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Red is one of the most challenging colours to nail when brewing beer.
When done right it can come out as a brilliant ruby red that just shines in the glass. At the Gladfield pilot brewery we have found a few key elements for developing red ale malt bills to make hitting that colour a little easier.
1. Target a colour between 32 and 37 EBC. We have found this to be the sweet spot for hitting that ruby colour. Too light and you beer will be brown, to dark and your beer will be darker brown.
2. Malt choice is a big one, but will also be dependent on what flavours you want in the beer. Here are the three big hitters for getting the right red colour:
- Aurora – A base malt, Aurora brings in great malty and light fruity flavours and a beautiful red hue. It can be used up to 100% of the grist for red or amber ale.
- RedBack – A less modified crystal malt with a beautiful red colour. This also brings in some lighter malty and sweet flavours along with enhanced body and head retention. Use up to 20%
- Shepherds Delight – The darkest of the red malts, with the most bang for your buck as a little bit goes a long way in achieving colour and flavour. Pairs very well with Vienna malt for the enhanced sweetness, or with some of our darker crystal malts. Use at 8-10% maximum. This malt can impart an astringent flavour initially but it mellows out after a few weeks.
3. Serve the beer in the glass that shows it off the best. Often the red colour will only truly come out in the right glass or lighting conditions. So use that to your advantage. If a beer is a brilliant ruby red in a pilsner glass pouring it into a traditional pint glass could make it appear orange-brown. Try a few options and stick with the best. Sunlight always seems to show off the red better than indoor lighting, so lounge out on the patio and drink those red beers in the sun!
4. Don't give up on the first go. Brewing is an art and a science and it takes persistence on both fronts to craft a perfect beer. Brew often, drink the mistakes and tweak the recipes to perfection.
Here are some of our favourite red ale recipes that cater to different styles of beers. Some are more malt-forward, where others push into the hoppier styles without losing that great red hue. All recipes make 25 litres.
Red Ale
2.5kg Gladfield Ale Malt (36.8%)
2.0kg Vienna Malt (29.4%)
1.4kg Aurora Malt (20.6%)
0.55kg Red Back Malt (8.1%)
0.35kg Shepherds Delight Malt (5.1%)
60min – 20g Pacific Gem
15min – 15g Pacifica
5min – 15g Pacifica
Target Original Gravity 1.061
Estimated ABV 6.2%
Target IBU 25
Mash at 67°C
Red IPA
3.94kg American Ale Malt (60.6%)
1.31kg Vienna Malt (20.2%)
0.26kg Toffee Malt (4%)
0.46kg Red Back Malt (7.1%)
0.53kg Shepherds Delight Malt (8.1%)
60min – 32g Pacific Jade
15min – 20g NZ Cascade
0min – 25g Pacifica and 15g NZ Cascade
Target Original Gravity 1.060
Estimated ABV 6.1%
Target IBU 40+
Mash at 65°C
Smoked Red Ale
2.79kg American Ale Malt (45%)
1.55kg Manuka Smoked Malt (25%)
1.12kg Aurora Malt (18%)
0.37kg RedBack Malt (6%)
0.37kg Shepherds Delight Malt (6%)
60min – 10g Pacific Gem
15min – 10g Pacific Gem
1min – 15gSouthern Cross
Target Original Gravity 1.055
Estimated ABV 5.6%
Target IBU 37
Mash at 67°C
Sponsored content contributed by Caleb DeFrees, Gladfield Malt Production Manager and Gladfield Pilot Brewery guru


