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Maintaining Installations In Hazardous Areas
Flameproof enclosure (Ex d) and intrinsic safety (Ex i) are very common equipment protection methods in Process Automation. One reason to use Ex d is the amount of energy which could not be provided via Ex i. This disadvantage has gone with the introduction of intrinsically safe, dynamic methods of arc prevention such as DART or Power-i. This white paper shows that when using intrinsic safety, installation, maintenance and inspection costs will be reduced.
This paper addresses decision makers and professionals responsible for automation systems in hazardous areas. A good understanding of the principles of explosion protection is required.07/10/2012
Cloud-Based SCADA Systems: The Benefits and Risks
Is Moving Your SCADA System to the Cloud Right For Your Company?
Cloud computing is a hot topic. As people become increasingly reliant on accessing important information through the Internet, the idea of storing or displaying vital real-time data in the cloud has become more commonplace. With tech giants like Apple, Microsoft, and Google pushing forward the cloud computing concept, it seems to be more than just a passing trend.
Recently the focus of cloud computing has started to shift from consumer-based applications to enterprise management systems. With the promise of less overhead, lower prices, quick installation, and easy scalability, cloud computing appears to be a very attractive option for many companies.
Common questions surround this new technology: What is the "cloud"? What kind of information should be stored there? What are the benefits and risks involved? Is moving toward cloud computing right for your company?
Cloud computing is not a "fix-all" solution. It has strengths and weaknesses, and understanding them is key to making a decision about whether it's right for your company. We'll explore the major benefits and risks involved, and give you a set of factors to consider when choosing what information to put on the cloud.12/01/2011
Permanent Electrical Safety Devices Will Verify Zero Electrical Energy
Article 120.1 of the NFPA 70E establishes the procedure for creating an electrically safe work condition. Since this was written, the day-to-day practice of electrical safety has changed going beyond the precise language of Article 120.1(1-6). This is due to the increased usage of permanent electrical safety devices (PESDs) in Lock-out/Tagout procedures. The relatively new concept of permanent electrical safety devices actually improves the workers' ability to safely isolate electrical energy beyond that which was originally conceived when Article 120 was written. PESDs go beyond the high standard, yet they still adhere to the core principles found in Article 120.1. With PESDs incorporated into safety procedures and installed correctly into electrical enclosures, workers can transition the once-risky endeavors of verifying voltage into a less precarious undertaking that never exposes them to voltage. Since, every electrical incident has one required ingredient - voltage, electrical safety is radically improved by eliminating exposure to voltage while still validating zero energy from outside the panel.10/20/2011
Specifying FDT Technology - Putting Your Assets to Work!
Preventing unplanned shutdowns, reducing downtime, and lowering maintenance costs have been shown to provide significant financial benefits. One way to achieve these results is to make certain that all installed assets are used to the best of their ability.
FDT Technology can be easily used in existing or new plants and can bring significant operational and financial benefits throughout the plant life cycle.
This paper provides an overview of FDT Technology and suggests text to use as part of your proposal or ordering specifications to make sure you are putting your assets to work.07/19/2011
Calibrating Temperature Instruments
The most commonly and most frequently measurable variable in industry is temperature. Every temperature measurement is different, which makes the temperature calibration process slow and expensive. While standards determine accuracy to which manufacturers must comply, they nevertheless do not determine the permanency of accuracy. Therefore, the user must be sure to verify the permanency of accuracy. If temperature is a significant measurable variable from the point of view of the process, it is necessary to calibrate the instrument and the temperature sensor.
Download this white paper to learn how to calibrate temperature instruments and why this is so important.07/14/2011
Paperless Calibration Improves Quality and Cuts Costs
Paper is part of our everyday lives - whether in the workplace or at home. Global consumption of paper has grown 400% in the last 40 years. As manufacturing companies, our consumption of paper is far higher than it needs to be, especially given that there are technologies, software and electronic devices readily available today which render the use of paper in the workplace unnecessary. Calibrating instruments is an enormous task that consumes vast amounts of paperwork. Far too many automation companies still use paper-based calibration systems, which means they are missing out on the benefits of moving towards a paperless calibration system.
Download this white paper to learn more about the benefits of moving towards a paperless calibration system.07/14/2011
The Advantages of an Integrated Factory Acceptance Test in an ICS Environment
When adding, modifying or upgrading a system, many critical infrastructures conduct a Factory Acceptance Test (FAT). A FAT includes a customized testing procedure for systems and is executed before the final installation at the critical facility. Because it is difficult to predict the correct operation of the safety instrumented system or consequences due to failures in some parts of the safety instrumented system, a FAT provides a valuable check of these safety issues. Similarly, since cyber security can also impact safety of critical systems if a system is compromised, it naturally makes sense to integrate cyber security with the FAT, a concept that brings extreme value and savings to an implementation process.
An Integrated Factory Acceptance Test (IFAT) is a testing activity that brings together selected components of major control system vendors and Industrial Control System (ICS) plant personnel in a single space for validation and testing of a subset of the control system network and security application environment in an ICS environment. Conducting an IFAT provides important advantages and benefits including: time savings, cost savings, improved ability to meet compliance requirements, and increased comfort level with integrated security solutions.
With the current trend of more intelligent ICSs and increased regulatory compliance, the best practice to achieving ICS and IT integration is by conducting an IFAT. A common problem that occurs in the industry is the unanticipated work associated with implementing security controls which can result in production issues. Performing an IFAT avoids costly redesign and troubleshooting during outage operations saving time and money that leads to an enhanced, sound security solution.07/05/2011
Implementing 21st Century Smart Manufacturing
This report describes a framework for a proposed path forward for Smart Manufacturing in a number of priority areas. The report reflects the views of a national cross-section of industry leaders involved in planning the future of the process industries, vendors supplying technology solutions for manufacturing operations, and academic researchers engaged in a range of associated systems research. The report is based on information generated during the workshop on Implementing 21st Century Smart Manufacturing held in Washington, D.C. in September 2010, and from subsequent discussions among members of the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition. A complete list of participants who contributed their valuable ideas at the workshop is shown on the facing page.
21st Century Smart Manufacturing applies information and manufacturing intelligence to integrate the voice, demands and intelligence of the 'customer' throughout the entire manufacturing supply chain. This enables a coordinated and performance-oriented manufacturing enterprise that quickly responds to the customer and minimizes energy and material usage while maximizing environmental sustainability, health and safety, and economic competitiveness. Innovations that allow diverse devices, machines, and equipment to communicate seamlessly are opening the door for much wider use of system simulation and optimization software in the operation and control of advanced manufacturing systems. Today, smart tools and systems that both generate and use greater amounts of data and information are being used to innovate, plan, design, build, operate, maintain, and manage industrial facilities
Executive Summaryand systems in dynamic ways that significantly increase efficiency, reduce waste, and improve competitiveness.
