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This page exists to educate you about our program -- what internships we offer, what requirements we have, what you might expect in an internship, and how to apply (we'll even throw in a few helpful tips to make your application stand out!). First, we'll look at some of the responsibilities and duties that will be expected from all interns. Throughout the course of the internship, the intern will be asked to work with individuals from several departments within Mix 96.5, including promotions, sales, web, video, programming, and sports. The intern's duties include preparing for and working at promotional events, and carrying out special projects. Now for internship specific activities:
Applications should be received by the following deadlines to assure full consideration. Late applications will be considered for future terms. Dates listed subject to change.
Tip: Summer internships have the greatest number of applicants and, therefore, are toughest to obtain. Consider a fall, winter, or spring internship to increase your chances.
Interns are selected on the basis of professional potential. We look at our internship program as a developing ground for future employees. That's not to say all interns will get hired. One of our goals is to see how many responsibilities an intern can handle; on the chance an employment opportunity becomes available. This isn't a coffee-fetching, grunt work internship. We trust our interns to handle duties that require the utmost in responsibility, diligence, and enthusiasm.
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During the internship, interns gain exposure to the realities of working in radio and gain exposure to related fields. Interns have the opportunity to prove themselves and determine if radio is a career for them. Interns make friends and contacts that they can network with as they start their career. After interns complete their term at Mix 96.5, some return to school and share their new experiences. A few become part-time employees. Occasionally, interns obtain full-time positions with Withers Broadcasting. Many interns take their experiences to other media outlets where they begin rewarding careers.


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Welcome to Tulip Inn Centro de Convenções!
Tulip Inn Centro de Convencoes Hotel is strategically located in front of Bahia Convention Center, the largest exhibition and convention center in north of Brazil. The hotel is close to two major shopping malls, 20 kilometers from the International Airport and 10 minutes by car from downtown.

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Andres Terech is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Marketing at UCLA Anderson School of Management. From 1997 to 2009, Professor Terech was a member of the faculty at IAE Business School, Universidad Austral in Buenos Aires, Argentina where he taught MBA students and Executive Programs. He received his Ph.D. in Marketing from UCLA, an MBA from Universidad Austral and holds a BA in Business Administration from Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Professor Terech's primary research interests include modeling consumer choice behavior and competitive market structure. His current work focuses on studying the consideration stage of the consumer brand choice process. He has a special interest in marketing issues related to pricing, franchising and retailing. In 2007, he founded the Latin American Franchising Research Council (CLIF).
He teaches courses in pricing and marketing strategy, marketing analysis and frameworks, retail management, and marketing management. He has also taught executives seminars at different business schools in Spain, Mexico, Chile, Peru, and Ecuador.
Professor Terech's consulting experience covers several marketing challenges such as new product launches, marketing plans and growth strategies, promotion and communication programs, and feasibility analysis. He has advised clients in a variety of industries, including retailing, agribusiness, financial services, textile, and automobile. Before becoming an academic, he worked for Accenture.
Professor Terech's work has been published in scholarly journals and specialized business publications such as Marketing Letters and Harvard Business Review.
Working Papers
"Franquicias al Diván", Harvard Business Review, Edición América Latina, under review.
"Modeling Consideration and Choice in the Case of Consumer Durables: It is a 50/50 Split," (with, Randolph E. Bucklin and Jorge Silva-Risso)
"Modeling Spatial Correlation in Consideration Set Membership."


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DNA Tests, and Sometimes Surprising Results
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An estradiol test measures the amount of a hormone called estradiol in the blood.
E2 test
A blood sample is needed.
Your health care provider may tell you to temporarily stop taking certain medicines that may affect test results. Be sure to tell your provider about all the medicines you take. These include:
Do not stop taking any medicine before talking to your doctor.
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, some people feel moderate pain. Others feel only a prick or stinging sensation. Afterward, there may be some throbbing or a slight bruise. These soon go away.
In women, most estradiol is released from the ovaries and adrenal glands. It is also released by the placenta during pregnancy. Estradiol plays a role in:
In men, a small amount of estradiol is mainly released by the testes. Estradiol helps prevent sperm from dying too early.
This test may be ordered to check:
The test may also be ordered to check if:
The test may also be used to monitor persons with hypopituitarism and women on certain fertility treatments.
Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Some labs use different measurements or test different samples. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test result.
Disorders that are associated with abnormal estradiol results include:
Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight but may include:
Borawski D, Bluth MH. Reproductive function and pregnancy. In: McPherson RA, Pincus MR, eds. Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods . 22nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 25.
Gruber HA, Farag AF. Evaluation of endocrine function. In: McPherson RA, Pincus MR, eds. Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods . 22nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 24.


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About Solar Energy & Solar Power Systems
Solar energy technologies can provide electrical generation by heat engine or photovoltaic means, daylighting, solar hot water hot water, and space heating in active solaractive and passive solar buildings; potable water via distillation and disinfection, space cooling by absorption or vapor-compression refrigeration, thermal Solar cooking energy for cooking, and high temperature process heat for industrial purposes.
Solar technologies are broadly characterized as either passive or active depending on the way they capture, convert and distribute sunlight. Active solar techniques use photovoltaic panels, pumps, and fans to convert sunlight into useful outputs. Passive solar techniques include selecting materials with favorable thermal properties, designing spaces that naturally circulate air, and referencing the position of a building to the Sun. Active solar technologies increase the supply of energy and are considered supply side technologies, while passive solar technologies reduce the need for alternate resources and are generally considered demand side technologies.
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Solar Water heating
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Solar thermal technologies can be used for water heating (including pool and spa), space heating, space cooling and process heat generation.
Solar Water Heating
Solar hot water systems use sunlight to heat water. In low geographical latitudes (below 40 degrees) from 60 to 70% of the domestic hot water use with temperatures up to 60 °C can be provided by solar heating systems.The most common types of solar water heaters are evacuated tube collectors (44%) and glazed flat plate collectors (34%) generally used for domestic hot water; and unglazed plastic collectors (21%) used mainly to heat swimming pools.
China is the world leader in their deployment with 70 GW installed as of 2006 and a long term goal of 210 GW by 2020. Israel and Cypress are the per capita leaders in the use of solar hot water systems with over 90% of homes using them. In the United States, Canada and Australia heating swimming pools is the dominant application of solar hot water with an installed capacity of 18 GW as of 2005.
Solar Energy for Heating, Cooling and Ventilation
In the United States, HVACheating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems account for 30% (4.65 EJ) of the energy used in commercial buildings and nearly 50% (10.1 EJ) of the energy used in residential buildings. Solar heating, cooling and ventilation technologies can be used to offset a portion of this energy.
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Thermal mass is any material that can be used to store heat—heat from the Sun in the case of solar energy. Common thermal mass materials include stone, cement and water. Historically they have been used in arid climates or warm temperate regions to keep buildings cool by absorbing solar energy during the day and radiating stored heat to the cooler atmosphere at night. However they can be used in cold temperate areas to maintain warmth as well. The size and placement of thermal mass depend on several factors such as climate, daylighting and shading conditions. When properly incorporated, thermal mass maintains space temperatures in a comfortable range and reduces the need for auxiliary heating and cooling equipment.
A solar chimney (or thermal chimney, in this context) is a passive solar ventilation system composed of a vertical shaft connecting the interior and exterior of a building. As the chimney warms, the air inside is heated causing an updraft that pulls air through the building. Performance can be improved by using glazing and thermal mass materials in a way that mimics greenhouses.
Deciduous trees and plants have been promoted as a means of controlling solar heating and cooling. When planted on the southern side of a building, their leaves provide shade during the summer, while the bare limbs allow light to pass during the winter. Since bare, leafless trees shade 1/3 to 1/2 of incident solar radiation, there is a balance between the benefits of summer shading and the corresponding loss of winter heating. In climates with significant heating loads, deciduous trees should not be planted on the southern side of a building because they will interfere with winter solar availability. They can, however, be used on the east and west sides to provide a degree of summer shading without appreciably affecting winter solar gain.
Solar Energy for Process Heat
Solar concentrating technologies such as parabolic dish, trough and Scheffler reflectors can provide process heat for commercial and industrial applications. The first commercial system was the Solar Total Energy Project (STEP) in Shenandoah, Georgia, USA where a field of 114 parabolic dishes provided 50% of the process heating, air conditioning and electrical requirements for a clothing factory. This grid-connected cogeneration system provided 400 kW of electricity plus thermal energy in the form of 401 kW steam and 468 kW chilled water, and had a one hour peak load thermal storage.
