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NASA and Orbital ATK Complete SLS Booster Test (Updated)
Posted by Jason Davis on 2015/03/11 11:02 CDT | 1 comments
A blast of fire and smoke lit up the hills of Promontory, Utah this morning as NASA and Orbital ATK completed a test firing of a Space Launch System solid rocket booster.
Interview with an SLS Engineer: How Booster Test May Help Drive Golden Spike for Interplanetary Railroad
Posted by Jason Davis on 2015/03/10 02:59 CDT
With NASA and Orbital ATK preparing for an important test tomorrow in Utah, an SLS engineer describes the inner workings of the vehicle's new solid rocket boosters.
Europe's Experimental Spaceplane Completes Successful Test Flight
Posted by Jason Davis on 2015/02/11 11:13 CST | 2 comments
The IXV spaceplane, designed to demonstrate reentry technologies, splashed down in the Pacific Ocean this morning after a successful, 100-minute test flight.
Commercial Crew Rivalries: Fun to Watch, Everybody Wins
Posted by Jason Davis on 2015/01/28 05:30 CST | 1 comments
Now that Boeing and SpaceX have won the high-profile privilege of carrying astronauts to the ISS, they must start making public appearances as reluctant equals.
Watch the Incredible 'Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly' of SpaceX's Falcon 9 Rocket
Posted by Jason Davis on 2015/01/16 10:01 CST | 13 comments
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has released four images of the company's Falcon 9 rocket impacting its drone ship landing pad in the Atlantic Ocean.
Reconstructing What Happened at Sea, as Dragon Arrives at Station
Posted by Jason Davis on 2015/01/12 12:13 CST | 1 comments
Following a routine two-day voyage, SpaceX's Dragon capsule pulled in to port at the International Space Station. Meanwhile, tweets from CEO Elon Musk give clues on what happened at sea.
NASA Completes First Test Firing of SLS Core Stage Engine (Updated)
Posted by Jason Davis on 2015/01/09 11:59 CST
NASA completed a 500-second test firing of the RS-25 engine, which will power the core stage of the Space Launch System.
SpaceX to Attempt First-Ever Ocean Barge Rocket Landing
Posted by Jason Davis on 2014/12/17 12:20 CST | 1 comments
Early next year, SpaceX will attempt what no agency or company has done before: land a used rocket stage on a floating ocean platform.
Orion L-2 Report: The Old Gives Way to the New
Posted by Jason Davis on 2014/12/02 04:06 CST
With less than two days before Orion's maiden voyage, NASA and United Launch Alliance are cautiously optimistic the flight will launch Thursday as scheduled.
United Launch Alliance Answers Burning Questions about Orion's Rocket
Posted by Jason Davis on 2014/11/26 11:28 CST
When Orion launches next week, you may notice something alarming: The spacecraft's rocket sort of catches itself on fire. But not to worry, says United Launch Alliance.
Orion's Ride to Space is at the Launch Site. Why So Early?
Posted by Jason Davis on 2014/10/03 03:28 CDT | 9 comments
On Tuesday, Orion's massive Delta IV Heavy rocket rolled from its Horizontal Integration Facility out to the launch site. Launch is still eight weeks away. Why so early?
The Planetary Society Supports NASA's Asteroid Initiative
But we need to know the cost
Posted by Casey Dreier on 2014/05/27 01:02 CDT | 22 comments
The Planetary Society strongly supports NASA's asteroid initiative, including the goal of redirecting an asteroid to the vicinity of the Moon. But an independent cost estimate is needed, and needed soon.
No, Russia Did Not Just Kick the U.S. Out of the Space Station
A top Russian official announced several unexpected policy changes in a response to U.S. sanctions.
Posted by Casey Dreier on 2014/05/20 06:43 CDT | 8 comments
A top Russian official announced a ban on Russian engines in U.S. military launches and questioned Russia's long-term commitment to the International Space Station. We cut through the hype and try to understand what was actually said and the immediate consequences facing NASA.
India keeps up the momentum, returning troubled GSLV to flight
Posted by Jason Davis on 2014/01/06 11:20 CST | 4 comments
India returned its troubled GSLV to flight Sunday, marking the first successful outing of the country's Cryogenic Upper Stage.
Chang'e 3 departs for the Moon, with amazing images and video
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/12/02 12:18 CST | 3 comments
On December 1 at 17:30 UTC, Chang'e 3 launched atop a Long March 3B rocket on a direct lunar transfer trajectory. It is scheduled to enter orbit December 6 and land December 14. The rocket was equipped with cameras that recorded thrilling video of the launch and final departure of the probe.
Why are MAVEN and Mars Orbiter Mission taking such different paths to Mars?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/11/22 12:15 CST | 20 comments
Two spacecraft launched for Mars this month: Mars Orbiter Mission on November 5, and MAVEN on November 18. MAVEN is now on an interplanetary trajectory, while Mars Orbiter Mission is still in Earth orbit and will not depart for Mars until the end of the month. A lot of people are asking me: why the difference? Here's your answer, with input from Dave Doody.
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/11/18 04:17 CST | 8 comments
A perfect launch on an Atlas V rocket has sent MAVEN on her way to Mars today at 10:28 PT (18:38 UT). Today's on-time launch puts the mission on course for a September 22, 2014 arrival at Mars.
MAVEN has arrived at the launch pad
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/11/08 12:14 CST | 3 comments
As India's Mars Orbiter Mission continues to pump up the altitude of its orbit around Earth, NASA's MAVEN is making final preparations for its direct-to-Mars launch. All is proceeding acccording to schedule toward its November 18 launch at 1:28 EST / 10:28 PST / 18:28 UTC.
A picture-perfect launch for ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/11/05 04:11 CST | 14 comments
The PSLV carrying ISRO's Mars Orbiter mission shot like a firework off the launch pad today, placing the spacecraft precisely into its planned elliptical orbit of Earth. Now the 10-month cruise phase begins. Congratulations to ISRO!
India prepares to take flight to Mars with the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/10/31 02:38 CDT | 11 comments
The excitement is really building toward India's first-ever attempt at an interplanetary spacecraft! Launch day is quickly approaching for the Mars Orbiter Mission. In this lengthy post, I provide answers to frequently asked questions about the mission and its goals.
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So This Is Why Darth Vader Breathes Like That
No wonder his throat feels a little raspy. Hope he isn't coming down with something. Say, like Jedi-itis.
However, if you're feeling brave, you can try to replicate the Vader Gas Bottle Log Burner by following along with Instructables user doddieszoomer. Just make sure ol' Darth doesn't cough on you when finished.
(Via Technabob)
Tags: art, DIY, fire-roasted, movies, TGIF
August 1, 2014 No Comments
Wow, Icee Maker Gets 11 One-Star Reviews, Wee
Above we see the WowWee ICEE Deluxe Slushy Machine. There are a couple of smiling kids pictured on the box. Chances are, they did not use this machine.
As of today, there are eleven one-star reviews. Not one review gives it more than one star. Ouch. Kinda makes me wanna try it… Or not.
When a product turns out to be this crap-tastic, it shows up under different names. For example: Wish Factory Icee Deluxe Slushy Machine. Looks to be the same thing, but this one has two stars. And here's another one: Bring The Magic Of Icee Home With This Deluxe Icee Maker – Wish Factory Icee Deluxe Slushy Machine. No stars on that one. And a higher price to make it seem more attractive. Don't fall for it.
Yet apparently, ICEE doesn't have it on their official website. Whoops. Look out for those licenses ICEE! That polar bear must have been off surfing when they approved that one!