While industry is making progress in developing and using smart manufacturing, the infrastructure and capabilities needed to deliver the full potential of this knowledge-based manufacturing environment have yet to be developed. Challenges include incorporating and integrating customer intelligence and demand dynamics and the needs for greater affordability, operator usability, protection of proprietary data, systems interoperability, and cyber security.
To identify and prioritize the actions needed to overcome some of these challenges in smart manufacturing, a workshop on Implementing 21st Century Smart Manufacturing was held in Washington, D.C., on September 14-15, 2010.06/21/2011
De-mystifying GHG Monitoring and Reporting - Achieve Benefits from Compliance
This presentation discusses:
- Highlights of Greenhouse Gas Mandatory Reporting Rule (GHG MRR)
Overview of Subpart A: General Provisions
Overview of Subpart C: Stationary Combustion Units
Several Industry specific requirements
- Green facilities of the future?
Automation impact
Energy and carbon management impact
Benefits from GHG Compliance
1. Enhance loss control (business process and procedures)
2. Enhance key equipment performance
3. Improve energy efficiency/emission recovery
Gulf Coast Chemical Plant Case Study06/21/2011
Touch-Screen LCD Monitor Buying Cheat Sheet
What You Need to Know to Select the Best One for You.06/02/2011
Is There a One Size Fits All SPD?
Frequently, our customers will ask for a "one size fits all" Surge Protective Device (SPD), eliminating the need to stock several different part numbers to meet their customers needs. Some manufactures claim to have a one size fits all Surge Protection Device (SPD), however there is absolutely no benefit of this to the end user. Why? The one size fits all approach could in most cases actually cause damage to the equipment it should be protecting.05/24/2011
Navigating the UL Safety Requirements for Surge Protection
Specifiers and users of Surge Protective Devices (SPDs) are adjusting to new terminology and requirements. UL revised their 1449 Safety Standard for Surge Protective Devices to increase safety. The National Electrical Code (NEC) incorporated specific language to require the use of these safer products. This tip sheet will explain some of the changes affecting specifiers and users.05/24/2011
Buyer Beware: SPD and UL Markings? Are You Buying or Selling the Right Product
Significant changes have taken place regarding Surge Protection Devices and UL 1449. With the changes has come different product marking requirements to identify those testing and product changes. Manufacturers of SPD equipment have long been testing to UL 1449 but only recently have such significant changes taken place regarding a whole product categories testing and performance.
An updated UL 1449 standard was released titled UL Standard for Safety for Surge Protective Devices, UL 1449 Third Edition, and was dated September 29, 2006. The result was that all manufacturers were required to retest their SPD products to ensure compliance before 9/29/2009.
The easiest way to notice a new SPD product versus an older product that still may be in inventory is the new gold UL holographic label on the product. The new label must have the SPD and not TVSS which was used during the later part of UL 1449- 2 edition.05/24/2011
Surge-Trap: North America vs. Europe
In this global business environment, it is common for manufacturers in North America to ship equipment to Europe. North America and Europe each have their own standards for Surge Protective Devices (SPD's) which makes understanding the differences in electrical system terminology very important. In North America, all SPD products are associated with UL 1449 3rd edition whereas in Europe, IEC 61643-1 is used to provide standards. Recently 1449 3rd edition adopted new terminology and testing criteria to be more congruent with IEC 61643-1. However, system voltages and the how they are defined differ between the two standards.05/24/2011
Understanding Ratings for Surge Protection Devices
Selecting the appropriate Surge Protective Devices (SPD) can seem like a daunting task with all of the different types on the market today. The surge rating or kA rating of an SPD is one of the most misunderstood ratings. Customers commonly ask for an SPD to protect their 200A panel and there is a tendency to think that the larger the panel, the larger the kA device rating needs to be for protection As we will explore in this paper, this is a common misunderstanding.
When a surge enters a panel, it does not care or know the size of the panel. So how do you know if you should use a 50kA, 100kA or 200kA SPD? Realistically, the largest surge that can enter a building's wiring is 10kA, as explained in the IEEE C62.41 standard. So why would you ever need a SPD rated for 200kA? Simply stated - for longevity.
So one may think: if 200kA is good, then 600kA must be three times better, right? Not necessarily. At some point, the rating diminishes its return, only adding extra cost and no substantial benefit. Since most SPDs on the market use a metal oxide varistor (MOV) as the main limiting device, we can explore how/why higher kA ratings are achieved. If an MOV is rated for 10kA and sees a 10kA surge, it would use 100% of its capacity. This can be viewed somewhat like a gas tank, where the surge will degrade the MOV a little bit (no longer is it 100% full). Now if the SPD has two 10kA MOVs in parallel, it would be rated for 20kA. Theoretically, the MOVs will evenly split the 10kA surge, so each would take 5kA. In this case, each MOV have only used 50% of their capacity which degrades the MOV much less (leaving more left in the tank for future surges).
Does this translate into surge "stopping power?" No, just because an SPD has 2 or 20 MOVs in parallel it does not mean it will limit the 10kA surge any better then a single SPD (of the same rating). The main objective of having MOVs in parallel is to increase the longevity of the SPD. Again, keep in mind that it is subjective and at some point you are only adding cost by incorporating more MOVs and receiving little benefit.
As mentioned before, panel size does not really play a role in the selection of a kA rating. The location of the panel within the facility is much more important. IEEE C62.41.2 defines the types of expected surges within a facility as:
Category C: Service Entrance, more severe environment: 10kV, 10kA surge
Category B: Downstream, greater than 30' from category C, less severe environment: 6kV, 3kA surge
Category A: Further downstream, greater than 60' from category C, least severe environment: 6kV, 0.5kA surge
How do you know what kA rating to use? The IEEE categories provide a good base for selecting kA ratings. There are many "right" sizes for each category but there needs to be a balance between redundancy and added cost. Qualified judgment should always be used when selecting the appropriate kA rating for an SPD.05/24/2011
What Is the Surge-Trap SPD?
The Surge-Trap is a branded surge protection device (SPD)that utilizes Mersen's patented thermally protected metal oxide varistor (TPMOV) technology. This technology eliminates the need for fuses to be installed in series with the Surge-Trap SPD.
which saves money and panel space. Surge-Trap SPD is typically installed in industrial control panels to protect sensitive electrical equipment from harmful voltage transients. Nearly 80% of all transients are caused by equipment or power disturbances within a facility.
What Types of Ratings Do SPDs Have?
Do SPDs have a current rating? This is a trick question! They do not have a continuous current rating however they do have other important current-based ratings. They are required to have a short circuit current rating (SCCR), which is the maximum rms current at a specified voltage the SPD can withstand.