Evaporation ponds are shallow pools that concentrate dissolved solids through evaporation. The use of evaporation ponds to obtain salt from sea water is one of the oldest applications of solar energy. Modern uses include concentrating brine solutions used in leach mining and removing dissolved solids from waste streams.
Clothes lines, clotheshorses, and clothes racks dry clothes through evaporation by wind and sunlight without consuming electricity or gas. In some states of the United States legislation protects the "right to dry" clothes.
Unglazed transpired collectors (UTC) are perforated sun-facing walls used for preheating ventilation air. UTCs can raise the incoming air temperature up to 22 °C and deliver outlet temperatures of 45–60 °C. The short payback period of transpired collectors (3 to 12 years) makes them a more cost-effective alternative than glazed collection systems. As of 2003, over 80 systems with a combined collector area of 35,000 Square metrem² had been installed worldwide, including an 860 m² collector in Costa Rica used for drying coffee beans and a 1,300 m² collector in Coimbatore, India used for drying marigolds.
Solar Electricity
Sunlight can be converted into electricity using photovoltaics (PV), concentrating solar power (CSP), and various experimental technologies. PV has mainly been used to power small and medium-sized applications, from the calculator powered by a single solar cell to off-grid homes powered by a photovoltaic array. For large-scale generation, CSP plants like SEGS have been the norm but recently multi-megawatt PV plants are becoming common. Completed in 2007, the 14 MW power station in Clark County, NevadaClark County, Nevada and the 20 MW site in Beneixama, Spain are characteristic of the trend toward larger photovoltaic power stations in the US and Europe.
Photovoltaics (PV)
A solar cell, or photovoltaic cell (PV), is a device that converts light into direct current using the photoelectric effect. The first solar cell was constructed by Charles Fritts in the 1880s.Although the prototype selenium cells converted less than 1% of incident light into electricity, both Ernst Werner von Siemens and James Clerk Maxwell recognized the importance of this discovery. Following the work of Russell Ohl in the 1940s, researchers Gerald Pearson, Calvin Fuller and Daryl Chapin created the silicon solar cell in 1954. These early solar cells cost 286 USD/watt and reached efficiencies of 4.5–6%.
The earliest significant application of solar cells was as a back-up power source to the Vanguard I satellite, which allowed it to continue transmitting for over a year after its chemical battery was exhausted. The successful operation of solar cells on this mission was duplicated in many other Soviet UnionSoviet and USAAmerican satellites, and by the late 1960s, PV had become the established source of power for them. Photovoltaics went on to play an essential part in the success of early commercial satellites such as Telstar, and they remain vital to the telecommunications infrastructure today.
The high cost of solar cells limited terrestrial uses throughout the 1960s. This changed in the early 1970s when prices reached levels that made PV generation competitive in remote areas without power gridgrid access. Early terrestrial uses included powering telecommunication stations, off-shore oil rigs, Buoynavigational buoys and railroad crossings. These off-the-gridoff-grid applications have proven very successful and accounted for over half of worldwide installed capacity until 2004.
The 1973 oil crisis stimulated a rapid rise in the production of PV during the 1970s and early 1980s. Economies of scale which resulted from increasing production along with improvements in system performance brought the price of PV down from 100 USD/watt in 1971 to 7 USD/watt in 1985. Steadily 1980s oil glutfalling oil prices during the early 1980s led to a reduction in funding for photovoltaic R&D and a discontinuation of the tax credits associated with the Energy Tax Act of 1978. These factors moderated growth to approximately 15% per year from 1984 through 1996.
Since the mid-1990s, leadership in the PV sector has shifted from the US to Japan and Germany. Between 1992 and 1994 Japan increased R&D funding, established net metering guidelines, and introduced a subsidy program to encourage the installation of residential PV systems. As a result, PV installations in the country climbed from 31.2 MW in 1994 to 318 MW in 1999. Germany has become the leading PV market worldwide since revising its Feed-in tariffs in GermanyFeed-in tariff system as part of the Renewable Energy Sources Act. Installed PV capacity has risen from 100 MW in 2000 to approximately 4,150 MW at the end of 2007. Spain has become the third largest PV market after adopting a similar feed-in tariff structure in 2004, while France, Italy, South Korea and the US have seen rapid growth recently due to various incentive programs and local market conditions.
Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)
Concentrated sunlight has been used to perform useful tasks since the time of ancient China. A legend claims that Archimedes used polished shields to concentrate sunlight on the invading Roman fleet and repel them from Syracuse, SicilySyracuse. Auguste Mouchout used a parabolic trough to produce steam for the first solar steam engine in 1866, and subsequent developments led to the use of concentrating solar-powered devices.
Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems use lenses or mirrors and tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight into a small beam. The concentrated light is then used as a heat source for a conventional power plant. A wide range of concentrating technologies exists; the most developed are the solar trough, parabolic dish and solar power tower. These methods vary in the way they track the Sun and focus light. In all these systems a working fluid is heated by the concentrated sunlight, and is then used for power generation or energy storage. A solar power tower concentrates sunlight from a field of heliostats on a central tower. A solar trough consists of a linear parabolic reflector that concentrates light onto a receiver positioned along the reflector's focal line. The reflector is made to follow the Sun during the daylight hours by tracking along a single axis. Trough systems provide the best land-use factor of any solar technology.
A parabolic dish system consists of a stand-alone parabolic reflector that concentrates light onto a receiver positioned at the reflector's focal point. The reflector tracks the Sun along two axes. Parabolic dish systems give the highest efficiency among CSP technologies.
The stirling solar dish combines a parabolic concentrating dish with a Stirling engine stirling heat engine which normally drives an electric generator. The advantages of stirling solar over photovoltaic cells are higher efficiency of converting sunlight into electricity and longer lifetime. A stirling engine has an approximate mean time before failure (MTBF) of 25 years.
A solar power tower uses an array of tracking reflectors (heliostats) to concentrate light on a central receiver atop a tower. Power towers are less advanced than trough systems but offer higher efficiency and better energy storage capability. The Solar Two in Barstow, California and the PS10 solar power towerPlanta Solar 10 in Sanlucar la Mayor, Spain are representatives of this technology.
Energy Storage Methods
Storage is an important issue in the development of solar energy because modern energy systems usually assume continuous availability of energy. Solar energy is not available at night, and the performance of solar power systems is affected by unpredictable weather patterns; therefore, storage media or back-up power systems must be used.
Thermal mass systems can store solar energy in the form of heat at domestically useful temperatures for daily or seasonal thermal storeseasonal durations. Thermal storage systems generally use readily available materials with high specific heat capacities such as water, earth and stone. Well-designed systems can lower peak demand, shift time-of-use to off-peakoff-peak hours and reduce overall heating and cooling requirements.
Off-grid PV systems have traditionally used rechargeable batteries to store excess electricity. With grid-tied systems, excess electricity can be sent to the transmission Grid-tied electrical systemgrid. Net metering programs give these systems a credit for the electricity they deliver to the grid. This credit offsets electricity provided from the grid when the system cannot meet demand, effectively using the grid as a storage mechanism.
Pumped-storage hydroelectricity stores energy in the form of water pumped when energy is available from a lower elevation reservoir to a higher elevation one. The energy is recovered when demand is high by releasing the water to run through a hydroelectric power generator.
Solar Energy Development, Deployment and Economics
Between 1970 and 1983 photovoltaic installations grew rapidly, but falling oil prices in the early 1980s moderated the growth of PV from 1984 to 1996. Since 1997, PV development has accelerated due to supply issues with oil and natural gas, global warming concerns (see Kyoto Protocol), and the improving economic position of PV relative to other energy technologies.FactdateAugust 2008 Photovoltaic production growth has averaged 40% per year since 2000 and installed capacity reached 10.6 GW at the end of 2007. Since 2006 it has been economical for investors to install photovoltaics for free in return for a long term power purchase agreement. 50% of commercial systems were installed in this manner in 2007 and it is expected that 90% will by 2009.
Commercial solar water heaters began appearing in the United States in the 1890s. These systems saw increasing use until the 1920s but were gradually replaced by cheaper and more reliable heating fuels. As with photovoltaics, solar water heating attracted renewed attention as a result of the oil crises in the 1970s but interest subsided in the 1980s due to falling petroleum prices. Development in the solar water heating sector progressed steadily throughout the 1990s and growth rates have averaged 20% per year since 1999.