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July 30, 2014 No Comments
Top Cookie Edible Medals
Anybody can be a chomp with these Fred and Friends Top Cookie Cutters. The edible medals come three to a package and even include the ribbons (which are washable). Just roll out the dough, stamp the cookies, cut 'em and bake 'em. The results are three medals that say "Super," "1" and "Champ." Or, you could bake a new cookie each day to make sure you will always be chompion of the world!
Tags: bad puns, cookies, cutting tool, Fred & Friends
July 24, 2014 No Comments
Lekue Silicone Waffle Baker Mold Is Not A Monster
Behold the amazing half-waffle, half-not-waffle thing!
There are two sides to every story, and now, there are finally two sides to a waffle. For all of eternity, waffles were created by pouring batter into a waffle iron. The lid would close and out would come a perfectly formed waffle with pockets on either side. The mad scientists at Lékué see things differently.
The Lekue Silicone Waffle Baker Mold is a silicone mold that is used to bake waffles in the oven. Pour batter in and bake. The result is like something out of a half baked monster movie. Except there's nothing half-baked about this waffle maker baker. Half waffles maybe, but not half-baked.
Even Frankenstein's monster was misunderstood. Perhaps in time, people will come to accept these weird waffles that only have pockets on one side. Until that far off sci-fi future date, we will have to learn how to live in this brave, new world of one-sided waffles.
Or just flip the waffles over since pockets are only useful on one side anyway.
July 15, 2014 No Comments
Zipzicle Figures It Out: Neoprene Ice Pop Holder
Somebody finally figured it out: ice is cold. While this is a good thing for making tasty treats on a hot summer day, actually holding the ice treat is a pain. A cold, numbing pain. Now, our fingers can be saved from the torture that is such pleasure for our mouths.
Zipzicle, makers of convenient, but necessarily revolutionary zip baggies to make freezer pops, have created the Zipzicle Neoprene Ice Pop Holder. Specially designed to fit their zip top bags, the ice pop holder makes it easy to make and eat delicious ice pop. This round of ice pops clearly goes to Zipzicles.
July 11, 2014 No Comments
The Watermelon Keg Kit
Watermelons. It's not like the big, funny-looking fruit needs any more help to amuse us, but still, it doesn't hurt to try. Especially if our amusement involves enjoying a tall, cool one.
Fill it with wine, fill it with booze, fill it with soda; The Watermelon Keg Kit plays no favorites. And when the watermelon tap turns into a party-pleasing fun drink dispenser, don't forget to bust it out again in the fall when everything tastes like pumpkin anyway.
July 8, 2014 No Comments

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The NFL is a league full of trash talkers.
You sandbaggin' son of a.
The last Super Bowl that featured the No.
Congratulations are in order if you're in the playoffs or fighting for a playoff spot in the last week of the regular season.
The Indianapolis Colts spent the offseason filling their playbook with unconventional plays.
I would love to have Andy Dwyer's boyish optimism and lack of thought.
Andrew Luck had a transcendent rookie campaign.
The legend of Andrew Luck grows.
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Ramps....the woods are full of them!
It's that time of year again. I could gather buckets of wild ramps every day and still have enough for all of you! LOL
"Wild Leeks" (another name for them) are so delicate and flavorful. We use them in omelets most often, but I have a recipe for Ramp & Buttermilk Biscuits with Cracked Coriander that I want to try this week.
Does anyone else use ramps? What do you make with them?
(Now if I could only find some morels like my neighbor always does...)
I have a neighbor who is originally from W. Virginia. He introduced me to Ramps years ago and grows them in his yard. Last week, he gave me a bag full of them and I will probably saute them with potatoes. I have used them in in just about any chicken dish that I've made that calls for onions and garlic and I once made a ramp and horseradish cream cheese dip with bacon and bleu cheese. I really enjoy them; just wish the season were longer!
I've never had ramps but they sound right up my alley. I'm always happy to eat anything in the leek or onion family! Do they grow in the shade? Since I don't know where to find them around here, does anyone know of a source so I could plant some?
Lord have mercy! In a county nearby me, in Cosby, TN, there's a Ramp Festival every year. I've never tasted them, but I've heard so many reports that they literally reek as does whoever eats them. Maybe they're stronger tasting in Tennessee. Most interesting!....Me..I've never tasted them nor had any desire to until now.LOL
Claire, they grow in the woods here, and our soil is quite heavy, lots of clay.
I would be happy to send you some seeds later on if you'd like to try planting some. You'll have to remind me to go gather some, tho.
Jude, they are very mild flavored. Maybe they are stronger in the south, I dunno.
Here are some pix of what they look like growing in the woods.
Al, these are small, about the size of a scallion. But packed with flavor!
I put my foot in the picture so you could get a perspective on the size of the plant.
(Click on the photos to enlarge)
Also, notice the grass growing next to the ramp plant...
And from a distance...
I have heard of them and other here head for the forest preserves to gather them, but I was never positive enough to dig them. I think on the way home I will stop and grab some to try. I did look last year, but was nervous.
Linda, are they usually near water or moist areas?
There are lots of types of wild onions. Not much that is poisonous looks like an onion bulb, so I wouldn't worry too much about eating them if they looked like an onion so unless you just eat whatever weed you pulled up willy nilly, they are an easy food to forage. Plus they smell like onion, it's pretty obvious what they are. I'm not an onion fan, but I have tons in my yard.
Larry Groce, of 'Junk Food Junkie' fame, is the host of 'Mountain Stage'; he also wrote a song several years ago, (The Ramp Song) in which he extols the virtue of those wild onions. Can't find it either on YouTube or anywhere else.
IMHO they're nasty, and are nuisance in a yard--but maybe I've never had them prepared well.
Marys1000, they are one of the first green things to show up in the spring, and if I recall we can usually dig them for about a month and then the foliage dies back.
They do have a fairly non-descript flower that once it fades produces the prettiest little seeds! They look like beebees made of broze or gunmetal.
Most of ours do grow within 100-200 feet of a marshy area, but thee are a few scattered about in the drier soil. But all are in the shade of the woods.
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SAIC Associate Dean Exhibits at the Portrait Society Gallery
Lynn Tomaszewski's Phenomenal Agglomerative runs at the Milwaukee gallery through January 10.
Former F News Editor Receives 2014 Hugo Boss Prize
Paul Chan attributes success to "a complete misunderstanding of my work."
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Shaurya Kumar is one of 40 artists invited to participate in Reversible.
SAIC's Efforts to Create a Gender-Safe Environment in USA Today
USA Today highlighted that SAIC's health plan covers hormone therapy.
Robert and Diane Levy Give $1 Million to SAIC
SAIC announced a $1 million gift from the Levys to support need-based scholarships.
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Adam Dunkels on Embedded Sensor Networks 31
from the mr.-data-you're-with-me dept.
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this [kon-tiki.no] is a kon-tiki!
Damn! Isn't there anything in this world safe from TCP/IP packets? Back in the old days, people would respect them, and only allow full-featured computers & OS'es to exchange them. What's becoming of this world, I ask you?
A very interesting read. The Dunkels interview is also very good, this guy seems to be doing some very interesting things.
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if this is fake
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SPIRE-LAW-FEDERAL-COMPLAINT-IN-NEW-YORK.pdf look real , 912 pages it goes on and on about stuff that has occurred after 9/11 up till today concering money's being skimmed and laundering by all of them , did you read through it at all? nbc also reported on it ive seen screenshots and the story has been erased from nbc servers
what did you research?
i guess an investigative reporter could call up the spire law group and ask them if its real , has their name all over it.
"He's this eccentric Ghandi-Like figure that you cant touch with the normal bribes that people respond to."
