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Commission Directive 93/116/EC of 17 December 1993 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 80/1268/EEC relating to the fuel consumption of motor vehicles
OJ L 329, 30.12.1993, p. 39–53 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT)
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COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 93/116/EC of 17 December 1993 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 80/1268/EEC relating to the fuel consumption of motor vehicles
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 93/81/EEC (2), and in particular Article 13 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 80/1268/EEC of 16 December 1980 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the fuel consumption of motor vehicles (3), as amended by Directive 89/491/EEC (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas Directive 80/1268/EEC is one of the separate directives of the EC type-approval procedure which has been established by Directive 70/156/EEC; whereas, consequently, the provisions laid down in Directive 70/156/EEC relating to vehicle systems, components and separate technical units apply to this Directive;
Whereas, in particular, Articles 3 (4) and 4 (3) of Directive 70/156/EEC require each separate Directive to have attached to it an information document incorporating the relevant items of Annex I to that Directive and also a type-approval certificate based on Annex VI thereto in order that type-approval may be computerized;
Whereas reference should be made to Council Directive 70/220/EEC (5), as last amended by Directive 93/59/EEC (6), relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles, because that Directive establishes technical and administrative provisions which apply also to this Directive;
Whereas, in view of the increasing concern about the environmental effects of carbon dioxide emissions, the fifth programme of action of the European Communities on the protection of the environment approved by the Council on 16 December 1992 provides for a stabilization target of these emissions; whereas it is necessary to determine the carbon dioxide emissions of light motor vehicles in the framework of the EC type-approval; whereas it is appropriate to base the measurement of carbon dioxide on the test procedure established by Directive 70/220/EEC for the measurement of the air-polluting substances of motor vehicles, and consequently to calculate fuel consumption on the basis of the results of these measurements;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Adaptation to Technical Progress established by Directive 70/156/EEC,
Article 1
Directive 80/1268/EEC shall be amended as follows:
1. the title shall be replaced by the following:
'Council Directive 80/1268/EEC relating to the carbon dioxide emissions and the fuel consumption of motor vehicles.';
2. Article 2 shall be replaced by the following:
'Article 2
No Member State may refuse to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval in respect of a vehicle, or refuse or prohibit the sale, registration, entry into service or use of a vehicle, on grounds relating to its carbon dioxide emissions or its fuel consumption if the emission and consumption figures have been determined in accordance with Annexes I and II and are set out in a document given to the vehicle owner at the time of purchase in the manner and form decided by each Member State.';
3. the Annexes shall be replaced by the Annexes to this Directive.
Article 2
1. With effect from 1 April 1994, Member States may not on grounds relating to the emission of carbon dioxide or to fuel consumption:
- refuse, in respect of any given type of motor vehicle, to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval; or
- prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of vehicles,
if the emission and consumption figures have been determined to be in accordance with the requirements of Directive 80/1268/EEC as amended by this Directive.
2. With effect from 1 January 1996, Member States:
- shall no longer grant EC type-approval, and
- may refuse to grant national type-approval,
for a type of vehicle on grounds relating to the emission of carbon dioxide and to the fuel consumption if the emission and consumption figures have not been determined in accordance with the requirements of Directive 80/1268/EEC, as amended by this Directive.
3. With effect from 1 January 1997, Member States:
- shall consider certificates of conformity which accompany new vehicles in accordance with the provisions of Directive 70/156/EEC to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 7 (1) of that Directive, and
- may refuse the registration, sale and entry into service of new vehicles which are not accompanied by a certificate of conformity in accordance with Directive 70/156/EEC,
on grounds relating to the emission of carbon dioxide and to fuel consumption if the emission and consumption figures have not been determined in accordance with the requirements of Directive 80/1268/EEC, as amended by this Directive.
Article 3
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 March 1994. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt these provisions, these shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure for such reference shall be adopted by Member States.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 4
This Directive shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Done at Brussels, 17 December 1993.
For the Commission
Martin BANGEMANN
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ No L 42, 23. 2. 1970, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 264, 23. 10. 1993, p. 49.
(3) OJ No L 375, 31. 12. 1980, p. 36.
(4) OJ No L 238, 15. 8. 1989, p. 43.
(5) OJ No L 76, 6. 4. 1970, p. 1.
(6) OJ No L 186, 28. 7. 1993, p. 21.
This Directive applies to the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and the fuel consumption of all motor vehicles of category M1.
2.1. The application for EC type-approval pursuant to Article 3 (4) of Directive 70/156/EEC for a vehicle type with regard to CO2 emissions and fuel consumption shall be submitted by the manufacturer.