Commercial concentrating solar power (CSP) plants were first developed in the 1980s. CSP plants such as SEGS project in the United States have a LEC of 12–14 ¢/kWh.
Solar installations in recent years have also largely begun to expand into residential areas, with governments offering incentive programs to make "green" energy a more economically viable option. In Canada the government offers the RESOP (Renewable Energy Standard Offer Program). The program allows residential homeowners with solar panel installations to sell the energy they produce back to the grid (i.e., the government) at 41¢/kWh, while drawing power from the grid at an average rate of 20¢/kWh (see feed-in tariff). The program is designed to help promote the government's green agenda and lower the strain often placed on the energy grid at peak hours. With the incentives offered by the program the average payback period for a residential solar installation (sized between 1.3 kW and 5 kW) is estimated at 18 to 23 years, considering such cost factors as parts, installation and maintenance, as well as the average energy production of a system on an annual basis.
Daniel Lincot, the chairman of the 2008 European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and the research director of the Paris-based Photovoltaic Energy Development and Research Institute, said that photovoltaics can cover all the world energy demand. Photovoltaics are 85 times as efficient as growing corn for ethanol.
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no-fault was meant to make those who fail to PAY for insurance reap the negative consequences of their actions; no insurance = no payment for first $10,000 in damages to auto. I am willing to bet you are big on Internet insurance thinking its saving you ton of cheddar?? That's the only explanation to me why your so unable to comprehend simple deductibles and policy information. Your lucky the insurance company gave you 50% for your personal items stolen from your car. They normally pay 10% for property away from premises on home owner policies. Since my deductible is $2,000 I would have recieved nothing. You also appear to accept secondhand information as gospel when it comes to insurance, Why?? Would you also take the word of a novice who low rents mike lardys training program? How bout a teacher who gives an unflattering evaluation of your child's school work?? Would you not ask more questions before stepping off on that proverbial limb and sawing it off??? I chose to Fire Clients like you rather than try to enlighten since it is much easier than playing defense in a no win game of wits. If its any consolation, my dad doesn't get it either.
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How do you fire a client? Just tell them you are not willing to sell them a policy any longer?
A piece in National Review cites the portion of O-care that sort of contradicted itself ... first it says that existing plans will be grand-fathered ... but then it takes exception to that and leaves the final decision up to "regulatory guidance". Wonder how many other things in the law are left to "regulatory guidance"? Seems that the legislation then becomes subject not only to Presidential fiat, but also to bureaucratic fiat.Jim Capretta points me to this post from Doug Badger, which suggests that this isn't actually how the law was written in the first place. The infamous grandfather section reads as follows: "Nothing in this Act (or an amendment made by this Act) shall be construed to require that an individual terminate coverage under a group health plan or health insurance coverage in which such individual was enrolled on the date of enactment of this Act." In other words, if you like your health-care plan, you can keep it. But then the Obama administration went about making it impossible, by issuing the regulations described above in June of 2010, in which it explained:The statute does not, however, address at what point changes to a group health plan or health insurance coverage in which an individual was enrolled on March 23, 2010 are significant enough to cause the plan or health insurance coverage to cease to be a grandfathered health plan, leaving that question to be addressed by regulatory guidance.
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Gerry, any deductible or out of pocket change causes any plan to become non-grandfathered thus subject to the UCA. It doesn't matter when the plan was purchased, BUCA or AUCA. Our (La) min deductible bronze plan is $6,500 for single and $7,500 for family with double deductible for any out of network care. The real sticker shock will occur if you have to schedule a non emergency surgery, most and probably all hospitals are now requiring you to pay your deductible prior to admittance.
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The main Princeton post office in West Windsor, through which the University's U.S. mail is delivered, has been closed due to the discovery of a small amount of anthrax spores. The post office has established temporary facilities and is now delivering mail that never circulated through the closed facility. The University will deliver this new mail, but all mail placed on hold on Oct. 29 will continue to be held. Decisions about this mail will be made on a daily basis.
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Good and Bad with Rocker?
Okay, seriously, I do not want to start a pissing match for camber vs. rocker like that other thread. I honestly just want to get some thoughts on rocker.
I just did some serious riding on a rocker board for the first time last night and had a few observations and wanted to vet them with people that have more experience with camber vs. rocker.
My main board is a 167 GNU 11up (camber, no mtx).
Last night I rode a 160 K2 Raygun with rocker.
Here's what I felt:
1. I liked turning in the tracked pow...it felt a little easier/quicker to turn. although some of this may have been because it was a smaller board.
2. I didn't like it on the hard pack groomer that was a little chunky...harder to hold the edge. It took a little adjusting so it was better after a few runs.
3. It didn't feel as poppy on my ollies of small lips or drops, but did launch me pretty well on jumpst with a lip that carved up.
4. I felt like I stomped my landings a little easier than normal. The snow was soft, which obviously helped, but it almost felt like the rocker was more forgiving.
Do these observations seem about right? I think there is a purpose for both camber and rocker on the hill, but I just wanted to explore my own thoughts on rocker after my first real time on the hill with one.
sounds about in line with what everyone says the differences are between camber and rocker boards.
Maybe not #4 but it kind of depends on jump size and what you consider a stomped landing i guess.
This is my first year on a reverse camber board. For the most part the biggest difference i have noticed is increased choppy one ice and hard groomers.
Different strokes for different folks. I've ridden every kind of variation of alternate camber there is each has its pros and cons.
1. Agree. A small lean and the board pretty much hooks into the turn instantly. It's "power steering" on a snowboard, according to some reviews.
2. Agree. Because of above, you have to adjust your dynamicism (is that a word) so that you won't wash out right away. At higher speeds it doesn't hold an edge as good too.
3. Agree. I felt that "launch advantage" in LITTLE kickers too. I think it has to do with the fact that the rocker floats on fluffy snow better…which is where I found most of my "carved up lips" (natural moguls). Not sure what happens if it's a hard kicker.
4. Not spin landings. Rocker is more forgiving and will wash out instead of putting you on your face. But if you're precise and/or going "fast", camber has better ability to lock onto the direction of travel.
i tested the K2 Turbo dream with the same type of rocker as Raygun for a day in both fresh snow and icy conditions. It handled pow very nice and floated well (i also rode a size smaller than usual). Turns in pow were easy to initiate. The board felt quite soft but held the edge in icy condition surprisingly well. It was very playful, quite easy to butter and, as you describe Raygun, forgiving in landings. It had decent pop (maybe because of the carbon torsion forks).
Cons was that it felt a little bit unstable at high speed on groomers. I want my board to be aggressive on groomers. K2s all terrain rocker didn´t match up. But in every other way it was a really fun board.
I´m quite new on rockerboards to. But i´ve been on cambered boards for at least 18 years. This season i finally gave rockertech a chance and tested several boards. My own conclusion is that rocker is so much more fun! i´m not planning on going back to regular chamber, my Nitro Gullwing holds an edge as well as most cambered boards. It´s stable at high speed to and it´s fun and forgiving as well. i really can´t find any disadvantage over cambered boards if you find a rocker that suits your ridingstyle. Maybe if you´re hitting moviesized kickers you need a cambered board to cut your landing, otherwise rocker or hybrid rocker will be more fun if you do more than turning on groomers. And thats my opinion..
I have a tendancy to sometimes wash out a little and butt check after hitting a decent jump/drop with speed and then trying to initiate the next turn. It felt a little easier to do that with the Raygun.
Anyway, it was a fun ride for sure. I'm going to have to play around with other rocker variations to see what I may want with my next board.
I'm LOVING my rocker. Every time I go snowboarding, there's always these moments where I'd be like "Dayum, if I was still on my camber board, I'd have ate BIG shit just now".
The only rocker design that I've spent meaningful time on is NS's RC. I have been on others, but just a lap or two here and there. Not enough to fairly comment on them.
At first, I thought the RC seemed sketchy on groomers and hardpack. Before, I'd ridden camber exclusively. As I got more comfortable with the RC though, I actually don't feel that way any longer. You just have to lay into it a little harder. It doesn't bite as quick as camber does, but once you lay into it, it holds very well. The biggest thing that opened my eyes to this was doing some tests using my GPS on speed. I picked out a nice empty groomer with a nice drop of about a 1/4 of a mile. The conditions were choppy, but not too bad. I took my RC Evo out first. My best out of 3 runs was 48.5mph. I then grabbed my NS Heritage cambered plank that's an absolute bomber and got a best speed of 51.8mph. Not the huge difference I expected. The main difference between the two was that the Heritage ate up the chops and bumps better giving me the confidence to point it a little harder. Give me a stiffer RC board like the current Heritage and I don't think there would've been any difference.