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Monday Mantra: Demons
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Finding Gaps, Together and Alone
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The Energy of Oils: Earth Prana
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Why nuclear power still sucks February 26, 2007Posted by Andreas in Environment, Nuclear Power.
I don't like nuclear energy. I don't like living 30 kms from Africa's sole commercial nuclear power plant. Mostly, this is just a visceral gut reaction – atomic energy worries me and I don't want it in my life, period.
The nuclear industry has been doing badly in recent years so I haven't had much need to defend my hatred for it in a more rational way, but unfortunately… nuclear power seems on the comeback trail.
A growing number of governments, including those of the USA, the UK and South Africa, are actively promoting a growing role for atomic power. The nuclear energy lobby is fraudulently promoting itself as a "carbon-free alternative", the habitually deceitful George W. Bush claims that "nukyular" power is a renewable source of energy and even the erstwhile darling of the new-age green movement, James Lovelock who conceived the Gaia theory, tells us that "nuclear power is the only green solution" to global warming.
The South African government is heavily invested in the nuclear industry and has just revealed a nuclear program involving the construction of 12 conventional and 24 pebble bed modular reactor atomic power stations.
The Cape Argus recently quoted Rob Adam, the CE of the Nuclear Energy Corporation of SA (Necsa) as saying that "geographic factors in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape ruled out any sources of power other than nuclear energy."
This is an astonishing statement, mostly because it is completely untrue. Wind power and solar power are both viable options in the Western and Eastern Cape. I wrote several emails to Necsa to find out if Adam had perhaps been misquoted, but have yet to receive a response.
So what are we to do, faced with all this pro-nuclear propaganda? Educate ourselves. Say no to this dangerous technology, oppose it wherever we can and spread the word. Here are six good reasons to ditch nuclear power for good.
Nuclear power is expensive
Atomic power plants are hugely expensive, take around a decade to build and cost billions to decommission. In fact, a 2002 a UK Cabinet Office report showed that nuclear power costs more than on-shore or off-shore wind electricity per unit generated. Besides, nuclear power stations produce waste that remains lethal to the environment and humans for tens of thousands of years – how on Earth do you put a price on that?
The global nuclear industry has long survived on massive government subsidies and South Africa has been no different. According to the World Council on Renewable Energy, it has been supported worldwide to the tune of a total of at least a trillion (i.e. a thousand billion) dollars, while only $50 billion has been spent on renewable energy. Imagine where we would be today if that ratio had been reversed?
Nuclear power is no solution to global warming
Many politicians and the nuclear industry claim that we need nuclear energy to reduce CO2 emissions which are a major cause of global warming. While it is true that atomic energy plants generate substantially less CO2 than coal-fired power stations, they still produce much more CO2 than renewables.
If nuclear power would contribute 70% of all electricity produced worldwide by 2100 (which would require construction of 10 000 new nuclear reactors), it would lead to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of merely 16%. This is because electricity production is only a comparatively small part of the problem – fossil fuel powered transport being the biggest greenhouse gas emitters.
According to Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute,
Each dollar invested in electric efficiency displaces nearly seven times as much carbon dioxide as a dollar invested in nuclear power, without any nasty side effects. If climate change is the problem, nuclear power isn't the solution. It's an expensive, one-size-fits-all technology that diverts money and time from cheaper, safer, more resilient alternatives.
Nuclear power is not a renewable source of energy
The world's total recoverable reserves of uranium (the fuel for most nuclear power plants) have been estimated to be around 4.6 million tonnes. There may be another 10 million tonnes in undiscovered or low-grade ores. The world's current atomic energy plants need about 75 000 tonnes of uranium oxide per year. Even without building the many new nuclear power stations that atomic advocates are demanding, the present recoverable reserves are enough to satisfy the world's current nuclear capacity for only another 60 years (source: Is nuclear power a solution to climate change? by Pete Roche).
Nuclear power is dirty
The whole nuclear energy chain, from mining, to transport, enrichment, fission, waste storage and waste disposal creates pollution at every stage. Nuclear reactors generate high-level radioactive waste that will remain lethal for tens of thousands of years and operation and decommissioning of nuclear power plants produces huge amounts of low-level waste.
No repository for high-level nuclear waste has been established anywhere in the world, even though the USA has thrown more than R80 million at the problem. According to some estimates it may take another 25 to 40 years for a high-level nuclear waste facility to be in operation in the UK.
The Blacksmith Institute has recently declared Chernobyl the most polluted place on Earth. Twenty years after the world's worst civilian nuclear disaster, the 19-mile exclusion zone around the plant remains uninhabitable. A former soviet uranium plant in Mailuu-Suu, Kyrgyzstan, also makes the top 10 list.
Nuclear power is dangerous
Just ask the people who used to live near Chernobyl! The US Department of Energy has estimated that around the globe (because yes, radiation can travel) there were around 40 000 cancer deaths that can be linked to the Chernobyl disaster.
And it isn't just dangerous when the huge disasters happen. Uranium miners are routinely exposed to substantial doses of radiation, particularly through inhalation of radioactive radon gas derived from uranium ore.
Nuclear power stations are prime targets for terrorist attacks and the civilian atomic energy industry produces highly enriched uranium and plutonium which can be used to manufacture nuclear weapons.
The nuclear power industry has blood on its hands!
Critics may consider this point a historical irrelevancy that should not cloud our rational judgment of the "peaceful" uses of atomic energy, but the civilian nuclear industry will forever be linked to the most hideous weapons of mass destruction invented and used by humans.
The connection between atomic bombs and nuclear power plants are, of course, as intimate in South Africa as they are around the world. In the words of George Monbiot:
[…] we will never rid the world of nuclear weapons if we do not also rid it of nuclear power. Every state which has sought to develop a weapons programme over the past 30 years – Israel, South Africa, India, Pakistan, North Korea, Iraq and Iran – has done so by manipulating its nuclear power program.
In recent years, the the USA and the UK have made use of depleted uranium ammunition (considered by some as a convenient vehicle to get rid of nuclear waste produced by the atomic energy industry) in the wars in the Balkans and Iraq. These weapons have been connected with horrendous increases in cancers, deaths, birth defects and environmental contamination that are just the latest outrage in a long history of violence and bloodshed.
So there you have it. These are just some reasons to reject nuclear power. There are more, but do you really need them? Say no to atomic energy – for your own sake, for that of your children and for that of our planet!
- 1. Richard Hassinger - February 27, 2007
I'm afraid virtually all of your points are weak. Some are even plain wrong. Transport using fossil fuels is the #1 cause of greenhouse gasses. Perhaps you have never heard of hydrogen? The amount of "pollution" created by uranium enrichment and consumption is extremely tiny compared with the pollution caused by fossil fuel extraction, refinement and burning. Chernobyl was a fiasco badly designed and badly managed by a communist system, what do you expect. PBMR's are about as clean and fail-safe as can be. The uranium isotope needed for fission power is, in fact, everywhere. The most abundant supply is located in seawater. The cost of extracting it is high, but the energy produced from what is extracted is still much higher than the amount of energy generated from fossil fuels. The source could keep us going for millions of years, not even considering that other isotopes are usable in fission. Your last, point, about depleted uranium, is simply a lie. Find one reliable reference to "horrendous increases in cancers, etc." … you can't because it's not true. There is in fact US Army personnel from the first Gulf War that suffered from friendly fire incidents and have depleted uranium shrapnel in their bodies, even their brains, and they are still around today, no worse off from the depleted uranium fragments than if they were lead. South Africa is the only country, other than China, to have spearheaded the new nuclear age, you should be proud to be a part of it. We Americans are envious.
- 3. Anonymous - March 1, 2007
You, Andreas, are an idiot. If you had even the vaguest idea what you were talking about you would know that commercially viable renewable energy generation is a delusion. Good luck anyway.
- 5. mark - March 2, 2007
An oblique comment… in that the world's energy issues are not just the domain of a few decision makers. They are the responsibility of every individual. I am noting the excessively consumptive attitudes of our society in general, and our unwillingness to give up our creature comforts like airconditioning, big engines, disposable conveniences, full baths, fancy (but energy voracious) house designs, unwillingness to exercise and so on. While energy is still needed its rate of increase could be massively slowed by personal contributions. Clever beneficiation of what energy is available musnt be underestimated…
- 7. Richard Hassinger - March 6, 2007
I didn't have much time/space to argue my points so many were left open to interpretation or attack. I'll try and address some of those issues you brought up.
Hydrogen is at least part of the solution to replacing the fuel in our cars and planes. Right now if you want to put hydrogen in your car you can, but the process of reverse hydrolysis requires energy, typically from burning fossil fuels. PBMRs could help this situation in two ways, one by generating electricity to extract hydrogen, and another by piggy-backing on the PBMR itself to utilize the excess heat that the turbine can't use. Right now I have no use for a hydrogen vehicle because the nearest pump is 10 miles away, but an Australian company is commercializing a unit that will refill your car at home using solar panels: http://blogs.business2.com/greenwombat/the_hydrogen_economy/index.html
It sounds promising. But there's nothing like a nuclear reactor generating tons of hydrogen for our vehicles while produzing near-zero waste. I hope you're not afraid of driving around with a tank of compressed hydrogen.
Solar and wind have been options for decades, but they have failed to pan out. They just don't pull in enough watts to make them especially useful. That being said, it makes sense to pursue them anyway where there is abundant "fuel". California has announced plans to build wave turbines off its coast and a wind farm in Canada. Still, there are many hurdles in the way before this shows up on the radar.
I took a look at your links about depleted uranium, and they don't support your claim. If you read carefully, nothing any of the reliable sites (that is the news organizations, not the extremist "stop nato now" sites) can be used to support the conclusion that depleted uranium is dangerous. Words like "unexplained", "might" and "controversy" should raise eyebrows to this claim.
Depleted uranium is not the same as spent fuel rods. The rods are still highly reactive and are usually stored on-site where they were used. This means that all "pollution" from nuclear energy production is still sitting there, doing nothing, and not bothering anyone. If you go out to Seattle and measure the air quality, you will actually pick up low levels of lead, mercury and other bad things that have floated all the way from China. THAT is pollution, not the small set of rods sitting in a pool of water.
The cost of uranium is virtually free at this time. It's plentiful enough that we could go for 70 years on the highly concentrated deposits that are now known. I think the open market cost of uranium fuel (3% pure) is about $20/kg. To get the less concentrated deposits, we have to put more work into purifying it, which might raise the price to $50/kg, that would keep us going for a few thousand years. Eventually, assuming we haven't perfected nuclear fission by then, we'd have to turn to seawater. At that point the cost of extracting one kg of uranium might be well over $1000. But even at that cost, the impact on electricity is almost zilch. Uranium is so efficient a fuel that at $1000/kg it might raise your electricity bill by about one penny per kwh. Breeder reactors, once perfected, could produce a steady stream of plutonium, another effective nuclear fuel. Other chemicals are known to be possible fuel sources. So you're only fooling yourself by saying that we have a very limited supply of uranium. The sky is the limit at this point.
You say that PBRM is "entirely unproven in a large-scale commercial sense". Soon we will see. China has an experimental PBMR running right now and has conducted a number of "nightmare" scenarios with no problems. They intend to mass manufacture enough units to produce 300gw of power by 2050. That's almost the capacity that the entire world uses now. Will China commercialize and export PBMRs to the rest of the world? I certainly hope so.
Finally, you say that SA's nuclear program is linked to apartheid… yes apartheid was shameful, and perhaps the secret weapons program was funded out of paranoia, but the past is the past. Pick up the pieces, learn from mistakes and leverage what is known to build a better future. Personally I find it admirable that in SA, a country with almost boundless coal reserves and a company that has the technology to turn coal into automobile fuel (at a huge cost to the environment), they're pushing forward with PBMR.
- 9. Yes mom, I am an anarchist! « The Antidote - March 22, 2007
[…] in a state of shock. People had kept telling her about the anti-nuclear rant I wrote on News24 and my blog, but although she was somewhat concerned about my taking the apparently unpopular anti-atomic […]
- 10. Idetrorce - December 15, 2007
very interesting, but I don't agree with you
- 11. aaron pine - January 28, 2008
I am an architect living in the US. I completely agree with you on all of the points you mention. Nuclear energy is, perhaps, mankinds greatest blunder. It is a really bad idea executed on a gigantic scale.
By using nuclear energy, we are forcing our descendants to be the stewards of our nuclear waste. They have no choice.
With no long term solution in sight, is leaving a legacy of nuclear waste fair to the unborn generations of the future, all because we will not change our light bulbs and use efficient appliances?
Nonetheless, the idiots are looking to pick-up where they left off. We are going to have to strike up the band to derail the oncoming train, just like we did in the 1970's
See you on the street and thanks for keeping up the fight.
- 12. Anonymous - February 8, 2008
you suck i love N energy
- 13. accinabenty - February 25, 2008
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- 14. Milcho - March 17, 2008
Watch Penn And Teller's show Bullshit, specifically the episode called "Energy Crisis".
I sure hope people like you aren't in charge of the energy production in the US.
Since a couple of people have expressed their opinions against Nuclear energy in the posts, I will take the liberty to do the same thing.
Nuclear energy is the safest, cleanest and most efficient form of energy we can get. Chernobyl was a fuck-up by the Russians. The hype that radiation is horribly deadly (and some studies that support tha cancer/radiation correlation) are quite biased. We're bombarded by a lot more radiation from the sun, and many other sources.
Alas, for now, there are alternatives to using nuclear power, even though those alternatives aren't better, they're still able to match the cheapness and effectiveness of Nuclear power. In the future, however, many of these will run out, and we will be left with few choices. And, no, Solar energy isn't going to be one of them, unless we get solar panels that derive _more_ than 80% efficiency (I belive currently the mass-produced ones have around 10% efficiency). Economic viability is the key here. If a solar panel cannot provide the energy it takes to produce it, plus extra to supply to humanity, then it is a net loss.
I am not against trying alternatives. Present me with an efficient solar panel, and I will accept it. Wind turbines have become greatly more efficient, and as we can see, they are employed a lot in the US. There is still insufficient land area to provide all the needed energy from just turbines.
Nuclear power will remain a quite effienct source of energy, but what I am really looking forward to is Fusion reactors – and I don't know how you'll feel about this, but its the next logical step.
As for the saftey of nuclear power.. There have been great engineering imporovements in plant-production over the past 15 years – not just in the Nuclear field. However, because of people who protest nuclear power, no new plants have been build in the US since the 1970s. Essentially, we are forced to use old and less safe plants because of people's fear of Nuclear power. Besides Chernobyl, which, again, was a fuck up from the government, the only other significant incident comes from Three Mile Island. As far as that, a source from wikipedia states : "The average radiation dose to people living within ten miles of the plant was eight millirem, and no more than 100 millirem to any single individual. Eight millirem is about equal to a chest X-ray, and 100 millirem is about a third of the average background level of radiation received by US residents in a year."
I emplore you to try and research some of the positive sides of Nuclear energy, and to see if it really is worth it to not have any nuclear reactors. Fear of the unknown is often an issue, but radiation isn't as dangerous as people fear it to be.
Good day.
- 16. Chuck - March 19, 2008
Milcho and Richard you guys are my heroes!
I am a University student studying Engineering in Alberta Canada and here it's all about OIL everyone wants oil but no one around here takes the time to think about how much that will impact us drilling up our famed tarsands is going to do more damage to Alberta's environment then even a nuclear meltdown could do!
Nuclear has it's dangers but doesn't all new technology? Nuclear has only been around for a few decades and it has spent most of that time being shunned and feared and as such not studied… The more we oppress a technology due to fear the longer it will take to make it safe…
- 17. ramona silvestri - October 8, 2008
oh my GOD what the hell is wrong with mc cain someone help him study cherynobol and If mc cain has his way our grand kids and their grand kids will be mutants….STOP MC CAIN!! he wants tons of nuclear power plants to be built Mc Cain YOU ARE A DINOSAUR!!
- 18. ramona silvestri - October 8, 2008