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Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Suss Pecan Maple Caramels
At the Fancy Food Show last month I ran across another small-batch caramel maker. This one is called Suss Sweets. They're based in New Hampshire and have a line of caramels with an interesting package idea - the caramels are sold in long logs, not individual pieces. So a standard roll is 1/4 of a pound. You slice off however much you want.
I found them at an Italian deli at Americana at Brand mall in Glendale. I had to go through the entire basket of caramel logs to find the only Maple Pecan one, since it was the flavor that I sparked the most with at the show.
There's a lot of packaging for what looks so simple. The outside is a piece of baking parchment, twisted at the ends with a little sleeve with the label on it. Inside is a box, embossed with the logo (kind of a waste, I didn't notice this touch until I was throwing it out). Then inside the box, the caramel roll is wrapped in wax paper.
The long log was easy to slice into appropriate pieces. The nuts were not as numerous as I'd hoped, so some slices were nutless. However, the maple and pecan flavor was throughout the entire bar. The chew of the caramel was smooth with excellent toasted sugar and fresh butter notes. The salt touch was quite light, enough to balance the sweetness but not so much to make me grab a glass of water. The nuts were fresh and the pecan flavors went very well with the woodsy and vanilla maple notes.
The bar was expensive at $7.50, but of course it was a quarter of a pound. But the fact that they're not ready to eat meant we couldn't just try them with our coffee at the store, we had to wait until we got home and got out a knife.
I did get to try the full range of flavors, including Pumpkin Seed and the straight Vanilla with Sea Salt. It's a good caramel, just like I make at home when I have the time and the weather cooperates. It's a fun item if you're putting together a gift basket, especially if it's a themed with coffee, cheese or other sweets. The fact that you can control the size of the pieces will appeal to some consumers, but I think I just want mine individually wrapped.
POSTED BY Cybele AT 4:34 pm All Natural • Candy • Review • Caramel • Nuts • 7-Worth It • United States • Comments (1)
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Trader Joe's Milk Chocolate Jumbles
Trader Joe's always has a quirky take on a standard candy. Their new Trader Joe's Milk Chocolate Jumbles are sold in little nearly-half-pound tubs and are similar to Pecan Turtles.
The description is: crunchy pecans & toasted quinoa with soft & buttery caramel enrobed in chocolate and topped with Himalaya pink sea salt. They're Kosher and made with mostly organic dairy ingredients as well. Though they use quinoa for the crunchy bits, they're not a gluten-free candy as they may contain wheat. Also, they're made in a facility with other tree nuts, eggs and peanuts. Too bad, because a gluten free and peanut free notation would really set these apart.
The patties are about 1.5 inches across, so either one big bite or two small bites. The nutritional listing is a little odd, as it says that 3 pieces are 36 grams and come to 140 calories. That's just ridiculous for something with so much chocolate and full dairy caramel ingredients. So, my calculations say that it's 102 calories per ounce, I'm going to say that they're at least 125.
They smell like a sweet milk chocolate with a hint of earthy cereal notes. The patties are very flat and turning them over reveals that the inclusions are small. So the pecans are really not crunchy pecans but actually crunched pecans along with the quinoa.
The chew of the caramel is good, with some excellent buttery notes and toasted sugar flavors. The quinoa is crunchy, but not overly so. The pecans were barely evident, to the point that some pieces seemed to be lacking pecans entirely. But when I did get them, they had a wonderful woodsy, maple note. I would have preferred much more in the pecan front, even if they were just small pieces, or even just the quinoa and leave out the pecans entirely.
I don't know if I would pick these up again, but I enjoyed the package I had. If I saw that they had a dark version or mucked around with the proportions, I'd give them another go. But there are other Trader Joe's items that I much prefer over this, including the Butterscotch Sea Salt Caramels. The price point seemed a bit high, but is far better than DeMet's Pecan Turtles which are usually about twice the price per pound and use inferior ingredients.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 2:53 pm All Natural • Candy • Review • Trader Joe's • Caramel • Chocolate • Cookie • Nuts • 7-Worth It • United States • Comments (1)
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Hershey's Symphony with Almonds and Toffee Chips
It's odd to think that the 10 most popular chocolate candy bars have been around longer than most of us. Those bars are Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Snickers, M&Ms, Hershey's Milk Chocolate and KitKat, all of which were introduced before 1950. Plenty of candy bars have come and gone over the past century, but it's so crowded at the top with those tried and true favorites. I bring this up because it's rare for me to remember the introduction of a new candy bar that's actually still on the market 25 years later.
Hershey's launched a new line of chocolate bars in 1989 with a simple idea, that they were a little creamier than their famous Milk Chocolate and Milk Chocolate with Almonds. They came up with the brand called Symphony and introduced them with actual fanfare ... commercials featuring classical music.
Their tagline was pretty good: They'll never be another unfinished Symphony.
The packaging design is largely unchanged since their introduction in 1989. There are two different bars in the line, the same as at the launch. There's a plain milk chocolate bar (with red accents) and the Symphony Creamy Milk Chocolate Almonds & Toffee Chips with blue accents. Though they're both still on the market, the Almond and Toffee Chips is the easiest to find, since it's distinctively different from those other top 10 bars.
The bars themselves have changed quite a bit, partly because Hershey's no longer wraps their bars in foil with a paper sleeve. The Symphony bar I picked up bore a striking resemblance in shape to the Hershey's Almond bar ... once I opened it, it was pretty clear why. It's now the same mold. The previous versions of the bar had segments with the Symphony logo at the center of each.
The current ingredients are not at all premium:
I found a wrapper online from 2001 that tells a simpler story (but the current bar is .1 ounces larger):
When I was photographing the bar, I noticed that it had a lot of voids and bubbles in it, so I weighed it to make sure that it was accounted for in the bar. Sure enough, the bar weighed 43 grams, the wrapper states 42 grams.
Though it looks like a Hershey's chocolate bar, it doesn't taste like it. That's not to say that it's spectacular or that different from many of the other inexpensive chocolate bars, but it definitely doesn't have the Hershey's sharpness. Instead of the bar is fudgy sweet, so sweet that there's very little chocolate flavor. The dairy notes are good, and combine well with the toasty flavors of the toffee chips and almond bits. It's exceptionally sweet overall, only the inclusions give a little relief.
For the most part the bar gave me a sore throat. The combination is refreshing for the price point, but for a little more I could just get a Ritter Sport bar or even a Toblerone (but really the same price per ounce), since their bars are two times or more the size). If Hershey's wants to step up their game with this bar, I think it needs a brand refresh - I'm not saying they need to go dark chocolate, but actual better chocolate like the Bliss line or going with a certified cacao source would help it stand out.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 4:57 pm Candy • Review • Hershey's • Chocolate • Kosher • Nuts • Toffee • 6-Tempting • United States • Walgreen's • Comments (5)
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Nestle Damak Pistachio
I found this curious little Nestle bar at Ralph's grocery store tucked in with the Christmas merchandise last month. I wasn't quite sure what it was, but I wanted to know more.
So, I bought the Nestle Damak bar, without even knowing how much it was ($3.99, I find out).
It's square, its made in Turkey. It's just milk chocolate with pistachios. I figured I've probably spent most of my life eating California pistachios, it's nice to find a bar that actually lists the sourcing of their pistachios ... would they taste different?
The bar is similar to a Ritter Sport in shape and format. It's just shy of 3 ounces. The bar is wrapped in foil and that is wrapped in the paper label. Inside, it was glossy and quite fresh, divided into 15 pieces sporting the Nestle logo.
The bar smells nice, sweet and milky but with a little grassy note which I'm guessing is the pistachios. There's no fake pistachio flavor to it. The ingredients are good, plenty of sugar, pistachios and cocoa butter (actually listed in that order). They use sunflower lecithin instead of soy lecithin.
