quiet pavement technologies include open-graded surfaces, fine-graded surfaces, rubberized asphalt, and stone-matrix asphalt, which have led to noise reductions as great as 7 decibels.2 Reducing noise by 3 decibels is equivalent to doubling the distance from the road to the listener. And since asphalt roads tend to be quieter than other paving materials,1 they ultimately can lead to less driver fatigue, underlining the pavement's superior safety capabilities as well.
Donavan, P.R., L.M. Pierce, D.M. Lodico, J.L. Rochat, and H.S. Knauer (2013). NCHRP Report 738: Evaluating Pavement Strategies and Barriers for Noise Mitigation. Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington D.C.
PIARC (2013). Quiet Pavement Technologies. Report 2013R10EN. F.G. Practicò and M. Swanlund (eds.). World Road Association (PIARC), La Défense, France.
Poor highway conditions were linked to 5.3 million crashes in 2009, causing $217.5 billion in economic losses and 22,455 fatalities.1 Substandard roads can cause loss of vehicle control, reduced ability to perform motoring tasks, driver fatigue, and an increased frequency of accidents.2 Because asphalt pavements can be resurfaced quickly and economically, it is easy to ensure good road condition with minimal inconvenience for drivers. In addition, a variety of surface options add to the flexibility of asphalt. For example, open-graded friction courses can be used to drain rainwater from the road surface, reducing splash and spray while improving traction and visibility, which can greatly reduce traffic accidents and fatalities.3 Similarly, high-performance, rut-resistant stone-matrix asphalt mixes have been shown to improve surface drainage and increase friction during wet weather.4
Miller, T.R. and E. Zaloshnja (2009). On a Crash Course: The Dangers and Health Costs of Deficient Roads. The Pacific Institute for Research & Evaluation, Calverton, Maryland.
TRIP (2012). Bumpy Roads Ahead: America's Roughest Rides and Strategies to Make our Roads Smoother. TRIP Transportation Research Group, Washington, D.C.
GDOT (2003). Georgia Department of Transportation's Progress in Open-Graded Friction Course Development. Georgia Department of Transportation, Atlanta, Georgia.
NCAT (2009). Hot Mix Asphalt Materials, Mixture Design, and Construction, Third Edition. NAPA Research and Education Foundation, Lanham, Maryland.
When an asphalt pavement is maintained, the in place material removed from the site becomes part of the raw materials for new pavement layers. A 100 percent reusable material, reclaimed asphalt pavements perform as well or better than virgin mixes.1 In 2012, 70.5 million tons of asphalt pavement material was reclaimed, and nearly 100 percent was reused.2 Asphalt pavements can also put a wide range of previously used materials to productive use, including rubber tires, asphalt roofing shingles, and blast furnace slag.3 Through the recovery and reuse of asphalt binder from asphalt pavement and asphalt roofing shingles, the industry saved customers $2.27 billion in 2012.2
West, R.C., D.H. Timm, J.R. Willis, R.B. Powell, N.H. Tran, D. Watson, M. Sakhaeifar, E.R. Brown, M.M. Robbins, A. Vargas-Nordcbeck, F.L. Villacorta, X. Guo, and J. Nelson (2012). Phase IV NCAT Pavement Test Track Findings. NCAT Report 12-10. National Center for Asphalt Technology. Auburn University. Auburn, Alabama.
Hansen, K.R. and A. Copeland (2014). Information Series 138: 3rd Annual Asphalt Pavement Industry Survey on Recycled Materials and Warm-Mix Asphalt Usage: 2009–2012. National Asphalt Pavement Association. Lanham, Maryland.
The asphalt pavement industry continues to innovate to improve the sustainability of its products. Warm-mix asphalt (WMA) is an important part of this and in 2013, warm-mix asphalt won the Construction Innovation Forum NOVA Award for its innovativeness and engineering, economic, and ecological benefits.1 WMA technologies reduce the production and placement temperature of asphalt pavement mixtures while also improving pavement properties. This lowers fuel consumption and further cuts greenhouse gas emissions.2 When WMA is fully implemented, the U.S. will save an estimated 150 million gallons of No. 2 fuel oil and cut carbon dioxide emissions by the equivalent of 210,000 cars annually.3
CIF (2013). 2013 NOVA Award Winner — Warm Mix Asphalt. Construction Innovation Forum.
FHWA (2013). Every Day Counts: Warm Mix Asphalt. Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.
NAPA (2008). Warm-Mix Asphalt (PS-30). National Asphalt Pavement Association. Lanham, Maryland.


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The GMC Envoy is a sport utility vehicle (SUV) manufactured from 1998 to 2009 by General Motors and sold under the GMC brand name. GMC introduced it in 1998 as a top-end GMC Jimmy, but stopped its production briefly in 2000 while the Jimmy was phased out. In 2002, the brand reintroduced the Envoy as a completely new model and as a replacement for the Jimmy.
The General Motors factories in Ohio and Oklahoma continued producing this model uninterrupted until its discontinuation in 2009, being replaced by the GMC Terrain.