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Changes to come for parking infringements in SheppartonBy Ashlea Witoslawski
The parking inspectors you have come to recognise across town are no more with Greater Shepparton City Council making the decision to outsource the service to a third-party provider.
A review of the council's parking service and delivery took place in January this year and recently concluded with the last of the four council-employed parking inspectors finishing up on Friday last week.
Council chief executive Peter Harriott said the aim of the review was to look at providing a better level of service to the community as well as better monitoring.
This process involved consultation between all necessary staff members and union representatives.
Mr Harriott also said an administration staff member with the infringements team had been redeployed into a different role.
He said council would put a contract for the service out to tender, with interim arrangements being organised.
''It's fair to say we're moving to put in place interim arrangements before putting out a contract for these services,'' Mr Harriott said.
This change comes at a time when external parking contractors are under scrutiny in Victoria.
The City of Kingston and Monash Council had to repay millions of dollars to motorists after their fines were illegally reviewed by external parking contractor Tenix Solutions.
According to Victorian Legislation, external contractors who process fines are not permitted to conduct fine reviews when motorists appeal.
The Victorian Ombudsman is set to launch a broader investigation into the use of third-party parking contractors in councils across the state because of the costly blunder.
When asked if Greater Shepparton City Council was looking at Tenix Solutions, Mr Harriott said a decision had not been made.
Mr Harriott said it would be at least another three months before anything would be finalised.
''We want to make the process as seamless as possible,'' he said.


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I've been having lots of fun with Katie's Round-Neck Top pattern, which includes directions for making it into a dress. It just sews up so quickly and wears easily for my little preschooler.
While my previous corduroy incarnation included pockets, the dress on the left does not yet have them and I'm still waffling. Oh, but I do love it in that soft baby cord! I used two prints I found at Joann's, a black-with-white polka dots and a cute Forest Friends print. Just so stinkin' cute! I think I may need to make a purse for myself with those little animals!
The dress on the right features Michael Miller's Pod Posey fabrics. It was love at first fondle with that bold border print, and I had just enough of the scattered flowers to make the neckbands. If you look closely at her right shoulder, you can see the safety pin holding the strap closed. My darling daughter decided to rip off the button, for no reason at all. Little nut.
Lots more to show but that requires pictures and will have to wait until Monday, since Honey and I are headed to Dragon*con tomorrow. And that, my friends, will require a post and photo album all it's own.


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Modern, beautiful, pristine and always on point. Alena's skills are nothing but perfection when it comes to bringing unique designs.
With over 15 years in advertising and design experience as a Creative Director for one of the largest agencies in the area, she has worked on hundreds of brands, from national icons to local businesses. Her experience in branding ranges from logo design and packaging to brand positioning and integrated campaigns.
Her love for design doesn't just stop there. She found even more creativity designing stationery, mixing contemporary and elegant looks with a touch of whimsy. Does your occasion need more cowbell? She can do that too.
When she's not busy juggling her work, somewhere in those 25 hours she is responsible for keeping two adorable munchkins happy and fed. Emma and Luke are her 2 inspirations that actually think her jokes are funny.