The nominal discharge current (In) is new to UL 1449 Third Edition (effective 9/29/09). This is the peak value of the current (20kA maximum) through the SPD (8/20μs waveform) where the SPD remains functional after 15 surges.
There are two main voltage ratings for an SPD, the first is maximum continuous operating voltage (MCOV) which is the maximum rms voltage that may be applied to the SPD per each connected mode.
Voltage protection rating (VPR) is determined as the nearest high value (from a list of preferred values) to the measured limiting voltage determined during the transient-voltage surge suppression test using the combination wave generator at a setting of 6kV, 3kA.
How Do I Select The Correct SPD?05/24/2011
De-mystifying GHG Monitoring and Reporting - Achieve Benefits from Compliance
Download this presentation to see a series of highlights from the Greenhouse Gas Mandatory Reporting Rule (GHG MRR).05/20/2011
M2E (Machine to Enterprise) Integration Has Never Been Easier
Are you taking advantage of it?
Over the years, we've had sensor upgrades for process measurement, improved controllers for automation, HMI/SCADA installations for Operator visibility, Historians for data archiving and operational analytics, and now we have enterprise integration for improved material management, corporate agility, regulatory compliance and a host of other features. The manager makes the decision, and the engineer is saddled with a lot of work and stress. That work often rolls downhill, creating opportunity for System Integrators. We are all in an age where there is a technology abundance, leading to many ways to skin the cat. Have you researched all the alternatives? Are you up to speed with the latest tools to solve complicated enterprise integration?
What does integration mean to you? It may mean sending data to your corporate database, enabling tools from Oracle, SAP and other enterprise vendors to report and analyze on it. The first step is usually to create an enterprise dashboard of KPIs (Key Performance Indicators). That should keep management happy for a while. But then, the focus will shift to even tighter integration. You'll want to close the loop on equipment, enabling data to flow from the enterprise back down to the equipment. How you accomplish all this is very much driven by your automation perspective. Will you control this from the Enterprise, or will you coordinate this from the plant floor.05/16/2011
Five Critical Factors for Selecting Fieldbus Valve Manifolds
In today's highly automated machines, fieldbus valve manifolds are replacing conventional hardwired solutions. They more easily perform vital functions by integrating communication interfaces to pneumatic valve manifolds with input/output (I/O) capabilities. This allows programmable logic controllers (PLCs) to more efficiently turn valves on and off and to channel I/O data from sensors, lights, relays, individual valves, or other I/O devices via various industrial networks. The resulting integrated control packages can also be optimized to allow diagnostic benefits not previously available.
Fieldbus valve manifolds from manufacturers such as Festo, SMC, and Numatics find wide utility in packaging, automotive/tire, and material handling applications, as well as in the pharmaceutical, chemical, water, and wastewater industries. They are specified for purchase by controls engineers at original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) who design and develop industrial automation solutions - as well as by end users in relevant industries.
This paper presents controls engineers, specifiers, and buyers with new insights into five crucial factors they must consider before selecting pneumatic fieldbus valve manifolds - commissioning, distribution, modularity, diagnostics, and recovery - while also outlining some shortcomings of conventional approaches. Finally, it highlights new designs that offer substantial improvements in the application, performance, and maintenance of these valve manifolds from the end users and OEMs' points of view.05/12/2011
The Insider's Guide to Applying Miniature Solenoid Valves
Equipment designers frequently must incorporate miniature solenoid valves into their pneumatic designs. These valves are important components of medical devices and instrumentation as well as environmental, analytical, and similar product applications. However, all too often, designers find themselves frustrated. They face compromise after compromise. Pressure for increasingly miniaturized devices complicates every step of the design and valve selection process. And missteps can wreak havoc. How do designers balance the needs for reliability, extended service life, and standards compliance against often-contradictory performance requirements such as light weight, high flow, and optimum power use?
This report consolidates the expert views of designers and manufacturers with wide experience applying miniature solenoid valves for myriad uses across multiple industries. It presents a true insider's guide to which requirements are critical for common applications. It also highlights new valve technologies that may lessen or eliminate those troubling compromises.04/11/2011


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Identical with those of the Harlequin Coral Snake. They may be found on hardwood ridges along some rivers. They lay from 3-9 eggs.
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Don't Confirm Brennan. Torture AND Drone Assassinations Are Illegal.
Senator Rand Paul is not the only one with serious questions about the nomination of John Brennan for CIA Director! Many people are rightly concerned that the CIA Nominee failed to provide a clear answer to Paul's question: "Do you … Continue reading


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Celebrating 20 years of community-led development "The Apache Way"
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This document aims to help Apache developers understand what they need to do to apply the Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2) to Apache software (including source code, documentation, and binary distributions). It is not intended to supplant or otherwise modify any of the terms within the license itself. This is just descriptive guidance and Apache policy is to be found elsewhere.
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Note that the ASF does not use copyright assignment and the copyrights for individual parts of the collective work are retained by the original authors. The method described in the appendix is only suitable for copyright owners. So the ASF uses a variation of this method.
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Each original source document (code and documentation, but excluding the LICENSE and NOTICE files) SHOULD include a short license header at the top. If the distribution contains documents not covered by CLA, CCLA or Software Grant (such as third-party libraries) then see the policy guide.
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A recent lipitor cholesterol-drug advertisement mentioned that there had been over 400 studies of lipitor! (As we have discussed previously, you don't keep to the same thing expecting a different result unless you are insane. Drug companies are not insane.) The drug firms know that a p=.95 means that 5 times in 100, or 1 time in 20, there is a probability that the same experiment will give a DIFFERENT result. They seemed to finally get what they were after - a study that made a statin drug look good against atherosclerosis (The Jupiter Study of Crestor) and they immediately found a reason to stop the study early, so as not to spoil those unusual results.
Statin drugs lower cholesterol. But do they have any value against cardiovascular/heart disease? I think the sheer volume of studies speaks volumes about their inability to treat heart disease.
On the other side of the coin sits Linus Pauling's simple vitamin C and lysine protocol for cardiovascular disease. There has yet to be one published study of 5 to 6 grams of vitamin C and lysine in cardiovascular disease. (I say published, because I was sent preliminary results of a multi-year study by a UK group which were outstanding. Mysteriously, Dr. Kenton, has since disappeared off the face of the planet... )
The complete lack of studies speaks volumes because it means that you cannot run a study, and have an unfavorable result (which of course would be in Big Pharma/Big Medicines financial interest to try to float a study or two to debunk Pauling.)
Ironically, all of Big Pharma's statin studies tell us a story as does the complete lack of any published studies on Pauling's protocol.


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Several teams representing local businesses and organizations competed on July 4 in the annual Great Outhouse Race in Bristol.
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BRISTOL — Bristol police on July 5 arrested two Monkton men and charged them with armed robbery after they allegedly forced their way into a Bristol nursing home and made off with narcotics on July 4.