The milk chocolate is so different from normal Nestle milk chocolate, it's hard to believe it's the same company. The flavor is authentically dairy, rich and with a toasted note to it. The melt is exceptionally smooth. The pistachios are crisp and buttery, with a crunch that's almost like a macadamia nut but with a sort of green tea freshness to it. There's a hint of salt. Though sugar was listed first, it's not that sweet.
I ate the whole bar, and I'd try the Turkish Nestle items again if the opportunity presented itself. I'd also seek out some Turkish pistachios too, they were exceptional.
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Monday, December 29, 2014
barkTHINS: Dark Chocolate Pumpkin Seed
barkTHINS comes in seven varieties. They bill themselves as snacking chocolate ... as we'd be confused and think it's for dinner or to be used as drink coasters.
barkTHINS won the Most Innovative New Product award at the Sweets & Snacks Expo for the Dark Chocolate Toasted Coconut variety. I can't see quite what's so innovative about that. I picked up a package of the barkTHINS Dark Chocolate Pumpkin Seed because it was on sale. The stand up package holds 4.7 ounces and was on sale for $3.99.
The top of the package says that it's a serious twist on snacking. Which is a grandiose statement for a bunch of seeds in chocolate, which is one of the oldest forms of chocolate inclusions. Perhaps the twist they're referring to is the fact that the chocolate and the sugar in the chocolate is Fair Trade certified. And the soy lecithin is non-GMO. There are no dairy ingredients, though it may contain traces of peanuts, tree nuts, milk, wheat or eggs. The FAQ on their website explains that their innovation is the fact that the bark is thin enough to snap into pieces.
All my grumbling aside, I like what I saw on the ingredients label and the concept of simple, ethically sourced dark chocolate with some fresh toasted seeds in it.
I've never quite understood the appeal of bark as a product. I understand why I make it, because I have leftover chocolate from a kitchen project and then just mix up some stuff I have sitting around and call it a tasty mess. I can't imagine selling it. I want my pieces consistent and I want my seeds integrated.
The good news is that the pumpkin seeds (pepitas) are actually integrated into the chocolate. The pieces are pretty consistent in size and thickness and with a good amount of pepitas. The general size of the pieces is what I'd call, "too large." They're about 2.5" by 1.5". This is a nice portion, however, I found them a bit large and wanted more small pieces. Luckily, I could make my own ... while providing lots of small pieces would mean that large piece lovers would have some assembly to do.
The chocolate is nice, a little on the fatty side which means that there's a nice silky melt, but also that the calories per ounce on this were 164 ...quite high. (Pepitas have between 145 and 160 calories per ounce, depending on the variety.) The cocoa flavors have a lot of toasty toffee notes and a little hint of grassy olives (or maybe that's the pepitas). There's a hint of salt, which offsets the sweetness very well. The pumpkin seeds are crunchy and crisp with no really flavor of their own, just a clean chew with maybe a hint of pistachio.
I enjoyed it, though I do find snacking on bark to simply be difficult. The inconsistency of the sizes and the inclination for me to want to pick through and find the right size and density of seeds is problematic. I'm not sure why they can't be little bars or puddles. The use of pumpkin seeds is different enough, though the price on these is a bit steep. I'll finish the bag and probably consider the salted almond and coconut version in the future if I see them on sale again.
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Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Theo Chocolate Nutcracker Brittle
Theo Chocolate makes organic and fair trade chocolate from bean to bar in their factory in Seattle. They have a selection of seasonal bars in addition to their regular items, this year I picked out their Theo Chocolate Nutcracker Brittle because I liked their Salted Almond bar. It features almonds, hazelnuts and sugary brittle chunks in smooth, rich 70% dark chocolate
The most notable quality of this seasonal bar is that it's vegan. That's right, the brittle is not made with any dairy, so the bar is free from any animal-derived products. (Though it is made in a factory that also processes milk, eggs and wheat, so it may contain traces of gluten or dairy as well as peanuts or other tree nuts.)
The wrapping is nice, a simple paper over-wrap with the chocolate bar enclosed in foil underneath. The bar is made with 88% fair trade ingredients and all organic products (except for the baking soda and salt). The corn syrup is also non-GMO and they do not use soy lecithin (or lecithin of any kind).
The bar looked great and smells wonderful. It's a woodsy cocoa blend, it smells like toffee and fresh brewed coffee and toast. For a 70%, it's well balanced. The cocoa flavors are a little on the acidic side with some bright sour cherry notes along with the other woodsy components mentioned earlier. It's sweet, at first, but the baked brownie flavors dominate towards the end. The nuts are kind of separate as a flavor and texture. The almonds and hazelnuts are crunchy and fresh (though hard to tell apart) and the little brittle pieces are crunchy without being tacky or chewy. I missed the little hint of salt from the Salted Almond bar, but that's not what was promised here.
It's a nice seasonal bar, but I have to wonder why it's not a year round offering ... no reason not to have this for Valentine's.
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Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Villars Mini Tasting Chocolates
For Christmas stockings, I prefer a bit of international flair for the contents. Since Santa Claus travels the world, I figure he must know all about candies from different areas.
I picked up this box of Villars Mini Tasting Chocolates made in Switzerland. It was a bit expensive at $12. The box says it's "at least" 45 pieces, but I counted 50 in mine. There are four different kinds of chocolate: Milk Chocolate (20 pieces), Milk Chocolate with Caramel 10 pieces), Milk Chocolate with Hazelnuts (9 pieces) and 72% Dark Chocolate (11 pieces).
I used to pick up Villars milk chocolate with hazelnut bars at Trader Joe's many years ago. I suspect that Villars is still making products for Trader Joe's under the house label, but I can't be certain. This is the first time I found them at the local grocery store, though it seems like the kind of package you might see at an airport duty free shop.
Villars is a small chocolate company, according to Wikipedia they're bean to bar, based in Fribourg, Switzerland and employ about 140 people. They've been around over a hundred years.
In my assortment, it was pretty well balanced, with slightly more of the Milk variety than the other three. The little bars are, well, tiny. They're about 5 grams each, but that also means there's only about 30 calories in each one.
The pieces are 1.3 inches high and .8 inches wide. The wrappers are made of some sort of mylar type plastic. They're shiny on the inside but devilishly hard to tear. Each piece is glued shut with a teensy little dot of well-stuck glue.
Just smelling this little Lait bar I was reminded why I liked Villars: they add barley malt to their chocolate. It's just a little hint of malt that keeps it from being too sweet. It's a little roasted and the quality of the milk gives it a light yogurt bite. I can't eat a lot of it, which is why these little bites are just right for me.
The Lait Caramel smelled quite milky. It's not actual caramel though, it's more like toffee chips, which is great. I enjoy a little toffee mixed into my milk chocolate and this is a good version. Like the milk chocolate, it's sweet but wonderfully creamy and rich. The little toffee bits break up the stickiness with a little crunch and hit of caramelized sugar. The thinness of the little bars means that the bits are also small, but Barbie dolls and Star Wars action figures may find them just right.
The little Lait Noisettes bars come in a purple accented wrapper.
The sweetness of this bar is quite strong, but the chips of nicely roasted hazelnuts mellow that out. It's a little chewy, almost like coconut. It could use a touch of salt, but otherwise, I liked the Noisettes best.