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W. M. Keck Observatory
In 2008, Swinburne University of Technology signed an historic agreement with CalTech, giving Swinburne's astronomers unprecedented access to the twin 10-metre Keck optical telescopes: up to 20 nights per year for at least the next five years. Located 4200 metres above sea-level at the summit of the dormant volcano, Manua Kea, in Hawaii, the two Keck telescopes have provided some of the most spectacular views of the Universe ever obtained.
The telescopes are the largest and most productive optical/infrared telescopes in the world. Each telescope mirror is made from 36 hexagonal segments 1.8 metres in diameter. The enormous mirror structure weighs in at over 14,000 kg, yet it is extremely well balanced and can be pointed towards objects in the night sky with amazing precision.
Both Keck I and II offer a wide range of instruments, including:
- the High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer (HIRES), which disperses light into thousands of individual wavelength channels for extremely detailed analysis enabling the detection of planets orbiting other stars and the conditions of atoms in gas located in and near very distant galaxies as two examples;
- the Low Resolution Imaging Spectrograph (LRIS), which has the sensitivity to image and obtain multi-object optical spectra of extremely faint objects such as the most distant galaxies and supernovae in the Universe;
- the OH-Suppressing Infra-Red Imaging Spectrograph (OSIRIS), which is an integral field unit using laser guide star adaptive optics, capable of obtaining very high resolution imaging (equivalent to and better than the Hubble Space Telescope) and spatially resolved spectra providing detailed three-dimensional information of objects such as individual distant galaxies or the nuclear cores of nearby galaxies harboring supermassive black holes ;
- the Multi-Object Spectrograph for InfraRed Exploration (MOSFIRE), the newest instrument, which has the sensitivity to image and obtain multi-object spectra of the faintest objects, such as distant galaxies, at infrared wavelengths;
- the Deep Extragalactic Imaging Multi-Object Spectrograph (DEIMOS) that is capable of taking hundreds of simultaneous deep optical spectra of objects to study globular clusters and stars in nearby galaxies and the large scale distribution of distant galaxies;
- the Near Infrared Camera2 (NIRC2) provides very high resolution laser guide star adaptive optics infrared imaging (equivalent to and better than the Hubble Space Telescope) for peering through clouds of dust to watch the birth of new stars, study the complex activity at the centre of our Galaxy, or uncover the morphology and interactions of distant galaxies;
At mid-infrared wavelengths (5-27 micron), the two Keck telescopes can be coupled together to form an interferometer - effectively an 85-metre diameter telescope, ideal for studying properties of binary stars and extra-solar planets.
At the summit
At the dizzying heights of Mauna Kea's summit, oxygen is in short supply - only about 60% of that at sea level. At this altitude, you are nearly half-way to outer space (as far as the atmosphere is concerned) which greatly diminishes the blurring effects of the atmosphere thus providing sharp images and spectra. In order to make observing conditions as safe as possible for visiting astronomers, the telescope control room is less than a quarter of the way up the mountain with a remote link to the instrument and staff at the summit. The permanent team of astronomers and support staff are based at the top of the mountain, but even they return to the somewhat safer altitude of 3000 m to sleep at the Hale Paihaku station.
The road to the summit is steep, winding and very rough. For astronomers and technical support staff who take this road, there are other hazards beyond the lack of oxygen: since much of the road crosses an open cattle range, 'invisible cows' can be almost impossible to see in darkness or fog.
Swinburne astronomers and students at Keck
Access to the Keck Telescopes is granted by the Swinburne Time Assignment Committee for Keck (STACK). Following a call for proposals, Swinburne astronomers apply to use the telescopes in order to complete their specific astronomy research program. The STACK reviews the applications, and decides who will get time - and who will miss out.
Most Keck observing runs involve PhD students and some of the data collected forms part of their PhD thesis. The Centre is the only astronomy department in Australia from which PhD students regularly have the opportunity to observe with the Keck telescopes.
Further information:
- Keck Observatory homepage.
- Keck Current Semester Call For Proposals [Internal use only].


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The White-breasted Nuthatch is a regular visitor to That Yard. Its smaller cousin, the Red-breasted Nuthatch, put in its first appearance this evening!
The White-breasted Nuthatch is a regular visitor to That Yard. Its smaller cousin, the Red-breasted Nuthatch, put in its first appearance this evening!
The movement towards natural yards is gaining steam in Madison. It's already a popular practice, as was discovered in a survey conducted by an east-side neighborhood association. This survey, which reviewed the front yards of about 100 homes, found that 71% of the homes were violating city ordinances. The yards contained flowers near the sidewalk or shrubs along the driveway, both of which are forbidden on the grounds that they could block visibility and present hazards to motorists.
Due to changing public attitudes towards residential landscaping practices, and to the city's new pollinator protection initiative, the local zoning board is currently revising the existing yard-related ordinances. The new wording is likely to make it more clear that the purpose of the ordinances is to prevent neglect of property, not to stop homeowners from gardening in an environmentally-friendly way.
Madison's Committee on the Environment is working on the pollinator protection plan and the ordinance changes. Their next meeting is Monday, October 19, at 4:30 PM, in room 108 of the City-County Building.
Madison's new Pollinator Protection Task Force has recently released a report on what the city can do to help bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other pollinators. Following the lead of the White House, which has called for an "all hands, all lands" approach to address the rapidly-declining populations of key pollinators, Madison's plan focuses on the importance of pollinators for our food system.
The plan lays out four basic strategies to restore habitat for pollinators:
The plan notes that the major obstacle to implementing these steps is concern on the part of city residents who find pollinator habitat unattractive. The plan calls for education and outreach programs to allay fears about the perceived dangers of pollinator-friendly landscaping practices.
The plan can be read here.