Police arrested Timothy J. Boardman, 42, and Alec T. Morse, 20.
Authorities allege that the two suspects, armed with tire irons, grabbed an employee as she was leaving the Living Well Care Home on Maple Street at around 10 p.m. and forced her to re-enter the facility.
Once inside, Boardman and Morse allegedly demanded drugs and cash from the home.
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It doesn't look like Schedules Direct provides series oriented information other than being able to provide a description of the series. I can create a series ID based on an episode ID to get more information, but I can't rely on that for things like the series premiere, etc.
Is there any way we can get more details in https://github.com/SchedulesDirect/JSON ... -a-program such as the premier date, the network the series premiered on and if the series is over, the finale date?


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Here's a modified version of the recipe that my Mom made. I've healthified it by using oat flour in place of white flour. You can easily make oat flour by grinding rolled or quick oats in your blender or grind oat groats in a grain mill. Obviously these are still not something you want to eat a lot of - they have a lot of butter and sugar, but at least they are healthier than they were before! And tastier in my opinion...food for the soul! Enjoy!
Printable Recipe
3/4 Cups firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 Cups granulated sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 Cups oat flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
3 Cups oatmeal
1 Cup Chocolate chips, Reese's pieces (this is what I used), heath bar pieces, etc optional
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Beat butter and sugars until creamy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Add combined flour, baking soda, salt and spices. Mix well. Stir in oats. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls on to ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten balls gently with wet fingers. Bake 7 to 9 min for a chewy cookies (My favorite!), 10 to 11 for a crisp cookie. Cool 1 min on cookie sheet. Remove to wire rack.
Oh by the way, I have to admit that my first batch ended up like this because I didn't add enough flour (I've adjusted the recipe to compensate). :) Also make sure you follow the part about leaving it on the cookie pan for a minute or two after you remove it from the oven - otherwise they will squish and not look pretty. But in case you forget, yes, the cookie mess still tasted delicious!
*Update: I've noticed some confusion on pinterest about why this is termed "healthy". Yes, this recipe still has butter and sugar in it, so no, you should not be eating it every meal! But it's "healthier" than other oatmeal cookie recipes because it uses whole-grain oat flour in place of white flour. Using whole-grain flour adds nutrition and fiber, which make these healthier than their counterpart recipes. Another reader pointed out that these are also gluten-free which makes them a great recipe for those with gluten intolerance.
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Our Work: Our Approach
At the heart of the Pacific Institute's approach is the importance of translating knowledge into real-world change.
The Pacific Institute works directly with stakeholders and decision-makers: from community and advocacy groups to corporations and business groups to policy makers to government agencies. One of the most important aspects of our work is finding solutions that balance economic well-being, environmental health, and equity. By identifying sustainable solutions that minimize adverse social and environmental impacts, we seek to develop more robust and resilient approaches to some of our most challenging problems. In conducting our work:
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Racing cars and video games have gone together like Lewis Hamilton and McLaren (err...) from the start, but most of our digital driving kicks these days seem to take place up close and behind the car.
Spare a thought for the classic top-down racer. It's one of the purest ways to enjoy racing on the little Android screen, for it offers a much better view of the track and often goes hand-in-hand with addictive arcade action.
As you'll see from the following list, there's plenty of scope for spectacle and technical racing in our Top 5 top-down racers on Android list.
Gentlemen: start your engines!


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MON, APR 5, 2010 at 9:45 AM
It's totally getting all Male Bonding in here
It's Male Bonding Monday here at Sub Pop! And, what better way to kick a case of the Garfields?
First off, we're giving away a free mp3 download of the song Year's Not Long off the upcoming Male Bonding full-length record album debut Nothing Hurts. You may have recently read the "Best New Music" track review Pitchfork posted about this song, written by a guy with the unbelievably awesome name of Larry Fitzmaurice. If you have not, please do so now.
Also, and secondly (and regrettably without the endorsement of Maury Fitzlawrence), we are hereby and for one week only providing you with a full-album stream of this same Male Bonding record! This thing is embeddable, too, so if you're into that kind of thing staaaaart embeddin'!
Nothing Hurts will be out on May 11th, and you can pre-order the album right now.
In other Male Bonding news, the band has teamed up with the Dum Dum Girls on a limited edition 7" for this year's Record Store Day (April 17! Mark your calendars!). In celebration (and, yes, also promotion, we're hoping…) of this release in particular and Record Store Day in general, both bands will be playing an in-store at Origami Vinyl in Los Angeles. That's Saturday, April 17, 2010: Dum Dum Girls go on at 2:00 PM and Male Bonding plays at 3:00 PM. Full details on all of Sub Pop's Record Store Day 2010 offerings are here.
Lastly, though certainly not leastly, Male Bonding is right this very moment on tour with The Soft Pack. Here's where/when you can and should see them:
Apr 06 Green Room, Montreal, Canada
Apr 07 El Mocambo Club, Toronto, ON, Canada
Apr 08 Magic Stick, Detroit, MI
Apr 09 Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
Apr 10 Turf Club, St. Paul, MN
Apr 13 Chop Suey, Seattle, WA
Apr 14 Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR
Apr 15 Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA
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Pygmies Win One in Home Tourney
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The Pygmies, whose spring season record falls to 6-6, next see action at home April 30 against the Santa Fe Santos. The Pygmies will be eager to beat a struggling
The Horny Toads, composed largely of graduate
Host club New Mexico Tech won just one of their five matches yet were consoled with Spirit of Rugby honors for outstanding teamwork and sportsmanship through a vote of the participating teams.
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Monte Carlo and Flamenco
Who: Adam Stanton
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Where: Menomonie, WI
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The Kappa Sigma fraternity's national organization has announced the suspension of its Duke chapter following an Asia-themed party deemed racist by many students.
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Expand & Cleanup
- I moved all the info from individual day pages here, and will have it cleaned up shortly.
- Any other events, things in GTA 4, TBOGT, TLATD, etc would be helpful.
- Not sure how images can be added here, aside form when you pull up the stats and see a tiny "Mon" in the lower corner under stats.
--NssJ 07:52, 7 October 2011 (BST)
Contents and Format
Compare Sunday vs Monday. I can't tell which looks cleaner. I like how Monday style gives specific links in table of contents, but if all 7 days do that, its gonna be a huge table. Whereas Sunday style, table of contents stays short and clean, but no idea whats under each day until looking at it specifically...
- 1.1 Sunday
- 1.2 Monday
- 1.2.1 Missions
- 1.2.2 Exports & Imports
- 1.2.3 Rare car sightings
Either works for me, I'm still getting used to headings and indents trying to make things look decent. Pick one, and I'll change them all to follow suit.