I was looking forward to the Noir 72% quite a bit. It's hard to find little tasting squares in very dark chocolate. I also noticed that Gelson's, where I bought these, also has Villars in bulk tubs, so I could buy little callets and disks of their dark chocolate for about $12 a pound. Well, that's not going to happen, now that I've tried this. The chocolate smells good, a little toasty and like coffee. The melt is quite nice ... but the feeling on the tongue is dry and chalky. The finish is far too dry for me, far too acidic and yet it's quite sweet for a 72%.
I think for baking or maybe as a base for chocolate mousse, this would be excellent. But it's not my style for straight eating.
For the price, these aren't phenomenal, I want a lot better dark chocolate for $24 a pound. But the miniature size and variations are just what I needed this week. Now that I've had my samples for the review, the rest will be distributed by Santa Claus into the Christmas stockings. I'm hoping for lots of the Noisettes in mine. I also wonder if Villars has also made repackaged items for Aldi, as these were rather similar (though the chocolate moulds were different, the tasting notes are very similar).
Villars is owned by a French company called Bongrain, which bills itself as one of the top transformers of milk in Europe and worldwide. Maybe it sounds better in French. They make cheese and yogurt in dozens of different countries in Europe, North America and Africa ... and chocolate in Switzerland.
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Monday, December 22, 2014
Schulte Dominos
Dominos are a curious little German treat that I see in the United States just around Christmas and are also called Dominostein.
Think of them like a hearty petit fours. The base is a gingerbread cake, topped with a layer of fruit jelly then a layer or marzipan. For this particular brand of Schulte Dominos, the fruit jelly is apple and the marzipan is actually persipan, which is made from apricot kernels instead of almonds. Although they seem like an ancient sort of confection, according to this page they were invented by Herbert Wendler in Dresden in 1936.
I've had dominos quite a few times, Aldi sells a few varieties in both milk and dark chocolate and of course I've had them in while traveling in Germany. This particular version has a nice coating of dark chocolate, which keeps the confection from becoming too sweet. They're pretty shy on calories, only 50 each, probably because part of it is a little bit of cake.
This package has 10 pieces in it, which fared quite well - only one was cracked on the top. The package holds 4.4 ounces, so each piece is just shy of a half an ounce each. The package says that this is an Authentic Traditional European Recipe. I don't know if there are a lot of modernized versions or departures from the traditional ... or if other non-Europeans have adopted the confection and have created a competing version.
Each piece is not quite a cute. They're 7/8 of an inch square and about 3/4 of an inch high.
I'll start from the top down. The persipan is much like a marzipan. It's soft and has a good texture that's not too pasty or sweet. The flavor is much more amaretto infused that many marzipans I've had, which makes me wonder if it's a natural flavor profile for persipan. There is a distinct bitter note to it.
The next layer is a jelly, which is pretty bland. I had to read the ingredients to find out that it must be apple at all. It's a little tart and has a slight mealy quality that real apple pulp can bring to a jam.
They smell rich, a little like cocoa and molasses and maybe a hint of ginger.
The base layer is called gingerbread. It's made from a mix of wheat flour and rye flour along with brown sugar and molasses. It's quite dry, which I think is okay because the jelly and persipan provide a bit of moisture and texture to the whole thing as long as you don't eat the layers separately. However, there's not real spice note to it, or ginger flavor at all.
They're hearty and satisfying. It's a great mix of textures with the cool tartness of the jelly mixing with the dry cake and slightly chewy persipan. I had no trouble finishing the tray of them over two days.
I have to wonder what a premium version of these would be like. Perhaps with some actually flavored jelly like a good grape, a spiced apple or something more in the citrus marmalade family. I did see that Niederegger makes a version, though I probably can't find those in the United States. The cake part might be better if it was an actual Lebkuchen with ground nuts in it.
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AMG's stratospheric rise to the pinnacle of motorsports can only be attributed to one mountain-moving sedan: The Red Pig.
AMG's stratospheric rise to the pinnacle of motorsports can only be attributed to one mountain-moving sedan: The Red Pig.
We boarded the Emirates A380 before its maiden voyage to Dubai from San Francisco, and checked out the digs on the world's largest passenger aircraft.
Barely a month apart, Cadillac has released two thermonuclear powerhouses in the form of the 2016 ATS-V and CTS-V. Both cars are the ultimate interpretation of how Caddy plans to embarrass competitor BMW at their own performance game.
Germany needs to check their blind spots: the 2015 Cadillac ATS Coupe is closing fast, and so is the Cadillac brand.
Ever since Brando led the Black Rebels, the most iconic and stylish riders have continued to embrace this truth: the confidence a leather motorcycle jacket delivers in the saddle is directly proportional to the levels of swagger its wearer can exude on the town.
Matt Neundorf spends a week with the Ducati Hypermotard SP trying to remove his maniacal grin.
Porsche's 911 GTS is built around premium speed and ultimate control. It's a performance car with the purity of naturally aspirated power but without the harshness of a racer like the GT3. It's luxury with grit. A toothsome beast with leather seats.
While we can't say for certain what 2015 will hold for the automotive world, it looks to be one of the best years in a very long time. From superbly exhilarating sports cars to affordable and raucously entertaining small cars, these are the 15 cars we're bursting at the seams to drive this year.
The 2016 Cadillac CTS-V, Google's autonomous car, Cars and Coffee gets canceled, Hyundai wants a performance division and more.
Top Gear tours the US, Toyota battles beavers, Chris Harris goes to Australia, Ford returns to Le Mans and more.
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Ducati's new Scrambler is the antithesis to the brand's flagship beasts: fun rather than intense, individualized rather than perfected, accessible rather than the stuff of dreams.
The Jaguar F-Type is soon to be a classic and the Mazda MX-5 has enjoyed 25 years as a road-going icon. Both offer an unmatched driving experience at each end of the price spectrum. So, what will it be: splurge or save?
Bespoke Ferraris, Neymar goes rallying, McLaren announces the 2015 F1 line up, the Ford Focus RS goes global and more.
The Ferrari FXX K, Valentino Rossi goes rallying, Skeletor hacks Honda (and isn't that funny), another F1 team has a yard sale and more.
How much disposable income do you want to spend on disposable horsepower? The Donkervoort D8 GTO and Caterham Seven 165 offer two insanely quick ends of the spectrum.
Bond's new ride for his 24th film will be an Aston Martin. But what do we know about the new DB10?
Here at Laguna Seca we are witness a car hurtle over a curve, pummling an apex so hard and fast it seems to push the track a few inches deeper into the earth. We are witnessing the birth of Germany's new it sports car and it is the Mercedes-AMG GT S -- and we are driving it today.
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British automaker TVR is known for some of the most radical cars in the world, but they've faced serious problems since their creation in 1947. Now, the brand's cult supporters have hope again. But will new leadership and a commitment to quality cars be enough?
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225 kilometers an hour? It's 0.62, right? Why the hell can't I figure it into miles? So 124 plus like 14 or 16 or...shit-shit-shit time to brake. Turns out mental math is a lot more difficult when solved howling down the main straight at Summit Point Motorsports Park in the most powerful sedan ever made.
How do you take a spectacular Jaguar roadster that the world has anticipated for decades and make it divine? According to Jaguar you give it a hardtop and the option of a 550 horsepower V8. That's what they've done with the 2015 F-Type Coupe ($65,000), which builds on one of our favorite cars this year, the 2014 F-Type convertible.
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This year, Polestar has taken a small allotment of 750 V60 wagons and S60 sedans and made them better, stronger, and faster for worldwide consumption. And Gear Patrol got a first look.
It's an elegantly powerful ultra-supercar. It's capable of crushing more expensive, higher-profile autos on tracks and streets alike. And it's surprisingly rare. So instead of waiting around, GP went to the famous Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca to try out the 2015 McLaren 650S.