2.2. A model for the information document is given in Annex II to Directive 70/220/EEC. When already available, the type-approval number will also be reported. When appropriate, copies of other type-approvals with the relevant data are provided to enable extension of approvals in accordance with point 11. At the request of the technical service in charge of the tests or the manufacturer, complementary technical information could be considered for specific vehicles which are particularly fuel efficient.
2.3. For the test described in point 6 of this Annex, a vehicle representative of the vehicle type to be approved will be submitted when the technical service responsible for the type-approval tests carries out the tests itself. During the test, the technical service will check that this vehicle conforms to the limit values applicable to that type, as described in Directive 70/220/EEC, as modified according to its last amendment.
3.1. If the relevant requirements are satisfied, EC type-approval pursuant to Article 4 (3) of Directive 70/156/EEC shall be granted.
3.2. A model for the EC type-approval certificate is given in Annex II.
3.3. An approval number in accordance with Annex VII to Directive 70/156/EEC shall be assigned to each vehicle type approved. The same Member State shall not assign the same number to another vehicle type.
4.1. The CO2 emissions are measured during the test cycle simulating the urban and extra-urban driving patterns as described in Appendix 1 of Annex III to Council Directive 91/441/EEC (1).
4.2. The results of the test must be expressed as carbon dioxide emissions in g/km rounded to the nearest whole number.
4.3. Fuel consumptions are calculated according to point 7 by the carbon balance method using the measured emissions of CO2 and the other carbon related emissions (CO and HC). The results will be rounded to the first decimal place.
4.4. Test fuel
The appropriate reference fuels as defined in Annex VIII to Directive 91/441/EEC must be used for testing.
For the purpose of calculation mentioned in point 4.3, the following fuel characteristics will be used:
(a) density: measured on the test fuel according to ISO 3675 or an equivalent method;
(b) hydrogen - carbon ratio: fixed values will be used which are 1,85 for gasoline and 1,86 for diesel.
5.1. Test vehicle
5.1.1. The vehicle must be presented in good mechanical condition. It must have been run in and driven at least 3 000 kilometres, but less than 15 000 kilometres, before the test.
5.1.2. The settings of the engine and of the vehicle controls must be those prescribed by the manufacturer. This requirement also applies, in particular to the idle settings, to the cold start device and to the exhaust gas pollutant emission control system.
5.1.3. The laboratory may check that vehicle performance is as specified by the manufacturer and that it is possible to use it in normal driving conditions, particularly cold and hot start.
5.1.4. Before the test, the vehicle must be stored in a room where the temperature remains between 293 and 303 K (20 and 30 °C). This conditioning period will last at least six hours and to a point where the temperature of the engine lube oil and the engine coolant are within ± 2 K of the room temperature. At the request of the manufacturer, the test may be conducted within a maximum of 30 hours after the vehicle has been used at normal temperature.
At the manufacturer's request, gasoline engined vehicles may be preconditioned according to the procedure prescribed in point 5.1.11 of Annex VI to Directive 91/441/EEC; compression-ignition engined vehicles may be preconditioned according to the procedure described in point 5.3 of Annex III to the same Directive.
5.1.5. Only the equipment necessary for the functioning of the vehicle during the test shall be in operation. If there is a manually controlled device on the carburettor inlet for air heating, it must be in the 'summer' position. In general, the auxiliary equipment required for the normal running of the vehicle must be in operation.
5.1.6. If the radiator fan is temperature controlled, it must be operating as it would normally on the vehicle. The passenger compartment heating system must not be operating, nor must the air conditioning system, although its compressor must be operating normally.
5.1.7. If a pressure charging device is fitted, it must be operating as it would normally.
5.2. Lubricants
All lubricants must be those recommended by the manufacturer of the vehicle and must be indicated on the test report.
5.3. Tyres
The tyres must be of one of the types specified as original equipment by the vehicle manufacturer, inflated to the pressure recommended for the test load and speeds (adjusted, where necessary, for test-bed operation under test conditions). The pressures used must be indicated in the test report.
6.1. Test cycle
The test cycle is described in Appendix 1 of Annex III to Directive 91/441/EEC including both Part One (urban driving) and Part Two (extra-urban driving). All driving prescriptions contained in this Appendix will be applied for the CO2 measurement.
6.2. Definition
6.2.1. Reference mass
Mass of the vehicle in running order less the uniform mass of the driver of 75 kg and increased by a uniform mass of 100 kg.