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Hundreds Prepare for 'The Games' Winter Camp New Year's Eve Extravaganza
With less than a month to go until this year's 'The Games' themed Winter Camp and over 200 people signed up, excitement is building. Winter Camp runs over New Year's Eve, so expect an unforgettable night!
With unique and exciting activities every day and a spectacular show every evening, there is only one place to bid farewell to 2018! Join JLGB in taking on The Games with friends old and new from all over the UK. Through a-GAMES-ing activities that will put your mental, physical and teamwork skills to the test, a packed activity schedule during the day will ensure you collect enough special crystals to start 2019 with a bang!
You'll get lost in our fantastic evening productions and shows that give you the opportunity to be a part of inspirational performances, TV game shows, and team battles across the whole site, and of course be a VIP guest as you welcome 2019 in style. Compete as a teams, complete challenges, collect crystals and escape the Games!
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Open to all in school years 7-11 (aged 11-16), the camp runs from 27 December to 1 January. You can be sure to expect your physical and mental abilities to be taken to the extreme in a wild week of adventure as you brave the Games. Tackle a series of dynamic challenges that puzzle and delight as spirits soar throughout the camp culminating in a proven highlight of every Winter Camp, the New Year's Eve extravaganza!
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Midcentury Modern Design
This home style features a minimal and functional approach to interior design. Clean, geometric lines and large windows are common features found in this modest design. The cool blue color palette used in this space invites tranquility into the open and airy floor plan.
Floor-to-Ceiling Windows
Windows found in a midcentury design are showcase pieces that invite the outdoors seamlessly indoors. The founding fathers of this style believed in healthy living through organic indoor/outdoor architecture.
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No holiday in Egypt would be complete without a stay in Cairo, and the good news for visitors to this amazing country is that many of its top sites are easily accessible from the capital. If anything, the problem is that there are just too many of them – it can be a little hard to judge what the must-sees are, so if you only have a limited time, this 'Top 10 Sights in Cairo' guide is a must for your luxury holiday in Egypt; whatever type of holiday you choose:
1. The Manial Palace
Said to have been built for Prince Mohammad Ali between 1899 and 1929, the Manial Palace became property of Egypt in 1955. Nowadays, the structure (a mixture of Ottoman, Moorish, European rococo and Persian architecture) houses a museum containing artefacts dating from medieval times all the way up to the 19th century. As well as history buffs, the museum's gardens will appeal to plant lovers, as it contains a selection of rare tropical plants and incredible palms.
2. Museum of Islamic Ceramics
Another converted palace, this museum offers a fascinating collection of antiques from the various Islamic periods of the country's history. Originally, the collection was housed in the National Library, but as the collection has expanded, its current location gives the beautiful exhibits more space. Being a former palace, the building itself is stunning, and as the labels of each artefact are in both Arabic and English, anyone interested in Islam or art should find this a fascinating highlight of their holiday in Egypt.
3. Pharaonic Village
Perfect for a family holiday in Egypt, the Pharaonic Village is an attraction that promises to take visitors back in time 3000 years to the days of the pharaohs. Although this may sound somewhat tacky in principal, it's so well done and historically accurate that the venture manages to combine education with entertainment. It was 20 years in the making, but Dr Hassan Ragab and Dr Abdelsalam Ragab have achieved a truly impressive living tableau of the most renowned period on the country's history – the perfect attraction for a family holiday in Egypt.
4. The Hanging Church
Another cultural highlight, the Hanging Church gets its name from its location – above a gatehouse of Babylon Fortress, with its nave suspended over a passage. It dates all the way back to the 3rd century, and with its marble pulpit, inlaid screens, icons and murals, it really is one of the most impressive churches in the entire city.
5. Khan el Khalili Market
Built all the way back in 1382, you can't wander the market without being close to its memorable history. Before it was rebuilt in the 16th century, it was often used s the meeting place for subversive groups, and frequently raided. It remains one of Cairo's most important shopping areas to this day. If delving through canvas covered stands, soaking up the atmosphere and working on your bartering is something that appeals, you won't find better than here wherever you visit on your luxury Egypt holiday.
6. Giza Zoo
One of the few areas with plenty of greenery, Giza Zoo offers the perfect day out for a family holiday in Egypt. Over 100 years old, the zoo has a wide range of animals – many of them endangered. The zoo actually runs at a loss from its ticket prices, in order to allow the maximum number of citizens to enjoy its flora and fauna. It made headlines in 2002 when the first Californian sea lion to be born in the Middle East was birthed.
7. Cairo Tower
One of the iconic buildings of Cairo, the tower is a must for Egypt's holiday makers. Standing at 187 metres tall, the granite tower ever dwarves the Great Pyramid at Giza by an impressive 45 metres. The best time to visit is in the evening, when it gets dark and the whole of Cairo is lit up beneath you. Visitors can also visit the tower's restaurant (a favourite of the late President Gamal Abdul Nasser), with its rotating floor – which thankfully is almost unnoticeable.
8. The Citadel
One of the most famous spots in Egypt, and a holiday favourite, the Citadel houses a number of museums and ancient mosques. Rumour has it that the site of the Citadel was chosen by Saladin for it's healthy air – and the unscientific way this was judged was by hanging meat all over Cairo. In the majority of spots, the meat went off within a hours, but in the Citadel it was fresh for several days! Taking a walk through here is like strolling through time, and visitors can see the capital's key features from medieval times onwards.
9. The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities
If you want to learn about Ancient Egypt you need to go to the source. With 120,000 items pertaining to the ancients, the museum is an absolute must for family holidays in Egypt. The legendary treasures from Tutankhamen's burial are housed here, and are by far the most popular exhibit, but visitors can also expect to discover a vast selection of finds, including scrabs, sarcophagi, coins, papyrus and artefacts from throughout Egyptian history.
10. The Pyramids of Giza
Of course, it would be hard for any Egyptian attraction to replace the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the World, and the Pyramids of Egypt, located on the left bank of the Nile in Cairo are impressive today as they've ever been. The Giza Necropolis contains the Pyramid of Khufu (or Great Pyramid), the Pyramid of Khafre and the Pyramid of Menkaure, and of course the Great Sphinx is nearby too. A trip to the Pyramids of Giza is the must-see attraction for any luxury holiday in Egypt.
There is of course a lot more to see than just the 10 sights listed here, especially if you intend to go beyond the capital during your stay. If time is of the essence though, and you want to take in as much as possible then you can't go wrong with any of the sights on this list, and your luxury holiday in Egypt should be an unforgettable experience.
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Celebrating Comfort Foods & Fine Wines
Wine Pairing Dinner – Celebrating Comfort Foods & Fine Wines – 23 May 2014
Usually we select a region or type of wine to base our pairing evening around. This time we decided to alter the formula and select, instead, a type of food, in this case "Comfort Foods" and use that as a basis for the evening. Chef James and Chef Rene were tasked with creating nine "Comfort Food" dishes with their special twist. We would then select nine wines based on these dishes and work the pairing from the food angle instead of from the wine theme angle. This gave us a new freedom. The Chefs were able to create new dishes on a palate different from our usual wine pairing dinners. Then we were free to select wines from anywhere in the world and from any type of wine available in Vermont.
It worked out very well. Chef James and Chef Rene gave us some amazing "comfort foods" dishes and the wines paired very well. Another successful evening.
"Beef Stew"
tenderloin, sweet carrots, braised potato
paired with Haras, Carmenère (2012) Maipo Valley, Chile
"Thankgiving Turkey"
roasted turkey, stuffing, pan gravy, cranberry sauce
paired with Bread & Butter, Chardonnay (2012) Napa, California
"Macaroni & Cheese"
orecchietti, Gorgonzola, Brie, panko
paired with Chateau Julien Chardonnay, (2013) Monterey, California
– – palette cleanser – –
"Stir Fry over Rice"
rock shrimp, fresh vegetables, Basmati
paired with la Chappelle de la Bastide, Picpoul Blanc (2013) Langedoc, France
"Grilled Cheese Sandwich"
Muenster, Cabot Hunter's Cheddar, prosciutto, condiments
paired with Three, Red Label Zinfandel (2012) Costa County, California
"Meatloaf & Mashed Potato"
homestyle tri-meat loaf, rustic mashed
paired with Farmhouse Red, Cambridge, Vermont
– – palette cleanser – –
"Fried Chicken & Coleslaw"
southern fried chicken leg, creamy New England coleslaw
paired with Infinito Rosé (2013) Vento, Italy
"Spaghetti & Meatballs"
angel hair, beef meatballs, shaved Parmesan
paired with Stephane Aviron Beaujolais (2011) Beaujolais, France
"Mixed Berry Cobbler"
muddled berries, buttermilk biscuits, fresh cream
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The SEC has dominated college football the last several years, winning one national championship after another. Ohio State has been a victim in the past, but head coach Urban Meyer feels as though 2013 could be different. So can Ohio State break through and end the SEC run?
Last season, if not for NCAA violations, the Buckeyes more than likely would have had a shot to play Notre Dame in the BCS Championship game. They took advantage of a pretty weak overall schedule, and they did not play in the Big Ten Championship game, but they took care of business and beat the teams they needed to.
Sophomore quarterback Braxton Miller was a big reason why they ran the table a year ago, and he returns for his junior season as a legitimate Heisman Trophy candidate. His ability to create with his legs and his arm will be huge for the Buckeyes and fantasy football owners, especially early in the season when running back Carlos Hyde has to sit out due to a suspension.
Another thing working in Ohio State's favor is that they have a coach from the SEC. Urban Meyer actually has a national championship on his résumé from when he led Florida over Ohio State in the 2006 BCS Championship game. He has done a superb job turning the team into his style of play, and he can build on his experience playing against different SEC schools if they get that matchup.
Finally, the schedule works heavily in the favor of the Buckeyes. It gives them little margin of error, because just one loss will probably keep them out of the top two. Road games against Northwestern and Michigan are the biggest challenges, but the rest of the schedule plays out well for the Bucks.
Dethroning the SEC will certainly be a tough task, but if any team is capable of pulling it off, it is Ohio State. They have the tools to be the most dangerous team for whoever emerges out of that conference.
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Tiefschwarz are a German electro house group formed by two brothers, Ali Schwarz and Basti Schwarz in 1996.
They performed deep house DJ sets in some of the biggest clubs in Germany and Switzerland as well as in major foreign cities and became increasingly popular in the house scene.
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Tiefschwarz was formed in 1996 by two brothers - Ali and Basti Schwarz - who have been successful DJs for over a decade. Peter Hoff, who runs the Benztown studios in Stuttgart, completes the Tiefschwarz production team. Ali and Basti came up with the name for their project after a DJ gig. Tiefschwarz, which is German for 'deep black', is a mixture of their last name, Schwarz, and their love for deep house.
In 1990 Ali opened the "on-u" club in Stuttgart, which became a pioneer of the German club scene. Three years later came the "red dog" club, which quickly became known throughout the world as a top address for deep house. Here, resident DJs Ali and Basti played alongside the likes of DJ greats such as Tony Humphries, Master At Work, Frankie Feliciano, Mike Dunn, Mousse T, Matthew Herbert, Lary Heard, Chris Coco, Matthias Heilbronn and many others.
Besides their work as resident DJs, Ali and Basti have been travelling together throughout Europe and overseas since 1995.