I agree that RC doesn't seem as poppy, but I ollie like a bitch anyway. Seriously, my efforts are pathetic. I'm getting better but I still suck at it. And I'm a guy who had a 30" vertical in HS.
I agree with you on landing jumps. The RC design is definitely more forgiving. It doesn't absorb the impact as well, but there's less chance of catching an edge leading to a nasty slam.
This site is melting my brain. Too much to think about. :laugh:
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Sylvia Irene Curry
Sylvia Curry, age 87 of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at St. Clare Hospital in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 1, 2013 at 2:00 P.M. at the One Life Assembly of God Church, 1000 11th St. in Baraboo (formerly the Baraboo Assembly of God Church) with Pastor Jon Arneson officiating. Visitation will be from 11:00 A.M. until the time of the service at 2:00 P.M. with fellowship following in the church's lower level. Burial will be at Walnut Hill Cemetery in Baraboo.
Sylvia was born July 19, 1925 in Independence, Wisconsin, the second of 13 children born to Edwin and Laura (Kurth) Phillipson. She attended rural Whitehall schools and graduated from Whitehall High School. She later earned two degrees from UW La Crosse and one from North Central Bible School. She taught in rural area schools in Hudson, Sheboygan, South Milwaukee, Waupun and Wisconsin Dells.
On April 6, 1963 she was united in marriage to Ross M. Curry of Wisconsin Dells. To this union there were born children; Ross P. (Kimberly) Curry of Wisconsin Dells and Laureen S. Hunter of Black Creek, WI; five grandchildren, Alex Curry of Sheboygan Falls, Ryan and Ross Tanner Curry of Wisconsin Dells, Tiffany (Josh) DeBruin of Black Creek, and Crystal (Dylan) DeVetter of Appleton, WI and one great grandson, Graeme DeBruin of Black Creek.
Sylvia is survived by four brothers, Lawrence Phillipson of Amery, WI, Howard (Donna) Phillipson of Oak Creek, WI, Conrad (Genny) Phillipson of Whitehall, WI and Dale (Andrea) Phillipson of Pine Island, MN; her sister, Janette (Bill) Marchese of Floral City, FL; brother-in-law, Rev Roger Dissmore of Whitehall, WI and sister-in-law, Phoebe Phillipson of Pigeon Falls, WI as well as many friends and relatives. She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Gene, John, Earl and Robert Phillipson and sisters, Phyllis Cornwell, Marie Dissmore and Julie Phillipson.
Sylvia was a life time member of The Assemblies of God, teaching Sunday School doing youth work and serving as youth counselor in Bible Camp, Missionettes and Women's Ministries. She enjoyed gardening, sewing, genealogy, traveling and her family.


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Investors are gobbling up Noodles & Co.
The fast-casual dining chain opened up 78% and then more than doubled in its debut, one of the strongest starts to the year. The stock was recently up 105% to $36.78.
No IPO has doubled on its debut so far this year, and the best performing debut was Marketo 78% gain, according to Dealogic.
The Noodles IPO had already blown away other struggling deals this week, boosting its pricing range when other big deals were cut. It then priced above that range at $18, the day after five deals that priced each missed their original ranges.
The Broomfield, Colo., company sold 5.4 million shares for $18 each, raising $96.4 million, excluding the potential sale of additional shares to underwriters.
The company and its bankers are emphasizing Noodles' potential to grow its business with a national expansion led by former Chipotle Mexican Grill executive Kevin Reddy, according to people familiar with the marketing effort. Noodles and its franchisees operated 343 restaurants as of May 28.
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Forbes Magazine recommends the Captain Freeman Inn Cooking School as one of the best in New England
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Annie Fitzsimmons, travel writer for the Forbes magazine recently wrote an article on Cooking Schools in New England. The Captain Freeman Inn was chosen as one of the two best hotel cooking schools for this area. Annie feels that "the most popular lifelong learning opportunity that people seek out is arguably the cooking class. For some, it comes from a desire to throw together an easy dinner, while for others, a wish to indulge their inner Jean-Georges and learn some serious cooking techniques.For an incredible value at a charming New England B&B, Captain Freeman's Inn on Cape Cod runs a cooking school during their quiet season, November-April."
Chef Carol Edmondson, loved for her hands-on approach and delicious food, leads classes that explore different regions in Italy, as well as Cape Cod. You might learn to make fresh fig and goat cheese focaccia or shrimp grilled in prosciutto. One of the innkeepers favorite classes included fresh grilled tuna that was actually caught the day before the class and purchased from our favorite fish market, Nauset Fish and Lobster.
The classes have been a great success and include wine tasting and a delicious meal after of food made earlier in the class. Next year's schedule is already in place with a wonderful assortment of cuisines from different regions of Italy. April's class is appropriately called "April in Paris"and will include regions of Italy that have been influenced by French Cooking.
We feel so fortunate to have such a wonderful and talented chef leading our classes at the Captain Freeman Inn. Always look forward to tasting all of the delicious food and visiting with our wonderful guests that partake in the class.
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TFA Grimlocks, Lugnuts, Starscream, Megatron, Bulkheads, etc. at Burbank and Van Nuys Targets.
TFA Grimlocks, Lugnuts, Starscream, Megatron, Bulkheads, etc. at Burbank and Van Nuys Targets.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Following the HTS server "upgrade", have any of you experienced strange things with your preorders? i.e. cancellations. I did email them to cancel some of the animated TF's I bought but not all of them. However, they cancelled everything but Grimlock. My Last Crusade Indy figures don't appear in my order status either. Furthermore, everything that I have on preorder (that didn't get cancelled) is due to ship 6/17 which I find hard to believe.
BAD Pts Need: R5-C7 lf leg (x2), , R4-P44 right leg BAD Pts Offered For Trade: PM me - I have lots of parts now including BG-J38!. New Kyle Katarn is also available.
Found the Voyager Optimus Prime today at Burbank target. There were also a starscream, grimlock and megatron, but I just needed Prime. I was able to use the coupon when I combined Prime with the Transformers Animated DVD which was released yesterday. The cashier didn't mind that it wasn't a $25 minimum toy combination for the discount.
There was also a Lugnut there. I picked up Starscream, looks cool so far! Passed on Grimlock for now, waitin for a different Megatron and have no interest in Lug.
So is the HTS 'upgrade' the reason the subcategories don't appear on the left anymore? It's a pain lookin for the animated TFs through 9 pages of ALL Transformers.
Still nothing fun or new in the SW section... big surprise! I think they had the last Comic Pack wave (Luke/Deena, etc... which was MONTHS ago...) on one day only, maybe a couple more if i wasn't there and they sold out. If that.
The LEGO aisle has the Target-exclusive TIE Crawler... and since it's so 'old' now it's outta the system. If only it was the Dwarves & Orcs set from the same time, I'd have gone for that to feed my Warcraft addiction.
I haven't been hitting the stores, but I did get the RAH Shocktrooper I ordered from Starwarsshop.com yesterday. It's a freaking great looking figure, even better than the RAH 501st clone, but it's so expensive: $177 after taxes.
I did buy only one of the Animated TF figures, the Voyager Starscream. I was slightly tempted to get the Megatron, but I passed. Montebello KayBees had a couple of Starscreams and Megatrons.
Galactic Barn Burner
Wow, all my pre-orders but one got eliminated, too. Plus, I had fulfilled orders that have mysteriously disappeared. Motherfrakker! I'm suddenly glad I stopped by TRU to pick up the deluxes I ordered since it seems they won't be honoring my reservation.
All Hail Darth Schmitsky!
I called HTS yesterday and was told that there are a lot of glitches in the new system and to check back for any missing orders. Low and behold, my missing order has reappeared this morning.


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Calligraphy made the Taj Mahal and instant for me. It's *covered* in calligraphy.
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Most artists and architects of the time never achieved celebrity for their achievements; it was the patron who received recognition for their work. But perhaps because of the importance of his honored profession, the chief calligrapher was allowed to record his name on the Taj Mahal. Near the lines from the Koran at the base of the interior dome is the inscription, "Written by the insignificant being, Amanat Khan Shirazi."


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RE:hitching flies?