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The Ford F-150 is the reigning champ of the truck world, having been the most popular truck in America for 37 years and -- get this -- the most popular overall vehicle for 32. Even more impressively, the 2015 Ford F-150 is not just miles ahead of the competition; it's miles ahead of its former self.
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I am stripping a PT deck that was painted solid grey. After the first round of stripper and pressure-rinsing, there is some residual streaking and pockets that need to be tackled with another round. (There is also mildew.) If there is still some streaking after the second round of stripping, will a semi-solid (eg. Cabot, redwood tone) cover the grey successfully, or am I limited to using another solid color? Thanks much.


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Utah Jazz: Players examine effort after dose of humility
SALT LAKE CITY — Even when the Utah Jazz were on a hot streak earlier this season, outplaying expectations and climbing as high as No. 2 in the West, Raja Bell couldn't help but be concerned.
Sure, the standings were fun to look at and their record sparkled.
But the glitter that accompanied talk of being a playoff contender instead of a lottery team, he worried, might've been the NBA equivalent of fool's gold.
"We won some games early, but I tried to tell everybody that we had to take that with a grain of salt," Bell said after Tuesday's 111-85 loss at Oklahoma City.
"We caught a lot of teams playing without their best players — a lot of teams," he added with emphasis. "I hope that we didn't get too bigheaded and think that we're supposed to beat every team just because we're better than them. It seems like to me that we might have done that a bit."
Overconfidence can lead to lackadaisical effort and cutting corners, like not screening hard enough, getting sloppy on cuts, slacking on defensive rotations and being less mentally sharp.
And that, the Jazz have found out the hard, punch-in-the-gut way of late, can lead to getting beaten by poor teams and getting pounded by good ones.
That's especially true when teams are on the road and tired, which just happened to Utah in a confidence-draining 86-80 loss at four-win New Orleans and a season-worst 26-point defeat in Oklahoma City.
"We have to execute. We have to screen. We have to make the right basketball play," said Bell, in his 12th NBA season. "When we are not doing that, we are not good enough to beat a lot of good teams."
Or, sometimes, bad teams (see: Raptors, Knicks, Hornets).
On the other hand, Bell added, "when we do that, we are."
Another Jazz veteran noticed similar troublesome signs of slacking and focus issues, resulting in upstart Utah losing seven of nine games.
Key reserve and leader Earl Watson insisted that embarrassing losses to less-talented teams, like the Hornets, "don't just happen overnight." Watson believed that demoralizing defeat, which still stings worse than Tuesday's OKC meltdown, had been building up.
Not giving your all, he added, eventually catches up. It can grasp you 24 hours after a seemingly big win a la Memphis.
"You can't cheat (this game) with a lack of energy, lack of effort," Watson said after the New Orleans loss. "You can talk a good game, but your play defines how you really feel and what you really think and what your heart really says. It's easy to say a lot of things, but how you play defines a lot. Talking is just words."
So where does that leave the Jazz, who suddenly find themselves in a lottery spot instead of a playoff position?
"I don't know that we know who we are as a team," Bell said.
Considering the season is approaching the halfway point, that's somewhat distressing.
But even while searching for an identity, the Jazz have created one. They are a team that is both good and bad, up and down, inside and out, a mess and a masterpiece.
It's no wonder the Jazz have a 14-14 record.
Now in his 11th season, Watson believes the Jazz have to look deep within themselves and realize they're not good enough to just show up and win, and act accordingly.
"It's time for us to play with more of an edge and work harder," Watson said. "We have to work harder as the season progresses. … Whatever your talent is, you have to enhance it."
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Two-fluid and the finite Larmor effects on linear and nonlinear growth of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability in a two-dimensional slab are studied numerically with special attention to high-wave-number dynamics and nonlinear structure formation at a low β-value. The two effects stabilize the unstable high wave number modes for a certain range of the β-value. In nonlinear simulations, the absence of the high wave number modes in the linear stage leads to the formation of the density field structure much larger than that in the single-fluid magnetohydrodynamic simulation, together with a sharp density gradient as well as a large velocity difference. The formation of the sharp velocity difference leads to a subsequent Kelvin-Helmholtz-type instability only when both the two-fluid and finite Larmor radius terms are incorporated, whereas it is not observed otherwise. It is shown that the emergence of the secondary instability can modify the outline of the turbulent structures associated with the primary Rayleigh-Taylor instability.
Observations of imposed ordered structures in a dusty plasma at high magnetic field22(2015); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4914089View Description Hide Description
Dusty plasmas have been studied in argon, rf glow discharge plasmas at magnetic fields up to 2 T, where the electrons and ions are strongly magnetized. In this experiment, plasmas are generated between two parallel plate electrodes where the lower, powered electrode is solid and the upper, electrically floating electrode supports a semi-transparent, titanium mesh. We report on the formation of an ordered dusty plasma, where the dust particles form a spatial structure that is aligned to the mesh. We discuss possible mechanisms that may lead to the formation of the "dust grid" and point out potential implications and applications of these observations.
Drifts of electron orbits induced by toroidal electric field in tokamaks22(2015); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4914935View Description Hide Description
The drifts of electron orbits induced by the toroidal electric field in tokamaks are analyzed. Based on the relativistic Hamiltonian equations for guiding centre motion, the formula for the drift velocity vdr is derived. It describes the outward drift of passing particles as well as the inward drift (the Ware pinch) of trapped particles. Unlike the approximate formula for vdr given in Guan et al. [Phys. Plasmas 17, 092502 (2010)] for circular electron orbits, it describes qualitatively new features of the outward drift of electron orbits. Particularly, the new formula describes the evolution of the orbit's shape, the formation of X-point and the associated separatrix. It is shown that the outward drift velocity is proportional to the inverse aspect ratio of tokamaks.
The creation of large-volume, gradient-free warm dense matter with an x-ray free-electron laser22(2015); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4916103View Description Hide Description
The efficiency and uniformity of heating induced by hard x-ray free-electron laser pulse is investigated for 0.5 μm silver foils using the X-ray Pump Probe instrument at the Linac Coherent Light Source facility. Intense 8.9 keV x-ray pulses of 60 fs duration deposit energy predominantly via inner-shell ionization to create a non-equilibrium Ag solid density plasma. The x-ray pulses are focused to 14 × 17 μm2 by means of beryllium lenses and by varying the total beam energy, the energy deposition is varied over a range of irradiances from 4.4 to 6.5 × 1015 W/cm2. Two time-and-space resolved interferometers simultaneously probed the expansion of the front and rear sample surfaces and find evidence of a nearly symmetric expansion pointing to the uniformity of energy deposition over the full target thickness. The experimental results are compared with two different hydrodynamic simulations of the sample expansion. The agreement between experimental and theoretical results yields an estimate of the temperature evolution as a function of x-ray irradiance that varies from 8 to 10 eV for the x-ray irradiances studied.
Generation of a magnetic island by edge turbulence in tokamak plasmas22(2015); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4916580View Description Hide Description
We investigate, through extensive 3D magneto-hydro-dynamics numerical simulations, the nonlinear excitation of a large scale magnetic island and its dynamical properties due to the presence of small-scale turbulence. Turbulence is induced by a steep pressure gradient in the edge region [B. D. Scott, Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion 49, S25 (2007)], close to the separatrix in tokamaks where there is an X-point magnetic configuration. We find that quasi-resonant localized interchange modes at the plasma edge can beat together and produce extended modes that transfer energy to the lowest order resonant surface in an inner stable zone and induce a seed magnetic island. The island width displays high frequency fluctuations that are associated with the fluctuating nature of the energy transfer process from the turbulence, while its mean size is controlled by the magnetic energy content of the turbulence.