--NssJ 08:24, 7 October 2011 (BST)
- Traffic vehicles don't appear based on the days of week, they only appear based on time of day.--spaceeinstein 17:53, 8 October 2011 (BST)
The day of the week affects it as well. I have a chart in work for about 5 of 7 days, sitting in one car, in one location, and writing down everything that spawns each day throughout the day. Time does play a factor, like Mr. Whoopee seems to spawn almost daily at 8am, but some vehicles only showed up one day a week, some a few days, etc. Sit around Queens, San Fierro in a ZR-350, and you will only see a Slamvan on Sat/Sun, regardless time of day. Day of the week definitely plays a part in spawning too. I will put the chart up when finished. It doesn't show everything, but it shows everything a Perennial will spawn in Santa Maria Beach, LS over a week... --NssJ 04:03, 16 October 2011 (BST)
- This is pretty good! However, to be honest, it still looks quite messy and hard to read. A table might be more suitable, because you have the same 3 subheadings for each day. I've converted it, let me know if you think it's suitable. gboyers talk 05:32, 16 October 2011 (BST)
- I think the tables look a lot better. I've just been curious to find out, where is Sunday the first day of the week? --Andreaz1 11:14, 16 October 2011 (BST)
The table does look visually cleaner, however it seems to confine the info tightly, making rare vehicles section harder to read I think. I can shrink that section to just vehicle names and links, but I'd need to make sure the rest of the info is on, and stays on each vehicles page in locations section. The main point in all of this is to create an easy way to find any vehicle, without driving around for hours on end. Though each sentence is a bit lengthy, Driving X here on 1 day, gives a repeatable equation. I can drive around kings all day in a blade, but I'll probably never see a Slamvan... So I want to keep those specific details in at least one place. As long as you can keep a rollback history of this page, I'll double check all the vehicle pages, then chop the cramped wording here. As I find more info, I'm gonna try to make a clearer and formal standard for vehicle location sections. I'm just trying to keep as much info as possible available until i have a better way to display it.--NssJ 20:54, 16 October 2011 (BST)
- Also, I'm gonna have a bunch of dead links laying around with this format, I linked a lot of things to specific day subsections... so please correct them as you see them... thanks --NssJ 05:12, 17 October 2011 (BST)
7 day stakeout
I used a perennial for a few reasons. and the chart is out of the way on Perennial talk page. I plan to do this with other vehicles, and hopefully find a good pattern forming, find what where and when made easy. --NssJ 05:48, 20 October 2011 (BST)


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- This text has not been updated other than wikification and some quick notes since September 5, 2005. I make no guarantee that it reflects my current opinion on E's direction. —Kevin Reid 09:12, 6 May 2010 (CDT)
XXX Turn this into a design issue page.
Thoughts on extending protocols
Two CapTP peers talking. Let's handwave that the Miranda-method protocol is well-known and adequate. a sends
b <- __getAllegedType().
b has Interesting Features that it wishes to express in its type object. How does b (or b's implementation language) extend the TypeDesc protocol in a way that will not potentially create confusion due to accidental overlap of method names with other extensions?
Have a common way of querying an object "Do you implement the protocol X", where X is a string(?) identifying the protocol. This does not XXX proper security term, as the string is deliberately public, and is intended to be common knowledge. It is as "alleged" as the alleged type itself.
Proposal #1
Make PassByCopy ProtocolGuards. Their coercion behavior is to call/send __conformTo. An object may indicate support of a protocol (the protocol being discovered by extracting the public state of the PBC'd guard) by returning [self] (since __conformTo returns self by default).
(Alternate: use __optSealedDispatch and don't require tupling.)
Proposal #2
Again have PassByCopy guards, but stuff them in the supers field of the alleged type of the object in question (which in the scenario above is itself an alleged type!).
Advantages of this over #1: no slightly-funny business with __conformTo returning not-quite-self. Supers is a reasonably natural place to put this, as the ProtocolGuards do indeed designate supertypes.
Disadvantages: The type desc may be more expensive to retrieve across a network. Current E semantics makes it very hard to extend alleged types. (perhaps meta.context().getAllegedType()?) No built-into-the-query support for coercion to protocols.
- Later note: If the Signature plan goes into effect, supers may not exist or may not have the same meaning or lack thereof as it does now. —Kevin Reid 09:12, 6 May 2010 (CDT)
Potential formats of protocol names
DNS names org.erights.e.elib.slot.Slot
Relies on the DNS system's stability - global namespaceish.
URIs http://www.erights.org/elib#slot.Slot
Easier to create URIs than DNS names. Still relies on DNS.
- Later note: The tag: URI scheme allows dating a DNS usage. Thus it relies only on agreement on a calendar. —Kevin Reid 09:12, 6 May 2010 (CDT)
One of the above combined with a GUID/SwissNumber
The advantage of this over the above is that the random component makes it unlikely to collide with other protocol names, even if, e.g., DNS names change hands. For normal use, the first part of the name should be adequate to provide human-readable identification, and in the event of a first-part-collision it is highly likely that the random characters will be different at the left end.
- Later note: This style of naming corresponds to a concept I'm calling "Token" these days — an PassByCopy object which has a static random component and a human-readable component, and prints only as the human-readable component — they would be used for all 'enumeration type' purposes. —Kevin Reid 09:12, 6 May 2010 (CDT)
Of course, no matter what the name scheme, it is trivial to deliberately create a "collision", but this does not matter as it is always an alleged type and the object can misbehave any way it likes no matter what protocols it claims to support.
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It's all about breaking stigmas and stereotypes man... Everyone assumes Johnny is baked out of his skull all the time because he likes skiing steep shit on NNN and has all sorts of radical, out there ideas. There may have been a time he was, but the Johnny I know doesn't do any drugs but alcohol.


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The Brentwood: A Home of Impressive Beauty (1952)
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Aladdin kit homes are not Sears kit homes. These are two different companies.
Sears gets all the press, but there were six other companies selling kit homes on a national level and Sears was neither the biggest, nor the longest lived. Sears started selling homes in 1908 and was gone by 1940. Conversely, Aladdin issued their first catalog in 1906 and closed their doors in 1981. During their 32 years in the business, Sears sold about 70,000 homes. Aladdin sold more than 75,000 homes.
When I wrote my first article about kit homes in early 2000, many folks had never even heard of Sears Homes, so perhaps in time, people will come to appreciate (and know about) Aladdin. From an architectural standpoint, it's a more interesting company, just because of the variety of housing styles offered through the decades.
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HAHAHAHAHA Too Cute!
Your kids are going to be fun to know when they are adults! LOL
- October 7, 2008 at 7:37 AM
- Tom said...
That was hilarious! You realize now we're going to be demanding more Weasel Productions, and you're going to have to deliver. You've set the bar.
- October 7, 2008 at 8:57 AM
- Weaselmomma said...