Andre -
I haven't intentionally hitched flies to be fished deep but I've certainly heard about it before. There are even coastal saltwater FF'ers who talk about it. It's true that sometimes the crazy fly gets the charge from dour steelhead... I'd give it a go when all else fails, why not.
In fast currents it's sure to twist the tippet. Maybe you could also try the sequin trick, where you slide a sequin onto the tippet to create a scoop faced "mouth" to force erratic action onto the fly.
As you know I am very fond of muddler headed flies in summer - and the reason they work so well is the action put on the fly by the current when sunk. When combined with rabbit or caddis-like features, a muddler head has been one of my secrets to success.
I've posted one fly in the archive and will post the "rat" next - it's a fly that uses a black deerhair muddler head in front of a matuka / bunny black body. It has consistently put fish on the line for me.
In fact email me and I will send you samples to fish out there in God's country.
hitching flies?
As I understand the original intention of riffle hitching was because the questionable integrity of gut loops. The benefit that hitching provided is the "action" imparted to the fly on the surface, which some believe increases its effectiveness. Has anyone experimented by hitching a subsurface fly fished on a sink tip? I'm curious if this will swim, or if the leader would twist.
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Welllllll I'm sure glad we have this thread here with my ****ing name all over it.
Welllllll I'm sure glad we have this thread here with my ****ing name all over it.
And you absolutely have that right. But I caution you to temper your enthusiam because. Its only a quarter of the season so far. And when we beat San Diego, than the Jets than the Broncos, just please come back.
The most interesting thing about know-nothing-fanboys has always been the fact that they don't get the fact that they don't get it...
It's an excersize that first came to the attention of researchers over a decade ago, when the advent of message boards first provided them the tool to more closely analyze this phenomenon.
I thought the defense was good enough to get us to 8-8, so the only one I didn't fall under was the 6-10 one (though I certainly do now). All the rest? You can add my name to.
Last call for alcohol.
We need a new owner, a new Head Coach, a new offensive line Coach, a new G.M., we need a hard look at all coordinators ( most should go ) , I still like Nolan but he needs alot of new players , we need Andrew Luck , we need to get rid of Columbo, Carey, Bell is washed up, new Safetys, cut J.T. , get a real Tight End. Boy are we in deep trouble.
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02-14-2012, 07:49 PM #1Junior Member Guppy
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care for fiddler crabs and tank set up?
Alright, I've had fiddler crabs before, and sadly the only outlet to buy them at in person is walmart, at least for me. I'm not particularly happy buying from them, any fish I've ever bought from them has died and I've been an aquarium hobbyist for years. Anywho, I am going to purchase a couple of their fiddler crabs, but I want to make for sure this time I'm doing everything right (however they may still die)
I'm setting up a 10 gallon tank. I'm going to use a base layer of natural pebble gravel to line the bottom, also I want to make it slope up an inch or so high on the side where dry land will be. On top of that I'm using natural, chemical free sand sloping it so that habitat is evenly halved, well as close as I can get it. I want the sand to go as high as 3 inches, maybe four, including the inch layer of pebbles below, while my water will not be as high.
I do realize I need to rinse the sand and gravel with de-chlorinated water to remove dust or anything else.
So far I have a 5 in 1 submersible filter, hydrometer, heater with thermostat, submersible air pump for oxygenating the water better. I keep getting researching but still haven't yet figured out if I need to use aquarium salt or marine salt. I figured since they are brackish water creatures I would use marine salt.
This is the same set up I used before, except that I used an 80 gallon tank with a wave maker set on a very low setting so that there was a mild current, so mild it allowed the crabs safe entry in the water and out. I used the same filter system I listed above because at most there was only ten gallons of water in the tank, and the land was evenly split with the water, going about two and a half feet high with dry land. I had 9 fiddler crabs in there and they lived for 5 years. I'm positive they died from old age because they become slower in movement and even their little mating dances became less and less. I do know they did mate but I realized it was near impossible to see their eggs through. Mine always burrowed, the males were extremely territorial when it came to their own burrows except with females.
I still have my 80 gallon but I have java moss growing along the entire back wall of it and its filled with water but no fish, I gave that tank to my husband who's entirely new to keeping fish but learning lol. So I can't use that tank anymore.
He's wanting to go smaller at first and get some fish. So I figured we'd switch tanks and he can start off small like he wants, then when he's ready to move up we'd switch around or hopefully I would have found a tank close to the 80 for my crabs, or him a larger tank so I can keep the one their going to be in.
I know I bounced around with topics but my main concern is if a couple of crabs in a 10 gallon tank like I've described will survive? I've only had success keeping them alive by giving a large inclosure with a wave maker and deep sand so they could burrow properly.
08-15-2012, 09:37 PM #2Junior Member Guppy
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I do not have fiddlers, but I have red clawed crabs and have done tons of research on both. They need to live in brackish water. You need to use marine salt. Do you have a hydrometer? It needs to be 1.004. You will not need much salt.
I have 3 RCC's in a 10 gallon semi-aquatic tank, and they are all doing well. They love to eat frozen bloodworms. They sell crab and lobster pellets, but mine don't seem to want to eat those anymore. You can also try apples, green beans, peas.
I would like to see pictures of your set up. I would pain me to buy the fiddlers and wal mart, but I might have to go look.
I'll give you my e-mail if you want to keep in contact. I do not know anybody who keeps crabs as pets.
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I have two filder crabs in my 20 gallon freshwater and they are both doing fine. For air they just climb up some of the cables to the air pump and filter intake tube. The tank is fully inclosed so they are not able to get out of the tank.
I have owned many fiddler crabs from stores and they are all over the beach outside my house (florida) so I could not resist at times, and what I learned from owning them is- they did okay in freshwater but seemed much happier in brackish water, also I have successfully raised them in a 10 gallon myself, getting a few males and a single female is entertaining as they will compete for her attention. But the only negative thing that ever happened was that they ALWAYS found a way to escape. Like RainbowDragon said, the tank must be completely covered but they also need a place to get themselves out of the water and breathe, and they will do that about 75% of the time. In the 10 gallon that is more of a challenge, I had structures inside the tank with air in the top and they would crawl up to the top to get air, but that wasnt enough and they would crawl inside my filter, I would find them on top of the tank, and sadly my cat found some of them before I could, so I gave up trying to keep them, they are extremely sneaky buggers and will escape your tank, so that should be your main concern.


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Tell that to the 11 year old's family.Originally Posted by registerthis
Tell that to the 11 year old's family.Originally Posted by registerthis
The purpose of punishment is not to make the victim or the victim's family "feel better". Most people are not that shallow.Originally Posted by bomarl1969
I know that, but anyone who commits a murder deserves to be locked up for the rest of their life.Originally Posted by 919191
I'm not sure this would be a good idea. 9 year olds are still typically young, and sending this one to prison for life will have virtually no affect on other young future murderers. They aren't old enough to stop and think "Hey, if I do this, I'll go to prison for my whole life" or even understand what that means.Originally Posted by bomarl1969
Then every single person in the world should be in prison. God is our judge, not our neighbor.Originally Posted by bomarl1969
You really think a 9 year old understands the meaning and consequences of a deadly act? That is usually necessary for a homicide to be murder.Originally Posted by bomarl1969
While I have a hard time thinking that a nine year old should spend the rest of their life in prison, sometimes I think we underestimate the understanding of children. Sometimes I think they know exactly what they are doing.
Talent is God Given: be humble.
Fame is man given: be thankful.
Conceit is self given: be careful.
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Well, the way I look at it is, when I was 13 or 14 years old, i was able to understand *what* I was doing.Originally Posted by RANDY IN CHAR NC
Now, however, not only do I know what I'm doing, but I understand the consequences of it--that my actions have a direct consequence on other people and things that I may not have considered 10-15 years ago.
I think children generally know what they do is *wrong*, it's the consequences they cannot always perceive or understand. It's really something that only comes with maturity and experience.
I don't know about you, but the world is a much different place, now, than when I was a youngster. The things that my son understands, at 7, is at a much advanced level than when I was a child. But, even at a very young age, I understood the consequences of my actions, mainly because it was instilled in me by my parents, my teachers, and the adults that I grew up around. It is a real shame that all children do not have that advantage. What I see now, are many parents and a lot of society making excuses for all sorts of abhorent behavior and finding reasons why their children should not be punished, rather than teaching that rights come with responsibility for one's actions. As another thread suggested, it is a very sad world that we are living in.