The GMC Envoy, as a trim level of the Jimmy, was based on the Chevrolet Blazer. It used a 4.3-liter L35 Vortec V-6 engine. Like the GMC Jimmy, the Envoy received four stars in terms of driver and passenger safety by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The GMC Envoy was a below average performer in its class. First, the vehicle did not have a continuous production life, which resulted in many people not recognizing its existence. By the time the SUV re-launched in 2002, it had several features that made it an eligible candidate with more refinement, power, and size than its previous short-lived incarnation. However, the Envoy remained unremarkable and unrecognizable in a crowded automobile sector filled with SUVs that did more for less money. The vehicle shared many similarities with its platform twin, the Chevrolet TrailBlazer, with the only differences found in its styling and suspension.
Overall, the GMC Envoy met expectations as a traditional midsized SUV, but so did others in the market. Although it offered decent performance and a comfortable ride, it faced criticism for poor handling and a lackluster interior. Moreover, the GMC Envoy was safe only in theory; it performed poorly in real crash tests.
The 2009 GMC Envoy marked the vehicle's last model year, after which the GMC Terrain replaced it. The only update that for the 2009 model year was the Bluetooth connectivity option. GMC also offered the Denali variant during the last model year.
The 2009 GMC Envoy included updates from previous years, namely a stability control system, Stabilitrak, and 18-inch alloy wheels. It also offered side curtain airbags and XM satellite radio, two features added in the 2007 model. The straight-six engine, redesigned in 2006, powered the last GMC Envoy model. Apart from the Denali trim level, the Envoy also came in SLE and SLT levels. SLE represented the base level, while the SLT covered the range between the base and the Denali. The GMC Envoy Denali featured the more powerful V-8 engine, a honeycomb grille, heated seats, and better sound insulation inside the cabin.
The first generation GMC Envoy provided a high-end trim level of the Jimmy. It contains a 4.3-liter V-6 engine that delivered an acceptable 190 horsepower. The GMC Envoy offered all the features in a GMC Jimmy along with additional features, including HID headlights, remote trunk release, a Bose audio system, and heated front seats and exterior mirrors. Optional features on the GMC Envoy included a power front passenger seat, locking differential, and a power moonroof.
The second generation GMC Envoy replaced the GMC Jimmy in 2002. It shared the same basic platform as the Chevrolet TrailBlazer, with the interior of both cars remaining almost identical. However, the exterior styling was different for both vehicles. The GMC Envoy used a Vortec 4200 straight-6 engine instead of the last generation's V-6. This new straight-6 engine delivered 270 hp and 275 lb-ft of torque. GMC redesigned the engine for the 2003 model year and improved its power rating to 291 hp. The GMC Envoy XL served as a full-sized version of the Envoy, and comes as a trim level. However, GMC halted its production after the 2006 model year.
All models of the second generation GMC Envoy had four-wheel disc brakes. An optional engine, the displacement-on-demand 5.3-liter V-8 engine, was added for the GMC Envoy Denali when GMC introduced it in 2005.
2005 also saw an attempt by General Motors to convert the Envoy into a combination SUV and pickup, the GMC Envoy XUV. This short-lived vehicle featured a retractable roof that can slide forward to convert the rear into an open-top cargo space. A midgate separated this cargo space from the passenger cabin up front. Although the GMC Envoy XUV seemed good at first glance, the real result is an awkward-looking Envoy model that the brand quickly terminated.
2009 GMC Envoy
SUV, Utility/Offroad
The GMC Envoy was a throwback to the SUVs of old; a bare bone vehicle with little to offer in the way of luxury and comfort.
2008 GMC Envoy
The 2008 GMC Envoy classifies as a midsize SUV that has received fairly positive feedback.
2007 GMC Envoy
A few years after ditching the Jimmy, GMC introduced the Envoy as its replacement, which is the Chevrolet TrailBlazer corporate twin, sharing most mechanical hardware.
2006 GMC Envoy
The 2006 GMC Envoy sport utility vehicle (SUV) has made substantial improvements over its forerunners.
2005 GMC Envoy
The GMC Envoy is a midsize SUV introduced in 1998 as a high-end version of the Jimmy; however, the Jimmy was later discontinued, and the Envoy took over the slot completely.
2004 GMC Envoy
The 2004 GMC Envoy serves as a well-known sport utility vehicle (SUV) with plenty of features and extras to get the attention of those looking for a reliable SUV option.
2003 GMC Envoy
The GMC Envoy was once a dressed up version of the popular GMC Jimmy.
2002 GMC Envoy
The standard GMC Jimmy got better over the years and now goes by the name Envoy.
2000 GMC Envoy
The 2000 GMC Envoy looks like a twin to the Chevy Blazer in most respects.
1999 GMC Envoy
The 1999 GMC Envoy is a four-wheel-drive luxury SUV that offers respectable quality and good performance, as well as the ability to go .
1998 GMC Envoy
The 1998 GMC Envoy classifies as a midsize SUV manufactured by General Motors.