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Tuesday, November 5, 2013
I Tap the Floor Ahead of Me With My 10' pole
I have recently become disenchanted with the sandbox setting. I find it is far too difficult to keep players motivated or to build up momentum for the campaign. Too often, PCs just flail around looking for the next hook to drop into their laps.
With this in mind I am pursuing a new type of adventure for me. The mega dungeon. I'm going to try running Greg Gillespie's Barrowmaze for my group. It is an excellently written dungeon crawl with many interesting features. Furthermore, I am hoping that it will give my players a little more structure without being an absolute railroad. I'm using LL/AEC and a few house rules.
I also chose a published module instead of writing my own because it would reduce the amount of prep time required on my part. I am a lazy, lazy creature.
I've added a few things of my own, like fleshing out the nearby town and giving it a name: Lychgate. I don't plan for the PCs to spends gobs of time there, but if they have a rough sense of the major NPCs and whom to talk to about what they need, I'll call it good enough.
We've had one session, and while the party didn't get very far, there were only three of them (plus a torchbearer/porter). The thief got poisoned by centipedes and that resulted in killing a week back at town while he recovered. In the end, they fought a few undead, opened a barrow, and got some treasure, so it was a good session by my reckoning.
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A megadungeon is a really good structure for play. You can focus your prep, the players get to work on it in little chunks, and even a "bad" expedition advances play and is fun to play.ReplyDelete
I went "megadungeon" instead of "sandbox" after too many years of trying to cover all of their impulse moves and new objectives. It's much, much easier now, even with the same players.
I constantly bump against the same problem when running sandbox-type games with my group. They generally aren't proactive enough, and just sit there with blank faces as they wait for me to give them a "quest"-- in spite of me throwing them hooks left and right.ReplyDelete
I also decided to run Barromaze for my group a while back, and it was indeed a lot of fun. We went on for a few months, but I think everyone (including me) got icky from the oppressing darkness and decay. It's hard to explain, but I found it to be a tad depressing. ;)


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Find out what Save KEMP is up to
Save KEMP Public Meeting 5 December 19:00 – 21:00
Raine House Raine Street E1W 3RJ
Raine House is just south of the new 21 Wapping Lane development which is still being built - [Google maps link]
Please come and join us for an update on the campaign progress and the ongoing consultation. Lots of things to discuss!
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See what it means to travel expedition-style
Inspiring, fun & insightful
Joining an expedition to Costa Rica and the Panama Canal is a singular experience of diverse nature and jungle wildlife coupled with an in-depth crossing of the Panama Canal, a marvel of engineering. A knowledgeable, engaging staff caters to your daily interests and provides insight, all while traveling in comfort.
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Purpose-built to deliver the best possible expedition cruising experience, the National Geographic Quest recently wrapped up her inaugural voyages, spending the summer and early fall exploring the northern reaches of Alaska's Inside Passage and the remote islands and charming towns of the Pacific Northwest. With that noteworthy milestone under her belt, Quest will soon venture south to the tropical coasts of Costa Rica, Panama, and through the Canal to Belize. And as spring arrives she'll return north to make her maiden journey on the Columbia & Snake Rivers.
To build her we turned to Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, the company that built the beloved National Geographic Sea Bird and National Geographic Sea Lion—vessels that, with our regular maintenance schedule and recent refurbishment, have been operating successfully for decades. We are proud she was built entirely in the USA.
Additionally, the Quest cruise ship achieves some other notable firsts. She is the first ship in our fleet voyaging in these geographies with step-out balconies (available in 22 of the 50 spacious cabins), plus 6 sets of connecting cabins perfect for families and groups; and a designated mudroom for expedition gear.
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text: Masri was one of many Gazans denied permission to travel to take part in the West Bank marathon [Reuters]Israel's high court has upheld a decision by the military to prevent a Gaza Olympian from leaving the coastal strip to participate in a marathon in the West Bank, another Palestinian territory. Tuesday's ruling ends hopes of 34-year-old Nader Masri to participate in Friday's marathon in Bethlehem. Masri, who participated in the 2008 Olympics, says he is disappointed because he hoped to compete against runners outside Gaza. Israel has severely restricted the movement of people and goods in and out of Gaza since Hamas took control over the Palestinian territory in 2007. The restrictions are also enforced by Gaza's neighbour Egypt. Israel says only humanitarian hardship cases are allowed to leave Gaza. The judges say they cannot interfere in the military's decisions but that it should consider easing the travel ban. SOURCE: AP Middle East


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I started watching another Korean drama series the other day. It's called Gu Family Book (구가의 서). The reason I checked it out is because Suzy (Miss A, Dream High) plays one of the main parts, which the teaser suggests is a pretty bad-ass martial artist. The main character is played by Lee Seung-ki (The King 2 Hearts), but I haven't gotten that far yet.
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Getting to Pécs
Pécs can be found 200 km to the south of Budapest. The city can be approached in many ways.
- By car on Motorway 6. Travelling time is approximately 3 hours.
- By train. The timetable of the trains can be reached from the web. Travelling time of the train is 2.5 hours. In this case taxi transfer should be arranged between Ferihegy airport and the railway station. Airport taxis are operating at the airport.
- By minibus. Minibuses can be ordered via the web and they provide door-to-door service, from the airport to the hotel in Pécs. (This is the recommended way as it is probably the most convenient.)
Getting around Pécs
Pécs by car
Public parking and access to restricted and protected Zones
Public parking
I. Zone - colour cod: Red - Monday-Friday: 08:00-18:00 Saturday: 08:00-13:00
II. Zone - colour cod: Blue - Monday-Friday: 08:00-17:00 Saturday: Free
III. Zone - colour code: Yellow - Monday-Friday 08:00-17:00 Saturday: Free
The minimum waiting time is 15 minutes in all cases.
Access and parking in restricted/protected areas
The regulation of Pécs Local Authority divided the historic centre and the neighbouring areas into a restricted and two protected "pedestrian" and "walking" areas. All parking spaces outside the above mentioned zones are operated in a parking zone and they can be used for a parking fee.
Accessing the restricted and protected areas is only allowed with access and waiting permission issued for inhabitants, institutions, goods transport, construction, property maintenance or the carrying out of public duties, furthermore free or not free on demand permissions to access and/or wait in the zone can be issued based on the present regulation in other cases. Fee is payable in case of accessing the areas with three or more wheels vehicles only.
- Pannon Volán Taxi
Tel.: +36 72/333-333; +36 72/555-555; +36 30/9333-333
- Euro7 Taxi
Tel.: +36 72/777-777; +36 20/456-3333
- Taxi 900
Tel.: +36 20/572-3839; +36 30/749-3009
Public transport in Pécs
With a well-established local bus network the outer parts of the historic city centre surrounded by the old city wall can be easily accessed from all directions. Once you are in the city centre the best way to explore the sights, the beauty spots and hidden treasures of Pécs is by walking. If you would like to discover the sights on the Mecsek Hill we recommend that you use public transport as well.
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Bus tickets, bus fares
Before boarding a bus tickets can be bought at the newsagent's, in the ticket offices of the Pécs Public Transport Company and in the Tourinform office (H-7621 Pécs, Széchenyi tér 7.). You can also buy a ticket from the bus driver but then you have to pay a supplement.
An economic solution is the day card or the weekly pass depending on the length of your stay, however, these passes can only be bought at the ticket offices of the Pécs Public Transport Company.
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The Hairy faced mammoths are back and are here to stay!
We are ready for the winter, even though it's getting sunnier and warmer outside, I love the faux fur so much, I cannot get enough of it so more and more creatures with hairy faces will pop up here on the blog, on Facebook and @Rod_Carturesti and @Roland, the shops that sell my monsters in Bucharest.
Touch them if you have the chance!