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Fame is man given: be thankful.
Conceit is self given: be careful.
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I know it is a very sad incident, one that I am appalled at as much as many other are I am very sure.
But, did anyone else read "11 year old playmate" and think something else is really wrong with the world today?
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I hope it's never sunny in Philly again.
I'm not arguing about right and wrong, you should do this and shouldn't do that...I'm pretty sure the 9 year old girl knows that killing is "wrong." but, at 10 years old I knew that talking back to my parents was wrong, but i did it anyway, in large part because I didn't understand, fully, the effect my actions were having on them or why they would or would not do certain things. Kind of tough to spell out in an email, I know, but I don't care what kind of parents you have, your upbringing, your environment, etc. The idea of cause-effect is a tough one for children of any age to grasp. It's not so much WHAT'S wrong, but WHY it's wrong.Originally Posted by RANDY IN CHAR NC
It's why children are deemed to lack the capacity to make important decisions about themselves, why they are not able to enter into contracts (or may back out of them at any time if they so choose), why they can't vote or drive...they lack the capacity to understand the full effects of the choices they make, even those they know to be 'wrong."
I'm in no way trying to excuse what the 9 year old did, it's absolutely horrible, and anyone that behaves like that obviously has some serious mental defects. But I'm also not going to say that, at age 9, she has made a decision that should deprive her of her free life for the remainder of her life, either.
Nor, was that what I was saying, either, but I do believe that a child of 9 should know that thrusting a knife into another childs chest is in no way the right thing to do under any circumstances. Life should not go on for this child as if she spilled her milk. There should be some serious consequences for this action.
Talent is God Given: be humble.
Fame is man given: be thankful.
Conceit is self given: be careful.
John Wooden
Context means everything here.
My guess is that these two girls don't live in an idyllic, suburban setting where every home has a flower bed and a 2-car garage. It sounds more like they live on mean streets where violence, drugs and other forms of lawlessness are everyday occurrences. They probably knew more people who died violently than any of us do.
There's been some grumbling about why parents didn't intercede here. Generalizing with statistics, it's a good bet that dad is in prison and mom was away from home working, since it's the only way she can qualify for public assistance. I'd like to think they would have prevented this if they had been home, but you can't ignore that it was probably not by choice that they were not home.
Rather than simply warming up Old Sparky for the stabber, and putting this out of our minds, I think we should be considering the desperation represented by this situation and thinking about whether this could happen again to others in similar circumstances.
I agree. And yet if it were differing circumstamces, our society today feels this same 9 yr old can make decisions on their own and circumvent parental rights/notification.Originally Posted by registerthis
You can't have it both ways.
There needs to be greater disciplne/control in both the home and the public schools. Our public school system's hands have been "tied" in this area.
Our society, IMO, has reaped what they have sown. And it's very, very sad.
We've sold this generation of chldren out IMO when it comes to morale truth/relativity. The boundaries have been skewered and erased with little or no accountability.
Not saying this child deserves prison or some harsh treatment. But her actions simply are indicative of the problem. And we're all shaking our heads as to what to do.
Because we've never, as a society, had to confront such an "epidemic" of our children committing such gruesome murders at such a scale. It's become a norm anymore.
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I completely agree.Originally Posted by RANDY IN CHAR NC
Reading the article yesterday, someone made a quote along the lines of "The girl didn;t have any family issues--she has a good family." Well, she obviously has issues SOMEWHERE, because 9 year olds don't just stab their friends to death over a dispute over a ball.
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Serves 16
The combination of natural and Dutch-processed cocoa powder, coffee, and mild honey gives this cake an incredibly moist texture and an intense, complex, and very grown-up chocolate flavor. Making the cake layers ahead allows the flavors to develop, and making the ganache ahead gives it time to firm up to the perfect texture for spreading.
Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 350°F.
Spray two 10-inch round cake pans (with at least 2-inch sides) with cooking spray and line the bottom of each with parchment.
Sift both cocoa powders into a medium bowl. Whisk in the coffee and then the honey. Let cool completely.
Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a medium bowl.
In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter on medium speed. Gradually add the oil, beating until combined. Add the brown sugar and granulated sugar. Raise the mixer speed to high and beat until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well on medium-high speed after each addition. Add the sour cream and vanilla, beating just until combined. With the mixer on low, alternately add the flour mixture in three additions and the cocoa mixture in two additions, beginning and ending with the flour (scrape down the sides of the bowl as necessary). Beat just until combined. Divide the batter between the two pans, using an offset spatula to spread it evenly. Tap the pans once or twice on the counter to settle the batter.
Bake, rotating the pans halfway through, until a wooden skewer inserted in the center of each cake comes out with only a few moist crumbs clinging to it, 40 to 50 minutes. Cool the cakes in their pans on a rack for 10 to 15 minutes. Run a knife along the sides of the pans, invert the cakes onto the rack, and remove the pans and the parchment. Let cool completely.
Put the chocolate in a large heatproof bowl.
Combine the heavy cream and honey in a 2-quart saucepan. Stir with a silicone spatula over medium-high heat until the honey dissolves into the cream, about 30 seconds. Just as the cream comes to a simmer, remove it from the heat and pour it over the chocolate. Let stand about 1 minute; then whisk until smooth. Whisk in the butter, rum (if using), and vanilla until the butter is melted and the mixture is glossy. Cool the ganache at room temperature for at least 8 hours. It will thicken as it cools. (The ganache can sit, covered, at room temperature for up to 24 hours.)
Set one of the cake layers on a serving plate. Spread about 1 cup ganache over the surface of the cake. Top with the second cake layer and spread a very thin layer of ganache over the top and sides of the cake to seal in any crumbs. Refrigerate for 5 to 10 minutes to allow the crumb coat to set. Spread the remaining ganache evenly over the top and sides of the cake.
To decorate the cake with chocolate curls, if using, soften the chocolate in the microwave on high power for 30 to 50 seconds. Scrape a vegetable peeler firmly down one side of the chocolate block to form thick curls. Put the curls on a plate and refrigerate until they're firm enough to handle. Scatter over the top of the frosted cake.
For the best spreading texture, the ganache should be made 8 to 24 hours ahead. Keep covered at room temperature.
For the best flavor and texture, the cake should be made at least 1 day before serving. To store at room temperature, wrap each completely cooled layer tightly in 2 layers of plastic wrap and store for up to 2 days.
Up to 10 hours before serving, fill and frost the cake. Keep the cake at room temperature, covered with a dome, until ready to serve.
The cake layers can be frozen for up to 2 weeks: Transfer each completely cooled unfrosted layer to a 10-inch cardboard cake round and wrap tightly in 2 layers of plastic wrap, then in foil, and freeze. Up to 15 hours before serving, remove the foil but not the plastic wrap from the cake layers and thaw at room temperature. When completely thawed, unwrap, fill, and frost the cake.
If you plan to travel with this cake, it's easier to transport if it's refrigerated, uncovered, until the ganache is firm. To aid transport, assemble the cake on a cardboard cake round and transfer it to a covered cake carrier once it's firm. When you arrive at your destination, put the cake on a serving plate and allow it to come to room temperature before slicing.
nutrition information (per serving):
760, Fat
46, Fat Calories
400, Saturated Fat
22, Protein
8, Monounsaturated Fat
15, Carbohydrates
89, Polyunsaturated Fat
6, Sodium
270, Cholesterol
125, Fiber
Photo: Scott Phillips
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have been a member for years but mainly lurked from the background, first i'd like thank everyone for all the help with my dogs over the years even though you didn't know you were helping with advice and problem solving.
lost my lab over the holidays and have decided on a chesapeake this time around. was fortunate to find an available pup from a highly respected breeder and we will be picking him up next weekend. my question revolves around socialization, i know the breed requires special care and attention regarding socialization in order to prevent developing bad habits regarding protective/possesive instincts. what do you do with your pups regarding socialization? for me its always been introducing pups to new people and situations. so advice on getting started right would be greatly appreciated.
we've got the hillman dvds and will be using it for our puppy method if that makes a difference.
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Posted October 15, 2002; 04:19 p.m.
American Physical Society, the professional society of physicists, announced in September that it will award honors to three Princeton faculty members, Boris Altshuler, Robert Socolow and John Wheeler.
Altshuler , a professor of physics, will receive the Oliver Buckley Prize "for fundamental contributions to the understanding of the quantum mechanics of electrons in random potentials and confined geometries, including pioneering work on the interplay of interactions and disorder." The award, which carries a $5,000 prize, was established in 1952 by Bell Laboratories in honor of one of its former presidents and will be bestowed at the Physical Society's March meeting in Austin, Texas.