Concept, original writing and box design all came out the mind of Boy Weasel. He has an wonderful and twisted sense of humor(dunno where that came from) and today is his 12th Birthday.
- October 7, 2008 at 9:09 AM
- nukedad said...
Look at you go you techno-geek! And you said you didn't know how to do video.
Too funny. I agree with Tom; you'll have to do more of these now.
- October 7, 2008 at 9:53 AM
- Weaselmomma said...
It's like a blind lady trying to learn to roller skate between the yellow lines. Eventually the job got done though.
I will put my Writers to work on future projects.
- October 7, 2008 at 10:24 AM
That was way too cute! You have adorable kids!
Thanks for the encouragement & advice you left on my blog :)
- October 7, 2008 at 3:03 PM
- Jenny said...
How awesome was that?!?!?! Thank you for the entertainment, after a loooong day!
- October 7, 2008 at 5:43 PM
- OhCaptain said...
Well done! I thoroughly enjoyed it!
BTW - Happy Birthday to Boy Weasel!
- October 7, 2008 at 8:09 PM
- The Microblogologist said...
You have the perfect cute:funny ratio! Love the weasel costume =)
- October 7, 2008 at 8:28 PM
- Melisa said...
Adorable! And they're still young enough to do that VOLUNTARILY for the blog, which is even more adorable! (It won't last) (Well, maybe it will)
So where can I get some of that Toxic Goodness?
- October 8, 2008 at 4:20 AM
Hahahah you guys are too funny! Love it! Ps nice move tying up the Mom lol! love you guys!
- October 8, 2008 at 9:50 PM
- Bad Momma said...
You are very brave to let your children tie you up & duct tape your mouth!
Very cute!
- October 9, 2008 at 5:33 AM
- Cheffie-Mom said...
You got the video posted! Good job!
- October 9, 2008 at 8:57 AM
- Cheffie-Mom said...
And Happy Birthday Boy Weasel!
- October 9, 2008 at 8:58 AM
It's scary how much the Weasel children are like their parents! Get them busy volunteering or working and get them off the streets
- October 9, 2008 at 11:26 AM
- Mrs4444 said...
OMG-That is hilarious!! Good fun.
- October 11, 2008 at 6:42 PM
- Joeprah said...
Holy moly! Someone help the lady in the chair!!
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Documenting Denmark…an interview with filmmaker Graham Sheldon
It is the opening night of Hamlet and the cast has gathered on the stage for some last minute words from director Christy Yael. Everyone is chatting nervously, in various stages of ready – curlers in hair, costume pieces being buttoned, makeup half applied. One hour until showtime.
Sitting in the audience while this preshow unfolds is a man with a camera, camouflaged by stillness, quietly recording the jittery bustle. The actors, while aware of his presence, don't acknowledge it. Perhaps they are too nervous. Or, perhaps, they are simply used to it.
For the past few months, Graham Sheldon and his crew have been shadowing Sean Cox, who stars as Hamlet, on his journey of creating the character of the Danish prince. An Emmy-nominated documentarian, Graham is developing a television pilot that will take an in depth look into the creative process of various artistic talents. It is titled "Muse" and Sean is the show's first inspiration.
"We wanted to start off with the theatre," explains Graham, who credits the series' co-creator, Rin Ehlers, with the idea for the show. Working with Sean as he goes through his natural journey as Hamlet seemed like a good idea for the first episode, as both he and Rin had already worked with Intrepid in a theatrical capacity. This familiarity with the company and the key players gave them the perfect setting within which to cultivate this new idea.
"Plus," says Graham, "the first show had to be a great story. You can't go wrong with Hamlet."
The series is intended to explore the artist's path through all sorts of different mediums – sculpting, painting, dance, music, and the like, and each episode will focus on one artist's journey, taking the audience through a practical and visceral experience of that artist's world. Typically, this journey will center around one specific creative aspect, such as the cultivation of one particular painting or dance piece.
"It's all about that inspiration and that spark and then seeing it all the way to delivery," says Graham. In this case, it is a speech.
"We're trying to show the play developing through the microcosm of one monologue," says Graham. "Since the episode is only going to be 22 minutes, one of the harder things will be making Hamlet accessible in that time."
This also means introducing the show's viewers to the terminology of the various artistic mediums without being too didactic. Graham insists that the show will not be about learning the jargon of the stage or focusing on the technical aspects of creating theatre, even though, for example, not everyone will know what a cue-to-cue is while they are showing footage from the technical rehearsals.
"The show is more about Sean and the cast and their relationship with him. It's about the people around Sean and his own muses and creative influences," says Graham.
To that end, Graham plans to shoot footage at Sean's home, capturing some of this private life with his family, and see how he spends time developing the part away from the theatre and in balance with his other points of focus. "Intrepid really is a family company," observes Graham, citing it as one of the aspects which drew him to the spotlighting it in the first place.
Another thing that Graham and his crew quickly realized about this company is that, with the multiple hats that Sean wears as Artistic Director and Director of Education, he is not always the easiest person to pin down. Or to locate, for that matter.
"We spent a half hour in the theatre one day just trying to find him," laughs Graham, describing one of the rehearsals they were shooting. "This is such a fast moving production and Sean is all over the place, running around the entire building, doing 30 things at once." They finally put actor Brian Mackey, who plays Laertes, on "Sean-Watch," so he could help them keep an eye on their artist.
"Sean has so much energy that just keeping up with him has been the biggest challenge," says Graham, who has interviewed everyone from ex-CIA agents to Cern physicists for his past projects.
Of course, it's never easy to truly capture reality. Having cameras documenting one's every move can be a little daunting, especially in a rehearsal space where actors need to feel free to explore. "Sean and Christy were a little hesitant about the idea at first," admits Graham. "I would be too. Having cameras around is never an easy thing. But they've been really receptive to it and we've tried to maintain the fly on the wall method." He pauses and then adds, "We'll find out at the end if we've been successful."
For now, Graham and his crew have shot hours and hours of footage and he looks forward to editing it into a finished product. If all goes well, "Becoming Hamlet" will be coming out very soon. — T.T.


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4/4 Welcome home
Opening Day is a double whammy for me because it's my first year with the Cubs and this is my hometown. This is going to be big. I have a lot of Sprayberry [High School] alumni, a lot of people who I went to middle school and elementary school with who bought up a whole section, so there will probably be 80, 90, maybe 100 people from Sprayberry so it's going to be big. Fans get to check me out — again — being back in the National League. I haven't played in Atlanta since 2006 so it's nice to be back.
My parents have seen me play since then — they've come out to Texas. They haven't seen me in Atlanta since '06. Now, I've come back home and they can drive and go right around the corner to a game.
Everyone's thought process with this team is that the playoffs start now. Tomorrow is going to be Day One of our run to October.