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I wouldn't be the first to tell you that college basketball recruiting at the present time is way out of control. Every top coach in America is traveling cross-country in search of the next big thing to help bring their program back to national prominence(or keep it there). Seemingly only John Calipari at Kentucky, who annually pulls in 4-5 Top 20 ranked players to play for Big Blue each season, knows the secret to securing the big fish in the recruiting pool each season.
One way coaches are turning to get an advantage on the recruiting front is to dip younger into the talent pool. One such example is Tom Crean at Indiana University, who recently offered a full ride to talented in-state middle schooler, James Blackmon Jr. To Crean's delight, the 14 year old baller who played for the prestigious Spiece Indy Heat AAU squad this Summer, gave a solid verbal commitment to play for the Hoosiers, before ever playing a single game in high school. As the #1 rated shooting guard, and #5 overall prospect in the 2014 Class, here is ESPN's player evaluation:
"James is a smooth as silk combo guard. He has a sweet stroke with range to 20 feet. He will be coached in High School by his father and former Kentucky All American of the same name (James Blackmon, Sr.) so you know he has a solid basketball IQ. James Jr. has a solid handle and is a good and willing passer. He is a good scorer and knows how to set his opponent up for his dribble drives to the basket. Blackmon is an excellent prospect with great upside."
Blackmon Sr was a key contributor on the Kentucky Wildcats from '83-'87 before being drafted in the NBA. He currently is a successful HS coach at Fort Wayne's (Indiana) Bishop Luers High School and has had recent success in helping top tier recruits get to college like DeShaun Thomas, the 2010 Indiana Mr Basketball, who ironically also will be playing for the Hoosiers after the season. Just like Blackmon, Thomas also committed early in his freshman year to play at IU.
While I'm all for talented youngsters getting a chance to shine on the college hardwood, while at the same time getting the opportunity of a lifetime in a free college education, is reaching deep into the middle school ranks such a good idea? After all, isn't Jr High, and early on in HS for that matter, all about growing physically and mentally, while trying to figure out what to do in life?
On the other hand, while a verbal commitment isn't binding, it does take some pressure of off top tier players so they can concentrate on grades and becoming a solid basketball player. While on the surface that has proven to not always work out for the player, schools giving out those offers at such a young age have come up empty as well.
Take Taylor King, who reportedly was offered and committed to USC back in 2003, while still in the 8th grade. He eventually de-committed from the Trojans to play at Duke, only to transfer to Villanova, and now will finish up at a tiny NAIA school on the West Coast. In the summer of 2007, point guard Ryan Boatright committed to USC coach Tim Floyd fresh out of middle school. With Floyd now having resigned, Boatright is now searching for another school heading into his senior year of high school.
So, getting a commitment at such a young age doesn't always guarantee a promising career on the collegiate level. Let us know what you think, should college coaches be allowed to recruit players in middle school?
Check out James Blackmon Jr in action at the 2010 Fab Frosh All American Camp:
You can also check out Blackmon in action this past Summer with his Spiece Indy Heat teammates at the USSSA National Championships:
Allen Moll has been a lifelong NBA and NCAA College Basketball fan who watches and studies games religiously, and coaches youth basketball in his native Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. Allen also provides content to Bleacherreport.com, Upperdeckblog.com, in addition to being a tenured NBA and NCAA columnist for TheHoopDoctors.com.


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Nigella Lawson has one very strict rule in her kitchen – no filming her bum. The celeb chef admitted to fellow foodie Nigel Slater for his new series A Taste Of My Life that she has banned cameramen from filming her bottom, reports the Mirror.
"There`s a rule… no one`s allowed to shoot my bum unless it`s out of focus. Not if they want me to be nice and feed them," she told Slater.
Nigella also told her host that as a youngster she was extremely shy – something that cooking helped overcome.
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We upgraded to the newest build of "RescueAssist" (although my end all still says "GoToAssist") a week or so back. But the next day a significant amount of the machines were showing "offline". When I connect via other means (Simple-Help is our backup remote access) it appears the GoToAssist service is stuck on "starting", both in the services manager (services.msc) and when you hover the mouse over the GTA icon in the system tray, it just says "Starting...". Restarting the service doesnt help nor resolve it, it still just stays stuck on "Starting". I called GTA tech support last week, they told me to simply uninstall the unattended client, reconnect via a regular session with a key, and reconfigure the unattended installer. Thats all fine and well and that works, until the next day. Now, after the weekend, and my automatic server reboots (these are all servers), there are even more than ever clients not connecting. We cant be the only one this is happening to after upgrading from build 1610 to 1624?? This is extremely irritating!!
Other details: These are all server machines, running varying versions of Windows Server OS, 2008 R2, 2012, and 2016, the only consistency is the "4.6 Build 1624".
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We will try to replicate this in-house, with similar servers, on the newest build.
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Hi all,
I have set up a motor control installation whereby the MD30C board is powered from a 24V 5A PSU, and is driving a 24V motor. I am using the A and B inputs wired to switches to control direction, and using the offboard potentiometer input, I have made a crude parallel resistor circuit combined with a 2 position switch to give two speed settings.
The problem I am having is that in one direction on 'full speed' the motor spins quickly as desired, but in the other direction it runs much slower, despite the only change being closing the switch on the A input rather than the B and visa versa.
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Often we are invited to a potluck lunch or dinner and I occasionally bring vegies and dip. A well laid out platter of colorful fresh vegetables is not only a sight to behold, but a sight to be eaten. You can do all sorts of clever things with hollowed out bell peppers to hold dips, fancy roses carved from tomato peels or radishes. Be creative if you wish, and if you have the time. The best recommendation I can make, however, is to cut everything evenly, and make carrot and celery strips skinnier and shorter than you might initially think, maybe 1/2″ X 3″. People find slim carrot and celery sticks easier to eat. Be sure to de-string the celery even if you would leave it as is for yourself.
As for the other vegies, go for as many colors as possible. Broccoli, cauliflower, radishes, cherry tomatoes, bell pepper strips of all colors, and scallions usually show up on my vegetable trays. Don't buy the all ready prepared trays from groceries. You have no idea how long they have been sitting around waiting. You also have no idea how well the vegies were cleaned. You can bet they weren't cleaned as well as you would clean your own. Sure, it takes some time to do it right, but you will be preparing fresher cleaner and prettier food for yourself and your guests and family. I was totally grossed out recently to see celery sticks on a buffet table at a restaurant that were filthy! I mean big black hunks of who-knows-what on many of them. I still am disappointed in myself that I didn't complain to the management. Do it right. People will notice that you took the extra time to make it special. I don't bother with fancy garnishes, but I do try to make all the pieces uniform in size and shape where possible.
Some people prefer to blanch broccoli and cauliflower before adding them. I don't find it necessary.
Now that you have a beautiful platter prepared, do you want to serve a savory dip to accompany it? I have two that I often make. One is the omnipresent dill dip and the other is my favorite, a tangy mustard/horseradish dip that would make a salad dressing as well. Try one, or both, next time you are preparing a vegetable platter.
This can easily be doubled or tripled
1/3 c. mayonnaise
1/3 c. sour cream
1/2 t. dillweed, dried or 1 t. fresh, chopped
1 drop Tabasco, or to taste
1/4 t. Worcestershire
1/2 t. seasoned salt, (I use Lawry's)
1/2 t. dried onion flakes, or 1 t. finely diced fresh onion
2 t. fresh parsley, finely snipped
black pepper, to taste
Mix all ingredients well. Cover and chill at least 4 hours. Can be made a day or 2 ahead.
1 c. mayonnaise
1 t. tarragon vinegar
1 t. garlic salt
1 t. horseradish
1 t. dry mustard
1 t. prepared yellow mustard
1 t. grated onion
1 t. curry powder
Mix all together, cover and chill. Can be made a day ahead.