Socolow , a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, will be awarded the Leo Szilard Lectureship Award "for leadership in establishing energy and environmental problems as legitimate research fields for physicists, and for demonstrating that these broadly defined problems can be addressed with the highest scientific standards." The award includes a $1,000 prize, plus $2,000 for travel expenses for lectures in the following year. The award was endowed in 1998 by donations from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Energy Foundation, the David and Lucille Packard Foundation and individuals. It will be given at the Physical Society's April meeting in Philadelphia.
Wheeler , the Joseph Henry Professor of Physics Emeritus, will receive the Einstein Prize jointly with Peter Bergmann of Syracuse University "for pioneering investigations in general relativity, including gravitational radiation, quantum gravity, black holes, space-time singularities and symmetries in Einstein's equations, and for their leadership and inspiration to generations of researchers in general relativity." The biennial prize, which includes $10,000, will be given at the Philadelphia meeting. It was established in 1999 by the Physical Society's Topical Group on Gravitation.
Detailed information about the awards is available at the American Physical Society Web site.
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I wanted to learn CSS since long time ago, so I decided to have a look to it and change the look of my web page. It is not very good, as I'm not a designer, but I'm quite happy with what I learned. ;-)
I wanted to learn CSS since long time ago, so I decided to have a look to it and change the look of my web page. It is not very good, as I'm not a designer, but I'm quite happy with what I learned. ;-)
I'm surprised how easyly a CD reader can get broken. I forgot I had leave a CD being ripped on my computer and when I came back 2 hours later I saw grip was still trying to correct some scraches on the second track of the disk... Guess what! It does not read a CD anymore :-(
Well, I came back yesterday from a weekend at my girlfriend's city and the GIMP bug was already solved! There are great people in the free software community.
Today I've detected and reported a bug in GIMP.
Also I have been preparing a simple form for people to reserve a seat in a free bus from Granada to the Open Source World Conference. And trying to cope with the many intermediates we have between the trip organizer and our LUG.
Obviously I am not going to give the final answer to such a question like which one is faster. It depends on what you are programming and their requisites, and if you need maximun speed you may need to use C++, C or even assembler. But I want to share with you my little experiment.
I wrote a small C++ library for handling tables of data of diverse types. I did it aiming to clarity and usability, and so I used many inheritance and virtual methods. I recognize efficiency was not my priority.
Then I needed to convert ascii files of tabbed data with different formats to mine. I needed to write too much code in C++ (and I wanted to learn python I must confess) so I wrote a python script to do that (with a Gtk interface thanks to lgs).
Fascinated by the simplicity of Python code (as I told you on 29th) I decided to wrote in Python a feature selection algorithm I had previously wrote in C++. Today I have decided to test their speed and these are the results:
Well, it is not a very scientific experiment, and I cheated C++ because it is loading the table 32 times (it takes just a few seconds). But, hey! I expected C++ to win by large.
Good (coding is simpler now) and bad news (it took long time to wrote C++ lib) for me. But definitely a BIG surprise!
I am a bit upset with media saying that we, the free software advocates, are creating viruses (MyDoom). There is no doubt someone want us to be seen like dangerous terrorists.
SCO, and all companies that try to make money by sueing other companies instead of really producing things, have many enemies. Why don't they say that the IBM workers are developing viruses? Will it be because IBM can take actions against being defamed? Should we take legal actions against the media defaming us?
The virus had probably been created by a person or two. Why blaming an entire community for that?
If I known the person who created MyDoom I would state him/her clearly that s/he is making much harm to free software, that s/he is supporting ms war on free software just like terrorists are supporting George W. Bush antidemocratic politics.
Rarely a free software supporter may want to do that...
Yesterday I finished reading "Stupid white men ... and other sorry excuses for the state of the nation!" by Michael Moore. Great book.
I did this code a few weeks ago, but I still fascinated the simple and clean it looks in python with iterators:
def powerset(set): for size in range(len(set)+1): for subset in powersetOfSize(set, size): yield subset
def powersetOfSize(set, size): if size > 1: for i in range(len(set) - (size-1)): for subset in powersetOfSize(set[i+1:], size-1): yield [set[i]] + subset elif size == 1: for i in set: yield [i] else: yield []
As you may have guessed, given a set of elements as a python list, this code allows you to iterate through the elements of its power set in increasing set size order.
You may be thinking this guy is mad if he thinks that iterator recursive code is simple. But hey! If you look an example, and think how you would write that in another programming language, you will probably agree with me.
The promised clarification example:
>>> l = [1, 2, 3] >>> for i in powerset(l): ... print i ... [] [1] [2] [3] [1, 2] [1, 3] [2, 3] [1, 2, 3]
Parece interesante el proyecto advogato, al menos curioso. Bueno, pues esto es una primera entrada de diario a esto que parece ser un blog...
It seems interesting advogato project, at least curious. Well, this is my first diary entry here. I suspect this is a kind of blog...
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
Keep up with the latest Advogato features by reading the Advogato status blog.
If you're a C programmer with some spare time, take a look at the mod_virgule project page and help us with one of the tasks on the ToDo list!


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Geraldine A. Bradley
Geraldine A. Bradley, 79, of Platteville died on Monday, November 26, 2012, at Manor Care Health Services, Platteville.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, November 30, 2012 at the Melby-Bendorf Funeral Home & Crematory, Platteville. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery, Platteville. Friends may call 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the Melby-Bendorf Funeral Home & Crematory, Platteville, or from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service on Friday. Memorials may be made to the Geraldine A. Bradley Memorial Fund. Online condolences can be made at www.melbyfh.com
Geraldine was born on August 16, 1933 in Platteville, Wisconsin, the daughter of Ralph and Eva (Gahardt) Brunskill. Geraldine was married to Richard Clark. She later was married to Donald Bradley. She owned and operated Geri's Chatter Box for many years. She later managed Jenor Towers and also the VFW in Platteville. Geraldine was a care giver for many residents in Platteville. She was always a very hard worker. She loved being with her children and grandchildren.
She is survived by her four children, Ralph Clark of Platteville; Dennis (Vicki) Clark of Platteville; Sandy (Ted) Finch of St. Augustine, FL; Mike (Shannon) Bradley of Platteville; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, and sister, Shirley Brogley.


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Making the best nest starts with giving your wallet a rest. But the list never ends, right? Bedding, cribs, blankets, bottles, car seats, books, toys, teething toys, clothes, burp rags, etc. It seems that preparing psychically, mentally and emotionally aren't the only things you need to worry about when it comes to expecting a baby these days.
Having a little one calls for some big decisions like choosing the best pediatrician and making a birth plan. The last thing weighing on your mind should be the status of your bank account.
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So pphaneuf was wondering what was up with COM. I'm not the guy who wrote the original rant, but I've worked quite a bit with the COM/OLE subsystem of Wine lately, so perhaps I can provide some insights.
COM attempts to solve a simple problem - providing a stable, language neutral in process ABI that allows components from many providers to work together, without the source code.
Well. That's the theory. In fact, COM has been used to do all kinds of things over the years. So pretty quickly we reach the first problem with COM:
1) When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
COM and the various technologies built upon it (which are often referred to just as COM) such as OLE/ActiveX/DCOM and so on, have been used for the following things over the years:
- To allow Excel to embed itself in Word and vice-versa
- To try and make the Win32 API object oriented
- As a replacement for designing network protocols
- As a system for IDE plugins/OCX controls (which is really just a specialisation of OLE compound documents)
- As a Java-applet killer
- As a way to expose code to Visual Basic. In fact OLE Automation was originally developed for the VB engine (which is why it uses BSTRs, the B stands for BASIC)
That's just off the top of my head. In all these things, a technology like COM can be used, but that doesn't mean it's actually the best technology for that particular purpose. Unfortunately, because COM is so flexible, there has traditionally been a tendancy in Redmond to try and ram a square peg into a round hole.
COM is mind bogglingly complicated. That might surprise people who know the basics - and in a way it is surprising because the core of COM is very simple. Components are black boxes, that support interfaces. Interfaces can inherit from each other, and all interfaces inherit from IUnknown, which provides the basic services every COM object must implement.
So we reach the 2nd reason COM sucks:
2) COM is not actually object oriented.