— Marlon Byrd
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Hey Marlon. Glad to see you've taken over the blogging duties from Reed Johnson. What are you most looking forward to about playing at Wrigley?
Nice name for the blog by the way.
Marlon, I for one am absolutely delighted you're on our baseball team. The intangibles you bring make us 100% better. Best wishes for a fantastic 2010 season!
Good to have you in Chicago Marlon. Opening day is the best time of the year. Good luck!
Marlon – Best wishes to you as you begin a new season with our Chicago Cubs!! I am excited to see you wearing Cubbie Blue, and can't wait for tomorrow! I am also excited to read about the mind-set of the team, as we are all pulling for you guys in your "run to October". Let's play some ball!!!
Marlon, we're thrilled to have you here. You showed us what you are about by helping the pitchers stop tipping pitches at the start of spring training. The team first attitude is much appreciated. If you haven't figured it out by now, Chicago is an awesome place to play MLB. After the last three years…we're especially ready to see the team have success…in the playoffs. Welcome, again!
I'm going to be rooting for you Marlon. You have some big shoes too fill as far as the blog goes. Mark DeRosa and Reed Johnson were very good, and i expect the same from you. Good luck this season to you and our Cubbies!
Hey Marlon, you already won over my brother Tate as favorite Cubs player. Looks like we all like the outfielders, because I take Fukudome as my favorite, my brother Noah has Nady, my brother Tate picked you, and my youngest brother likes Soriano, even though he claims to be an Orioles/Angels fan, Soriano is still his favorite MLB player, lol.
Good luck tomorrow, lets bring a championship to Chicago. Even one of the predictors on the Yanks-Boston game had Cubs and Rays (with the Rays winning), so it isn't as out of reach as people have been acting like it is, and even making it to the Series would mean so much to all the fans back home in Chicago!
Marlon, looking forward to an exciting season. You're going to love it here.
Enjoy the ride to the division title!
Hi Marlon! I was a big fan of yours for the last couple of years, and actually got to see you play once in Pittsburgh! My opinion is that Texas' (huge) loss is Chcago's (huge) gain. I want to wish you Godspeed and the ability to do your best for your new team…Play ball!
Hey Marlon! First welcome to Chicago. There are absolutely no better fans than the ones on the North Side.
Second: Despite what some people (one in particular) have said, the fans in Chicago really do want to love you and back you 100%. If you are a player who, when he comes off the field and takes off his spikes, can say I could not have tried any harder, the fans will love you even when you struggle. Go get em.
Hey Marlon! Welcome to the Chicago Cubs, we are definitely happy to have you! From what I've seen in Spring Training and heard from the media you are a very talented guy and most importantly you have a great attitude. We all know you will be a great asset to this team. Thanks for doing this blog, we all appreciate you taking time out to let us in on your experiences and thoughts and taking us into the clubhouse with you. I wish you all the best this season and I really hope you guys have a lot of fun…cause when you're having fun we're having fun. I'm ready to fly my W flag. Let's do this!!!!!
Welcome to Chicago, Marlon!
Good Luck this season Marlon! If you just work hard every game this year all Cub fans will like you. Can't wait to see you play Friday and Saturday in Cincinnati!!!!!!!!! Go Cubs
Welcome Marlon, I am looking forward to better defense in the outfield and better offense this year. I wish you the best. I know the Cubs come into the season as underdogs, but I feel we have a very legitamate shot. We have much better depth all around this year. The Cardinals are the favorite, but they don't have much depth.
I love the positive attitude. Rudy Jaramillo is a genius!
Welcome in my man! Best of luck this season, looking forward to it!!
Glad to have you in Cubbie blue this year!! Best of luck this year and I'm sure your dedication and commitment to winning will be felt by the fans and your teammates. Have fun patroling the outfield at Wrigley.
Welcome to the team! We are glad to have you as part of this club. I think you'll find the fans welcoming, encouraging, and as dedicated to an organization as you'll ever find.
This looks like a good year for the Cubs, and your presence is part of that. Have fun, play hard, and best of luck. This our year!
Welcome to the Cubs, Marlon! Best wishes to you and the team!
Hey marlon cant wait to see you put up big numbers at the Friendly Confines. Your a very talented player and a great clubhouse guy, which is exactly what we need. Goodluck this season and help end this championship drought.
Go cubbies!!!
Welcome to the team!!! I feel like I speak for all the fans to say that we're excited for this season, and are so happy to have you as part of the team.
Best wishes,
Welcome to the Cubs Marlon! So excited to have you! I think you will be a perfect addition. Love what you have done for the offense and defense of the team. You looked GREAT during the spring and I'm very excited to see you during the season.
Welcome to the Cubs, Marlon. Looking forward to seeing you play and reading your thoughts here.
Welcome to the Cubs, Marlon! I'm excited to see you on the team, and have a feeling it's going to be an awesome year for you. Good luck, and GO CUBBIES!!!!
Too bad to see you leave the Rangers… Some friends and I are bigs fans of yours and had a huge sign with "The Byrd's Nest" on it in left field. We were always out to support. Good luck this year with the Cubs!
Marlon- Welcome to the Cubs! Good luck in Chicago! I look forward to seeing you play this season. I hope the cubs can make it to the world series this year.
Welcome aboard, Marlon…so thrilled to see you wearing Cubbie blue! Looking forward to your blogs, and wishing you and the rest of the guys a fantastic 2010! Just a tidbit worth sharing, but I believe that 2010 is the Cubs 'magical' number/year. Invert this number and you have (0102), and that's how long it's been since the Cubs won their last World Series title…102 years ago! We've got a great combination of players, loaded with talent, and I do BELIEVE the Cubs will go all the way this year! Good luck and welcome to Chicago! ~ Carol, Rockford, IL
Marlon, I talk about you in my National League Central predictions… check it out. =]
Marlon, you are going to be a big factor in determining the Cubs' 2010 season outcome. And one game into the season, you're doing great! Tell Zambrano to chill though.
Every cubs fan is rooting for you to do well in Chicago, so go get em! Keep the blogs coming too!
Your first at bat was impresing. It must feel good to join a team and hit a 3 run home run the first time. Good Luck this year and Go Cubs!
Glad to have you in Chicago Mr. Byrd. By the way, thanks for the home run against Atlanta tonight.
Hey Marlon,
First off, welcome to the Cubbies! I just wanted you to know that in a matter of days, you've become one of my favourite cubs players. You bring hustle, heart, production, great defense, and a great teammate to others. When Colvin hit his first HR, Cubs fans noticed how you were on that top step trying to get that ball for him, or when you hit a HR how you hustle around the bases like the classy ballplayer you are! It's been a pleasure watching you play and I look forward to the rest of the season with you patrolling CF at Wrigley! I can't wait until they sell "The Byrd is the Word" t-shirts at Wrigley!! It's going to be a VERY hot sell this summer!