6.3. Dynamometer adjustments
6.3.1. The load and inertia adjustments of the dynamometer are determined as defined in Annex III to Directive 91/441/EEC with the exception of point 5.1 and Appendix II, point 3.3.1.
6.3.2. For the purpose of the determination of CO2 emissions and the related fuel consumption, the inertia weight used to adjust the dynamometer will be chosen as follows:
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If the corresponding equivalent inertia is not available on the dynamometer, the bigger value closest to the vehicle reference mass will be used.
6.3.3. When using the alternative method for the setting of the dynamometer, the brake is adjusted in accordance with the values of Pa listed in the above table.
6.4. Calculation of emissions
6.4.1. General provisions
184.108.40.206. Emissions of gaseous pollutants are calculated by means of the following equation:
Mi = mass emission of the pollutant i in grams per kilometre;
Vmix = volume of the diluted exhaust gas expressed in litres per test and corrected to standard conditions (273,2 K and 101,33 kPa);
Qi = density of the pollutant i in grams per litre at normal temperature and pressure (273,2 K and 101,33 kPa);
Ci = concentration of the pollutant i in the diluted exhaust gas expressed in ppm and corrected by the amount of the pollutant i contained in the dilution air. If Ci is expressed in % volume, 10 6 factor is replaced by 10 2;
d = driven distance during the operating cycle in km.
126.96.36.199. Volume determination
126.96.36.199.1. Calculation of the volume when a variable dilution device with constant flow control by orifice or venturi is used. Record continuously the parameters showing the volumetric flow, and calculate the total volume for the duration of the test.
22.214.171.124.2. Calculation of volume when a positive displacement pump is used. The volume of diluted exhaust gas in systems comprising a positive displacement pump is calculated with the following formula:
V = Vo · N
V = volume of the diluted exhaust gas expressed in litres per test (prior to correction);
Vo = volume of gas delivered by the positive displacement pump on testing conditions in litres per revolution;
N = number of revolutions per test.
126.96.36.199.3. Correction of the diluted exhaust-gas volume to standard conditions. The diluted exhaust-gas volume is corrected by means of the following formula:
in which:
Pp = absolute pressure at the inlet to the positive displacement pump in kPa;
Tp = average temperature of the diluted exhaust gas entering the positive displacement pump during the test (K).
188.8.131.52. Calculation of the corrected concentration of pollutants in the sampling bag
Ci = concentration of the pollutant i in the diluted exhaust gas, expressed in ppm or % volume and corrected by the amount of i contained in the dilution air;
Ce = measured concentration of pollutant i in the diluted exhaust gas, expressed in ppm, or % volume;
Cd = measured concentration of pollutant i in the air used for dilution, expressed in ppm, or % volume;
DF = dilution factor.
The dilution factor is calculated as follows:
CCO2 = concentration of CO2 in the diluted exhaust gas contained in the sampling bag, expressed in % volume;
CHC = concentration of HC in the diluted exhaust gas contained in the sampling bag, expressed in ppm carbon equivalent;
CCO = concentration of CO in the diluted exhaust gas contained in the sampling bag, expressed in ppm.
18.104.22.168. Example
18.104.22.168.1. Data
22.214.171.124.1.1. Ambient conditions:
ambient temperature: 23 °C = 296,2 °K,
barometric pressure: PB = 101,33 kPa.
188.8.131.52.1.2. Volume measured and reduced to standard conditions
V = 51 961 l
22.214.171.124.1.3. Analyser readings:
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188.8.131.52.2. Calculation
220.127.116.11.2.1. Dilution factor (DF) (see formula 5)
188.8.131.52.2.2. Calculation of the corrected concentration of pollutants in the sampling bag:
HC mass emissions (see formulae 4 and 1)
CO mass emissions (see formula 1)
CO2 mass emissions (see formula 1)
6.4.2. Special provisions relating to vehicles equipped with compression ignition engines
HC measurements for compression-ignition engines
The average HC concentration used in determining the HC mass emissions from compression-ignition engines is calculated with the aid of the following formula:
= integral of the recording of the heated FID over the test duration (t2 t1);
Ce = HC concentration of the diluted exhaust sample as calculated from the integrated HC trace, in ppm carbon equivalent.
6.5. Interpretation of the results
6.5.1. The CO2 value adopted as the type-approval value shall be the value declared by the manufacturer if the value measured by the technical service does not exceed the declared value by more than 4 %. The measured value can be lower without any limitations.
6.5.2. If the measured value of CO2 exceeds the manufacturer's declared CO2 value by more than 4 %, then another test is run on the same vehicle.