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Numerical simulation of cathode plasma dynamics in magnetically insulated vacuum transmission lines22(2015); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4913805View Description Hide Description
A novel algorithm for the simulation of cathode plasmas in particle-in-cell codes is described and applied to investigate cathode plasma evolution in magnetically insulated transmission lines (MITLs). The MITL electron sheath is modeled by a fully kinetic electron species. Electron and ion macroparticles, both modeled as fluid species, form a dense plasma which is initially localized at the cathode surface. Energetic plasma electron particles can be converted to kinetic electrons to resupply the electron flux at the plasma edge (the "effective" cathode). Using this model, we compare results for the time evolution of the cathode plasma and MITL electron flow with a simplified (isothermal) diffusion model. Simulations in 1D show a slow diffusive expansion of the plasma from the cathode surface. But in multiple dimensions, the plasma can expand much more rapidly due to anomalous diffusion caused by an instability due to the strong coupling of a transverse magnetic mode in the electron sheath with the expanding resistive plasma layer.
Nonlinear dynamics of the ion Weibel-filamentation instability: An analytical model for the evolution of the plasma and spectral properties22(2015); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4913651View Description Hide Description
We present a predictive model of the nonlinear phase of the Weibel instability induced by two symmetric, counter-streaming ion beams in the non-relativistic regime. This self-consistent model combines the quasilinear kinetic theory of Davidson et al. [Phys. Fluids 15, 317 (1972)] with a simple description of current filament coalescence. It allows us to follow the evolution of the ion parameters up to a stage close to complete isotropization, and is thus of prime interest to understand the dynamics of collisionless shock formation. Its predictions are supported by 2-D and 3-D particle-in-cell simulations of the ion Weibel instability. The derived approximate analytical solutions reveal the various dependencies of the ion relaxation to isotropy. In particular, it is found that the influence of the electron screening can affect the results of simulations using an unphysical electron mass.
Properties of solitary kinetic Alfvén wave in a plasma with non-extensive electrons22(2015); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4913823View Description Hide Description
The properties of solitary kinetic Alfvén waves (SKAWs) in a finite β plasma with three dimensional non-extensive electrons are investigated. Numerical results show that there only exists sub-Alfvénic hump type SKAW. The down limit of the Alfvén Mach number Mz for the existence of SKAW increases with the increase of β. Whereas, it varies non-monotonously with respect to electron nonextensive parameter q for a given β. In the range of Mz where SKAWs exist for different values of q, a bigger q results in a denser soliton structure, making the magnitude of the static electric field along the background magnetic field enhanced. However, the dependence of the amplitudes of the perpendicular magnetic and electric field on q is non-monotonous.
Ion acoustic and dust acoustic waves at finite size of plasma particles22(2015); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4913986View Description Hide Description
We consider the influence of the finite size of ions on the properties of classic plasmas. We focus our attention at the ion acoustic waves for electron-ion plasmas. We also consider the dusty plasmas where we account the finite size of ions and particles of dust and consider the dispersion of dust acoustic waves. The finite size of particles is a classical effect as well as the Coulomb interaction. The finite size of particles considerably contributes to the properties of the dense plasmas in the small wavelength limit. Low temperature dense plasmas, revealing the quantum effects, are also affected by the finite size of plasma particles. Consequently, it is important to consider the finite size of ions in the quantum plasmas as well.
Stratification of discharge in noble gases from the viewpoint of the discrete dynamics22(2015); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4914091View Description Hide Description
Based on the analysis of electron phase trajectories in sinusoidal electric fields, a new point of view on discharge stratification is proposed. It is shown that the positive column can be considered as a spatial resonator in which electric fields with a fundamental period length or higher mode length establish, where p and q are integers and p > q. The fundamental mode length is equivalent to the distance on which electrons gain energy equal to the lowest excitation threshold. This distance determines a length of the S-striation. Unlike kinetic theory, in the presented model resonance properties of the discharge column are not connected with elastic collision energy losses. A point map is used to obtain the resonance trajectories of electrons in the phase plane. Stable points for the positions of inelastic collisions in the resonance trajectories have been found at the positions of field maxima in the case of integer ratios . For non-integer ratios , multiple resonance trajectories arise according to a more complex stability criterion. From this point of view, S-, P-, and R-striations in noble gas discharges can be explained. Due to energy losses in elastic collisions, initial electron energy distribution functions converge to the resonance trajectories (the so-called "bunch effect"). The findings of the discrete model agree with results of kinetic theory and experiment. The new approach avoids difficulties of the kinetic theory in the case of exceptionally large relaxation lengths which can even exceed the positive column length.
Evolution of field line helicity during magnetic reconnection22(2015); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4913489View Description Hide Description
We investigate the evolution of field line helicity for magnetic fields that connect two boundaries without null points, with emphasis on localized finite-B magnetic reconnection. Total (relative) magnetic helicity is already recognized as an important topological constraint on magnetohydrodynamic processes. Field line helicity offers further advantages because it preserves all topological information and can distinguish between different magnetic fields with the same total helicity. Magnetic reconnection changes field connectivity and field line helicity reflects these changes; the goal of this paper is to characterize that evolution. We start by deriving the evolution equation for field line helicity and examining its terms, also obtaining a simplified form for cases where dynamics are localized within the domain. The main result, which we support using kinematic examples, is that during localized reconnection in a complex magnetic field, the evolution of field line helicity is dominated by a work-like term that is evaluated at the field line endpoints, namely, the scalar product of the generalized field line velocity and the vector potential. Furthermore, the flux integral of this term over certain areas is very small compared to the integral of the unsigned quantity, which indicates that changes of field line helicity happen in a well-organized pairwise manner. It follows that reconnection is very efficient at redistributing helicity in complex magnetic fields despite having little effect on the total helicity.
Dust-lower-hybrid instability with fluctuating charge in quantum plasmas22(2015); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4914167View Description Hide Description
The instability of Dust-Lower-Hybrid (DLH) wave is examined in detail in the uniform dusty magnetoplasmas. The time dependent charging effects on dust particles around its equilibrium charge Qd 0 are taken into account based on Orbit-Limited Probe theory. The quantum characteristics of the system like Bohm potential and Fermi degenerate pressure are dealt using the quantum hydrodynamic model of plasmas. The external magnetic field and size of the dust particles have new physical effects over the dissipative instability of DLH wave in the quantum plasma regime.
Reflection and transmission of light waves from the air-magnetoplasma interface: Spatial and angular Imbert-Fedorov shifts22(2015); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4914836View Description Hide Description
We have investigated the reflection and transmission of an electromagnetic wave from the air-magnetoplasma interface. The reflection and transmission coefficients are obtained for an arbitrary polarized incident wave. The spatial and angular Imbert-Fedorov (IF) shifts are discussed. The numerical results are presented to study the dependence of the reflection and transmission coefficients and IF shifts on relevant parameters of the system. The plasma and wave parameters can be used to control the reflection coefficients and IF shifts.
Research on a 170 GHz, 2 MW coaxial cavity gyrotron with inner-outer corrugation22(2015); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4914862View Description Hide Description
In this paper, a coaxial cavity gyrotron with inner-outer corrugation is researched. The electron kineto-equations and the first order transmission line equations of the gyrotron are derived from Lorentz force equation and the transmission line theory, respectively. And then, a 2 MW, 170 GHz coaxial cavity gyrotron with inner-outer corrugation is designed. By means of numerical calculation, the beam-wave interaction of the coaxial cavity gyrotron with inner-outer corrugation is investigated. Results show that the efficient and the outpower of the gyrotron are 42.3% and 2.38 MW, respectively.