Best of luck Marlon and keep up the great work!
Hi!!! :). I'm also from Georgia. I'm from Douglasville, GA but i've played your school in football and baseball 3-4 years ago. I'm a juco player right now and seeing you play these last fews years with me going to what I'm going thru right now really opens my eyes to see the light, and there is something for me down the road.


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Make the Cookie Connection at Skipper's Pier
Cooking and baking are holiday rituals. We take sweets as gifts and uphold tradition with family recipes as family bonding and tradition.
If you fear you'll come up short this busy season, Skipper's Pier in Deale offers an alternative.
Owner and pastry chef Jessica LeCronier will do the work for you. On Saturday, December 22, she invites you to fill a tin or basket at Skipper's first annual Cookie Connection.
"The Cookie Connection is for all the families out there who do not have enough time at the last minute to bake delicious Christmas cookies. Santa will be stopping by sometime between noon and 4pm. It will be a fun, sweet-smelling experience, with Christmas music playing," says LeCronier.
"All you do is pile your cookies in a basket."
Bring your own tins to fill, or buy decorative tins and baskets at the Cookie Connection. Pick your cookies — "which will be a tough decision," LeCronier warns — and pay by the pound at $9.99 per.
LeCronier's cornucopia of cookies includes almond crescents, Andes peppermint crunch, butter crunch, citrus spritz, chocolate chip, double chocolate chewy cookies, gingerbread men, iced Christmas sugar cutouts, macadamia nut, oatmeal raisin, orange raspberry swirl, peanut butter, peanut butter chocolate, pecan diamonds, seven-layer bars, snicker-doodles and strawberry.
If you want to impress Santa with your own baking skills, Chef LeCronier offers this recipe:
Combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt, and espresso powder. Sift into a large bowl. Set aside. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add one egg at a time, scraping the bowl down each time. Add vanilla. Pour in 1 cup of sifted mix at a time and mix on low until combined. Fold in chocolate chips and macadamia nuts. Scoop cookies onto a lined baking sheet. Bake 9 minutes at 340 degrees.
Cool cookies on a sheet pan before transferring to a cooling rack.
Omit nuts for 1 cup crushed peppermint candy;
Omit nuts. Melt white chocolate candy and dip cooled cookies halfway in.
Santa is the special breakfast guest at Brio in the Annapolis Towne Centre this Saturday, December 8, from 9 to 10:30am. Enjoy a plated breakfast ($5.95 children, $11.95 adults) plus Santa photos, crafts, holiday treat bag. rsvp: 410-571-5660.
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Smith, the daughter of Robert and Margaret Smith of Tucson, was chosen to receive the regional scholarship on the basis of her scholastic record, personal character, and demonstrated dedication to the ceramic sciences.
The latest recipient of the annual award was selected from a pool of several applicants from a geographic area that encompasses Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Smith, a perennial honor roll student at New Mexico Tech, is a member of the university's chapters of The Materials Society, Society of Women Engineers, and ASM International.
In addition, she also is an active member of both the New Mexico Tech Gun Club and Hi-Tech Ambassadors, and regularly participates in the campus's intramural soccer league.
While attending New Mexico Tech, Smith also has worked on developing molds and castings for micromachine components.
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Clarkson University Women's Hockey Game February 1 to Benefit Helping Hands
At each home game, the Clarkson University Women's Hockey Team looks out from the ice and sees the support of its North Country fans.
The players want to give back to the community that has always supported them, so all ticket revenue when they host St. Lawrence University at 3 p.m. Friday, February 1, in Cheel Arena will benefit Helping Hands of Potsdam Inc. The game will also include a friendly competition between Clarkson President Tony Collins and St. Lawrence University President William L. Fox between periods.
"Potsdam has been home for me for four years now and the community has always offered amazing support to our team and our school," forward Danielle Skirrow '13 of Trenton, Ontario, said. "When we realized the opportunity we had to return that support, we jumped at it."
The Hannawa Falls-based charity provides food, utility assistance, firewood, furniture, housewares, car repairs, counseling and referrals to those St. Lawrence County residents in need. Game tickets are $4; attendees are also encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to donate.
"The funds and food items collected at next weekend's game will help us keep countless North Country families warm, safe and fed this winter," said Tom Chappell, Helping Hands executive director.
"A $4 hockey ticket may not seem like a large donation," Skirrow added. "But when an entire community buys those tickets and packs Cheel, that $4 will go a long way toward helping St. Lawrence County's less fortunate."
The hockey team first volunteered at Helping Hands over winter break by painting the inside of its furniture and household items warehouse, formerly the Hannawa Falls United Methodist Church. Players wanted to step beyond their routine of twice-daily hockey practice during break to volunteer, according to goaltender Jenna Boss '15 of Little Canada, Minn.
The team was assisted by a group of local children known as the "Lil 'Knights," who take part in other events with the women.
"We love that they come to our games and they support us so much," Boss said of the surrounding community. "We think it's our duty to give back somehow. We care just as much about them as they do about us."
The players enjoyed the service experience so much that they decided to plan Friday's fundraiser, according to forward Vanessa Gagnon '14 of St. Constant, Quebec.
"Working with this foundation is a good reminder for all of us that sometimes the goals we don't score in a game aren't that big of a deal when you realize how privileged we are to just be able to practice the sport we love every day," Gagnon said.
The women's hockey team has a responsibility to be a positive influence in the community, Gagnon said.
"My main goal is to leave Clarkson and have this event continue," Gagnon said. "The whole idea is to show a simple gesture like attending a game can help families in need. When every individual of a community does a simple action to help someone, it can make a huge difference. No matter who you are, every day should be a new day to lend a hand to a neighbor."
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
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helping-hands-1.jpg: The Clarkson Women's Hockey Team and their "Lil' Helpers" at Helping Hands of Potsdam Inc. in Hannawa Falls, N.Y. Front row (left to right): Emily Horn, Danielle Skirrow, Ella Matteucci, Christine Lambert. Vanessa Gagnon, Shelby Nisbet, Hailey Wood, Brittany Styner, Hannah Zeiger, and Mattie Tremper. Back row: Carly Mercer, Renata Fast, Cayley Mercer, Olivia Howe, Shannon MacAulay, Erica Howe, Jennifer Shields, Vanessa Plante, Taylor Gedig, Taylor Razis, and Kari Tremper.
helping-hands-2.jpg: Clarkson Women's Hockey players Carly Mercer (top) and Danielle Skirrow lend a hand at Helping Hands of Potsdam.
helping-hands-3.jpg: "Lil' Helpers" lend a hand to the Clarkson Women's Hockey Team at Helping Hands of Potsdam. Front row (left to right): Maddie Tremper, Taylor Razis and Hannah Zenger. Top: Clarkson Women's Hockey player Vanessa Gagnon.