You cannot inherit any functionality from IUnknown, only a contract, so you have to reimplement the IUnknown functionality each time. Because of that, IUnknown is very simple and provides almost no functionality.
Interfaces are basically vtables, ie a table of function pointers. IUnknown provides reference counting, and the ability to query for other interfaces. That's it. In comparison, for instance, the GObject base provides methods, properties, public variables, signals, arbitrary data association, reference counting and so on. So, COM objects tend to be quite primitive.
Actually I lied earlier. You can do inheritance in COM, by using a technique called aggregation. Unfortunately this is such a pain in the ass nobody does it.
Seems simple enough so far, right? To build a COM object, all you need to do is implement IUnknown and then whatever interfaces you need. Well, almost.
3) COM sucks because it forces often unnecessary optimizations upon you
All COM objects, if they are going to be instantiated via the standard CoCreateInstance API, must have an associated class factory. Because having COM instantiate an object for you is expensive, the designers decided that actually CoCreateInstance should return a class factory - ie an object which exists only to create the actual object you want. You can then create instances of the object you want very easily, just call the right method on the IClassFactory interface.
Of course, not all objects need creation efficiency. Many are one shots, you don't need to create them thousands of times per second, you create them perhaps once in the lifetime of the app. Unfortunately, COM forces the class factory paradigm on you. And of course, you have to implement it yourself.
Well, that isn't quite true. You can get toolkits, frameworks and IDEs which automate a lot of this boilerplate for you - unfortunately we just fell into Windows syndrome where problems with the underlying framework are disguised by having an IDE write code for you, rather than fixing the problem.
4) COM sucks because it starts simple, then rapidly gets complicated.
OK, so far it's all been conceptually easy, if rather a lot of typing. But at the moment, your object is not that useful. For it to be used from other languages/environments, you need to define the interface in IDL. MS IDL is not a simple language. It's the job of the midl compiler to turn IDL into header files that describe the object, so you can easily invoke its methods.
IDL can be compiled into several different things. Header files for C/C++ is one obvious target, but you can also make "type libraries", which are binary equivalents to the IDL. Sort of. Unfortunately, even though there are two different TLB file formats (with the same extension), neither of them can completely represent everything available in IDL.
For instance, a type library cannot represent the IDispatch interface, which is a core COM interface. You need support for that built into the framework.
Type libraries can also be compiled into a DLL as a resource. At that point, you basically need an IDE to extract it, and create the boilerplate code necessary to represent the vTables in your language.
So back to IDispatch. What's that?
5) COM sucks because late binding is truly horrid
IDispatch allows you to perform "late binding" on an object. Rather than needing to know the layout of the vtable at compile time, you can pass IDispatch a string representing the method you wish to invoke, and a set of arguments. It'll then invoke that method, and return the result. It's needed if you want your COM object to be accessible from a scripting language like JScript, VBScript, or ... yes, Visual Basic itself (which internally makes heavy use of OLE Automation).
Unfortunately, IDispatch is the interface from hell. MSDN recommends that you don't attempt to implement it yourself, because you'll get it wrong. It over optimizes (again) - for instance you don't pass the method name to IDispatch::Invoke, you pass a numeric ID, which you must retrieve beforehand from IDispatch::GetIDsOfNames. Why? For speed. Unfortunately, Visual Basic doesn't actually use this optimization - it was decreed that keeping a cache of method names to member IDs was too complex and easy to screw up, so it does the lookup each time. You still have to implement it of course.
In order to make this situation suck less, Microsoft provide a few implementations of IDispatch for you. One of them, the one it's probably best to use, uses type libraries! Ah, that's better. You just have to write your IDL, compile it to a type library, and then delegate IDispatch to ... oh, wait. LoadTypeLibrary, then GetTypeInfoOfGuid, then CreateStdDispatch, but then you have even more arbitrary limitations placed on you.
Don't worry. If you're using Delphi, this is all sorted out. Just don't forget that you can only have one IDispatch per object. If you have three interfaces you'd like to expose via OLE automation, you have to choose one, or get into "dispinterfaces".
Oh yes. Finally, remember that IDispatch::Invoke works in terms of the variant API. The Win32 VARIANT is really scary. Variants can contain not just about a zillion types of numbers, but also things like BSTR, the most annoying string type in the world. Variants can also contain other dispatch interfaces.
6) COM sucks because DCOM is really complicated
DCOM lets you remote interfaces into other contexts. What is a context? COM defines an "apartment model", which typically means thread. If a COM object is STA threaded (single threaded apartment) then it's not thread safe (ie, most COM objects), so if you want to access it from another thread you must marshal the interface into that thread. Remember to run a message loop though! If you don't, DCOM will start sending window messages to that hidden window you just implicitly created, and your app will deadlock.
COM supports many different threading models, not all of which are supported by all versions of Windows. What the difference between the apartment, free, or both threading models is, is buried inside books like "Essential COM".
You can also marshal interfaces into other processes or machines of course. Of course we now come back to the thorny issue of exactly how the interfaces are marshalled. One way is to use type libraries again, but remember they can't represent everything that IDL can, so sometimes you'll have to generate marshalling code manually. I say manually, of course the RPC NDR APIs are so baroque - NdrUserMarshalMarshall() anybody? - that this isn't possible, so you have to let midl do it for you. The code MIDL generates does some extremely wierd things - look but don't touch, and don't ask questions whatever you do. The code is also messy, using a bizarre mix of indent styles.
I'm not going to continue, this entry/rant is already far too long. Just take a look through the (extensive) COM APIs some time, and note how many functions there are that appear to exist for no better reason than invoking a certain function on an interface, or creating a certain object while by passing the standard mechanisms to do so.
Next time - why COM doesn't suck, and what we can do in free software land to get the benefits of COM (which are many) while avoiding the suckyness of a system that's been grown over a period of a decade.


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By Juanita Floyd
In January, the Committee for King and the City of Tupelo hosted the 26th Anniversary celebrating the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I was asked to be the speaker.
What an honor and a privilege it was for me to speak about the legacy of one of America's 'favorite sons'!
I concluded my speech on three dreams or goals of King for America – the importance of obtaining an education; the importance of voting; and the importance of love and racial harmony among the races. I even said if we want to go to that place called heaven – we must love each other. I also said black and white relationships can work. Love and respect for each other are attainable. How do I know? The Lord has blessed me to have wonderful relationships with friends who are white even though we come from different backgrounds, cultures, socio-economic status and religious beliefs.
Then stark reality hit once again. A friend shared this story with me that happened recently (similar to one in another article). Her son (first grader who happens to be black), came home from school very sad. He said, "Momma, (named first grader who happens to be white) said I wasn't invited to her party because her mom and dad said my skin is brown and I am a _____. I can't tell you the word, Momma, because it's what they call black people." The mom said, "You can tell me the word." The boy, with tears in eyes, said, "Momma, I can't." The Mom heartbreakingly said, "Did she call you a n____? The boy very quickly said, "No!" He fearfully said, "She called me an African–American! I told her I didn't come from Africa. The little girl said, "It didn't matter where I came from because her mom and dad said our kind couldn't come to their house!"
The mother said, "Juanita, these are babies – innocent babies. Why! Why? Why would those words be uttered by a parent to a child that age?" I told her about my mother, Bernice Gambrell, who taught me from a child – the words, "You will love and not hate." During integration, I was called vicious, disrespectful and hurtful names. The children would not play with me. The boys would stick out their legs and trip me. They would throw spit balls at me every day. Every night, my mom would say, "You will love and not hate." I would hear Momma praying, "Lord, let the heart of a child come forth." If the heart of a child comes forth – children would not see color! Imagine if what happened to me is happening to your precious daughter or granddaughter – son or grandson. How would you feel if your child was hated and mistreated because of the color of their skin? I can tell you from experience – it's not a good feeling.
Even with all the disappointments we have had in attaining one of King's dreams of racial harmony, today, I still am encouraged. I know there is still work for us to do. However, from my own life, I know that love can work among the races.
Sen. Ted Kennedy said, "The work goes on; the cause endures; the hope still lives; and the dream shall never die."
It will be up to us to continue the dream. It's up to us to promote love and unity among the races. It's up to every black and white person; every leader; every parent; every politician; every teacher; and every preacher to sound the alarm that we must love each other as the Bible said.
If we practice and teach love and not hate – will it make a difference? You be the judge.
Juanita Gambrell Floyd is vice president for Finance and Administration at CREATE Foundation. Contect her at email@example.com.


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