On the perpendicular propagating modes in the ultra-relativistic weakly magnetized plasma22(2015); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4916050View Description Hide Description
The dispersion relations for the weakly magnetized perpendicular propagating modes (O-mode, X-mode, and upper hybrid mode) based on the ultra-relativistic Fermi-Dirac distribution function with chemical potential are derived using the Vlasov–Maxwell model. The results are presented in terms of Polylog functions without making any approximation. It is found that as the ratio is increased, the cutoff points shift downward. A comparison is also performed with the previously derived results for ultra-relativistic Maxwellian distribution.
A fluid model simulation of a simplified plasma limiter based on spectral-element time-domain method22(2015); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4916055View Description Hide Description
A simplified plasma limiter prototype is proposed and the fluid model coupled with Maxwell's equations is established to describe the operating mechanism of plasma limiter. A three-dimensional (3-D) simplified sandwich structure plasma limiter model is analyzed with the spectral-element time-domain (SETD) method. The field breakdown threshold of air and argon at different frequency is predicted and compared with the experimental data and there is a good agreement between them for gas microwave breakdown discharge problems. Numerical results demonstrate that the two-layer plasma limiter (plasma-slab-plasma) has better protective characteristics than a one-layer plasma limiter (slab-plasma-slab) with the same length of gas chamber.
Plasmon modes of metallic nanowires including quantum nonlocal effects22(2015); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4916059View Description Hide Description
The properties of electrostatic surface and bulk plasmon modes of cylindrical metallic nanowires are investigated, using the quantum hydrodynamic theory of plasmon excitation which allows an analytical study of quantum tunneling effects through the Bohm potential term. New dispersion relations are obtained for each type of mode and their differences with previous treatments based on the standard hydrodynamic model are analyzed in detail. Numerical results show by considering the quantum effects, as the value of wave number increases, the surface modes are slightly red-shifted first and then blue-shifted while the bulk modes are blue-shifted.
Quantum entanglement for helium atom in the Debye plasmas22(2015); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4916064View Description Hide Description
In the present work, we present an investigation on quantum entanglement of the two-electron helium atom immersed in weakly coupled Debye plasmas, modeled by the Debye-Hückel, or screened Coulomb, potential to mimic the interaction between two charged particles inside the plasma. Quantum entanglement is related to correlation effects in a multi-particle system. In a bipartite system, a measurement made on one of the two entangled particles affects the outcome of the other particle, even if such two particles are far apart. Employing wave functions constructed with configuration interaction B-spline basis, we have quantified von Neumann entropy and linear entropy for a series of He 1,3 Se and 1,3 Po states in plasma-embedded helium atom.
Magnetohydrodynamic structure of a plasmoid in fast reconnection in low-beta plasmas: Shock-shock interactions22(2015); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4916104View Description Hide Description
The shock structure of a plasmoid in magnetic reconnection in low-beta plasmas is investigated by two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations. Using a high-accuracy code with unprecedented resolution, shocks, discontinuities, and their intersections are resolved and clarified. Contact discontinuities emanate from triple-shock intersection points, separating fluids of different origins. Shock-diamonds inside the plasmoid appear to decelerate a supersonic flow. New shock-diamonds and a slow expansion fan are found inside the Petschek outflow. A sufficient condition for the new shock-diamonds and the relevance to astrophysical jets are discussed.
Formation of large-scale structures with sharp density gradient through Rayleigh-Taylor growth in a two-dimensional slab under the two-fluid and finite Larmor radius effects22(2015); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4916061View Description Hide Description
Two-fluid and the finite Larmor effects on linear and nonlinear growth of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability in a two-dimensional slab are studied numerically with special attention to high-wave-number dynamics and nonlinear structure formation at a low β-value. The two effects stabilize the unstable high wave number modes for a certain range of the β-value. In nonlinear simulations, the absence of the high wave number modes in the linear stage leads to the formation of the density field structure much larger than that in the single-fluid magnetohydrodynamic simulation, together with a sharp density gradient as well as a large velocity difference. The formation of the sharp velocity difference leads to a subsequent Kelvin-Helmholtz-type instability only when both the two-fluid and finite Larmor radius terms are incorporated, whereas it is not observed otherwise. It is shown that the emergence of the secondary instability can modify the outline of the turbulent structures associated with the primary Rayleigh-Taylor instability.
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A self-consistent-field theory is given for the electronic collective modes of a chain containing a finite number, N, of Coulomb-coupled spherical two-dimensional electron gases arranged with their centers along a straight line, for simulating electromagnetic response of a narrow-ribbon of metallic shells. The separation between nearest-neighbor shells is arbitrary and because of the quantization of the electron energy levels due to their confinement to the spherical surface, all angular momenta L of the Coulomb excitations, as well as their projections M on the quantization axis, are coupled. However, for incoming light with a given polarization, only one angular momentum quantum number is usually required. Therefore, the electromagnetic response of the narrow-ribbon of metallic shells is expected to be controlled externally by selecting different polarizations for incident light. We show that, when N = 3, the next-nearest-neighbor Coulomb coupling is larger than its value if they are located at opposite ends of a right-angle triangle forming the triad. Additionally, the frequencies of the plasma excitations are found to depend on the orientation of the line joining them with respect to the axis of quantization since the magnetic field generated from the induced oscillating electric dipole moment on one sphere can couple to the induced magnetic dipole moment on another. Although the transverse inter-shell electromagnetic coupling can be modeled by an effective dynamic medium, the longitudinal inter-shell Coulomb coupling, on the other hand, can still significantly modify the electromagnetic property of this effective medium between shells.


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68/1200 for the month.
I'm in for 930.
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I did 20 minutes elliptical and 45 minutes personal training (TRX and core) this morning.
I am now at 95/1200.
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40 minutes today
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Oh rats! I meant to take a few shots of bathe leaves on my walk today and completely forgot! Will have to do tomorrow...
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120 / 1500
Sadly we dont have any pretty scenery to take a pic of. Still in the 90s here!
54 min walk today
Today I had a 40 minutes low impact aerobics class and 60 minutes of treadmill time. 100 minutes total.
35 minutes of running with my dog today (with a couple minutes of walking mixed in).
BTW~I told DH that some of you are still in the 90s and he said we'll gladly trade houses. You can come to western PA and enjoy the fall colors...and then the snowy winter However, I would not enjoy the heat as a runner. I am loving these days of cooler temps and no humidity!
I'm in again! Let's start with 1000 again and it might be revised. I haven't worked out my exercise schedule yet. LOVE the fall colors idea!!!! thanks for hosting, too.
I've also done 120 mins so far - 30 mins running yesterday and 90 hiking today. Beautiful day for it, too.
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Dr gave me the go ahead to ease back in to working out. Lets go for 750 minutes.
Walked for 45 this morning so 45/750
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Let's say 1250 minutes for this month, please. I hope my knees and legs recover from all the WDW walking! Scheduled for vein surgery at the end of the month, but will set my sights at 1250 !
This will be my first month joining you lovely people over here with you're challenges. I'm going for a goal of 1860 which is 60 minutes a day every day. I'm training for Dopey so I should be out and running a lot. since I'm 2 days late lets see Oct. 1 ran for 36 min Oct. 2 30 min run and a 60 min bodyflow class and today Oct. 3 another 36 min run. i hope everyone is having the nice weather like up here in canada even tho it's fall it feels like summer still.
25 minutes of walking to and from a seminar, puts me at 120/1200.
Another lake run / walk here is a little of our color changing. We had a really dry August and September so lots of the trees are turning straight to brown. Kind of a bummer, been great weather for exercising outside not so good for the trees and grass.
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