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Simply. Awesome.
That's what I said to myself when I watched Blizzard's Diablo III and Starcraft 2 April Fools Jokes. They have a history of doing a great job, but IMO they have really pushed the boat out with these two offerings:
1) Diablo 3's new Character Class: The Archivist.
2) Starcraft 2's new Terran uber-vehicle: Terra-tron.
Watch the two associated shorts. As I said, awesome.
Kudos Blizz. I wasn't impressed with 'P1mp My Mount', but the other two more than make up for it.


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These are Adidas Cushion Response size 9. The absolute best running shoe for a large frame female with high arches. I know this for a fact. I have been running in this style of shoe for over 10 years. That's alot of shoes. The lovely pair you see here are now officially retired this weekend. "But they look like they still have some wear left in them" you say. Ahh yes, to the naked eye they do, but to my feet, they have served their usefulness. This morning's run logged 500 mniles on these shoes, and my knees tell me it's time for another pair. I'm dreaming of my next cushy pair waiting for my at Academy Sports. Fighting the battle of the bulge is alot more fun with a new pair of "scooby doos" as we call them in out house. So back to school shopping tomorrow will include a little treat for mom too!
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The Internet is in the midst of year-end list madness. Allow us to prolong the season one more week as Food Republic editors weigh in on all things food and drink from 2016. Here are the staff's recaps of what was quite the busy year in food-related travel.
Daniel Carnaje, Social Media Manager
My most memorable travel destination of 2016 was Hawaii, where I spent a week lounging on the beach with either a beer, a cocktail, a musubi or some combination of all three in hand at all times. Beyond working on my tan, snapping pictures on my film cameras and quick dips into the serene, cooling waters of the Pacific, the rest of my time was dedicated to consuming the best of what the islands had to offer.
I started my trip on the island of Kauai. I arrived starving from a long flight and exhausted from my wedding (yes, this is the reason why I was in Hawaii in the first place — thanks for wishing me a fruitful future), and my wife and I decided to head to the nearest sit-down spot, Kountry Kitchen Restaurant & Café. I wanted something comforting, bold and filling for my first of many meals. So going with a loco — two beef patties set on a bed of white rice, topped with runny eggs and smothered in gravy — was definitely the right move.
After a few days on Kauai with a couple dozen more beers, cocktails, musubis or combination of the three, we took the quick plane ride back to Oahu to complete our eating journey. Here, I met up with my best friend's uncle, Uncle Jim, whose family has owned the Rainbow Drive-In for more than 50 years. I spent hours listening to Uncle Jim recount the drive-in culture of the '50s and how the landscape of the restaurant and others like it has changed drastically through the decades, all while eating a lunch plate — two hot dogs smothered in chili, heaped over two scoops of white rice and served with a side of mac salad.
Afterward, I spent a full day checking out various food trucks and small shacks around the island. Cruising in a Jeep Wrangler — the telltale sign that you're not a local — we made pitstops at Giovanni's Shrimp Shack and Hula Dog. We enjoyed malasadas from Leonard's bakery, shaved ice from Matsumotos, açai bowls at Haleiwa Bowls and the offerings at Musubi Cafe Iyasume and topped it off with omakase at Sushi Sasabune. Don't believe me? Check out the Food Republic Instagram. After a gluttonous week, I left with a little more baggage in the hips, a lighter wallet and an appreciation for the island way of life. Regardless, I'm already set on going back…as long as I have a beer, cocktail, musubi or combination of the three in my hand at all times.
George Embiricos, Associate Editor
Where to begin? I set out to make 2016 the year of exploring some of our country's best food cities from coast to coast, promising to keep an open mind despite having come down with a severe case of "East Coast bias" over the past several years. A winter weekend in Philly only strengthened said diagnosis, as the city continues to impress with a continuous flow of quality openings that highlight a diverse number of cuisines.
An early-spring (it may as well have been winter) jaunt to Madison, Wisconsin, introduced me to a surprisingly large bounty of fresh produce in a Midwestern city not named Chicago. It was here that I came to the revelation that visiting all the restaurants of a single acclaimed chef (Tory Miller) is an easy way to get a good read on the scope of a smaller city's food scene.
Fall brought with it my first-ever trip — over 26 years in the making — to California. While I hesitate to take on the daunting task of comparing the restaurant scenes in Los Angeles and San Francisco to the one in New York, I will say that I enjoyed some incredible meals. Animal and Maude stuck out as winners in L.A., while State Bird Provisions took the cake in S.F. A visit to the French Laundry fulfilled my fine-dining dreams for the foreseeable future. One big qualm: In-N-Out = overrated.
My sole stop outside the U.S. was a wonderfully sunny week in Aruba, where I mingled with flamingos while eating the freshest ceviche of my life.
And finally, my most gluttonous journey of the year brought me to New Orleans, which I had visited previously only during Mardi Gras (and thus, decidedly did not resemble anything like the rich cultural experience of New Orleans). Following the lead of renowned chef John Besh, I was able to weave together traditional city dining with new-wave cuisine (Shaya!) over the course of three days, making sure to save room for a myriad of beignets and po'boys along the way.
Conclusion: Consider my "East Coast bias" illness officially cured.
Jess Kapadia, Senior Editor
My big trip this year was to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A big highlight was lunch at At.mosphere, near the top of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building at 163 floors and on the less-fancy side (but no less delicious). Another came during lunch with 50 other foreigners at the Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding. There, we participated in a spirited Q&A with a local professor of Arab studies and afterward, sat cross-legged on the floor and shared from massive platters of biryani, curried chicken, fresh vegetables and rosewater pastries. From there, we walked around the meat, produce and fish markets, perusing an enormous selection of each — including a whole section dedicated to sheep, cow and goat heads, feet and offal.
I consumed camel's milk in a few applications: in a frothy coffee drink known affectionately as a "camelccino," in chocolate (resulting in the only milk chocolate I've ever loved) and in gelato. The spice souk proved fertile ground for ingredient exploration and I also learned that NYC, contrary to popular opinion, is not the brunch capital of the world. It's not even close. Dubai is home to all-day, free-flowing, ridiculously decked-out brunches, very much in the Western style but with the kind of unbridled opulence the UAE prides itself on. Think prime-rib carving stations, sushi chefs, raw bars, whole roast animals, wok stations and bottomless anything-you-like. Stop by any upscale hotel on Saturday between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. and watch the magic happen.
I ended up staying a couple of extra days to explore on my own a bit and eat in the mostly Indian neighborhood of Al Karama. The food I discovered was essentially indistinguishable from the food in India, owing to Dubai's large South Asian population. Even uncommon preparations from less-known regions were common on menus, which was a delight.
On my Emirates flight home, I was the unwitting victim of one of the greatest things that's ever happened to me: An entire lunch tray was spilled all over me two hours into the flight. (Note: I did not do the spilling.) I got to use the first-class shower with all kinds of fancy hair products, loofahs and moisturizers, blow-dry my hair, change into super-comfy pajamas and slippers and enjoy a truly loaded cheese plate and filled-to-the-brim glass of Dom Perignon 2006 for the "inconvenience." On a plane.


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Dear Luciya,
Oh, stop it, child. But you know it's true. The world does love you.
Even if you are a strong-willed, independent, spicy, spirited, feisty, stubborn, active, ornery, bright and boastful little girl. Whew! You are the little toro in the proverbial china shop. Sometimes you nap, sometimes you don't. You've started hitting, which is the uncoolest thing ever. Where on earth does that come from? You run away when I call for you, you look me in the eye as you dump a fistful of veggies off your high chair tray, and you throw things.
I love you, Luciya! Deeply and forever.