When the average of the two test results does not exceed the manufacturer's declared value by more than 4 %, then the value declared by the manufacturer is taken as the type-approval value.
6.5.3. If the average still exceeds the declared value by more than 4 %, a final test is run on the same vehicle.
The average of the three test results is taken as the type-approval value.
7.1. The fuel consumptions are calculated from the emissions of hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide calculated in accordance with paragraph 6.
7.2. The fuel consumptions expressed in litres per 100 km are calculated using the following formulae:
(a) for petrol-engined vehicles:
(b) for diesel-engined vehicles:
FC = fuel consumption in litres per 100 km;
HC = measured emission of hydrocarbon in g/km;
CO = measured emission of carbon monoxide in g/km;
CO2 = measured emission of carbon dioxide in g/km;
D = density of the test fuel.
8.1. In the case of amendments to approvals granted pursuant to this Directive the provisions of Article 5 of Directive 70/156/EEC shall apply.
9.1. As a general rule, measures to ensure the conformity of production with regard to CO2 emissions from vehicles is checked on the basis of the description in the type-approval certificate set out in Annex II to this Directive and in accordance with the provisions of Article 10 of Directive 70/156/EEC.
If the authority is not satisfied with the auditing procedure of the manufacturer, then points 2.4.2 and 2.4.3 of Annex X to Directive 70/156/EEC shall apply.
9.1.1. If a vehicle type has had one or several extensions, the tests will be carried out on the vehicle(s) described in the information package which accompanied the first type-approval application.
184.108.40.206. Conformity of the vehicle for the CO2 test.
18.104.22.168.1. Three vehicles are randomly taken in the series and are tested as described in paragraph 6 of this Annex.
220.127.116.11.2. If the authority is satisfied with the production standard deviation given by the manufacturer, according to Annex X to Directive 70/156/EEC, the tests are carried out according to point 9.2 of this Annex.
If the authority is not satisfied with the production standard deviation given by the manufacturer according to Annex X to Directive 70/156/EEC, the tests are carried out according to point 9.3 of this Annex.
18.104.22.168.3. The production of a series is regarded as conforming or non-conforming, on the basis of tests on the three sampled vehicles, once a pass or fail decision is reached for CO2, according to the test criteria applied in the appropriate table.
If no pass decision and/or no fail decision is reached for CO2, a test is carried out on an additional vehicle (see Figure I/8).
FIGURE I/8 18.104.22.168. Notwithstanding the requirements of point 5.1.1 of this Annex, the tests will be carried out on vehicles which have not travelled any distance.
220.127.116.11.1. However, at the request of the manufacturer, the tests will be carried out on vehicles which have been run-in a maximum of 15 000 km.
In this case, the running-in procedure will be conducted by the manufacturer who shall undertake not to make any adjustments to those vehicles.
22.214.171.124.2. If the manufacturer asks to conduct a running-in procedure ('x' km, where x & le; 15 000 km), it may be carried out as follows:
- the emission of CO2 will be measured at zero and at 'x' km on the first tested vehicle (which can be the type-approval vehicle),
- the evolution coefficient of the emission between zero and 'x' km will be calculated as follows:
It may be less than one,
- the following vehicles will not be subjected to the running-in procedure, but their zero km emissions will be modified by the evolution coefficient, EC.
In this case, the values to be taken will be:
- the value at 'x' km for the first vehicle,
- the values at zero km multiplied by the evolution coefficient for the following vehicles.
126.96.36.199.3. As an alternative to this procedure, the car manufacturer can use a fixed evolution coefficient EC of 0,92 and multiply all values of CO2 measured at zero km by this factor.
126.96.36.199.4. The reference fuels described in Annex VII to Directive 91/441/EEC shall be used for this test.
9.2. Conformity of production when manufacturer's statistical data is available
9.2.1. The following sections describe the procedure to be used to verify the CO2 conformity of production requirements when the manufacturer's production standard deviation is satisfactory.
9.2.2. With a minimum sample size of three the sampling procedure is set so that the probability of a lot passing a test with 40 % of the production defective is 0,95 (producer's risk = 5 %), while the probability of a lot being accepted with 65 % of the production defective is 0,1 (consumer's risk = 10 %).
9.2.3. The following procedure is used (see Figure I/8).
Let L be the natural logarithm of the CO2 type-approval value:
xi = the natural logarithm of the measurement for the i-th vehicle of the sample;
s = an estimate of the production standard deviation (after taking the natural logarithm of the measurements);
n = the current sample number.
9.2.4. Compute for the sample, the test statistic quantifying the sum of the standardized deviations to the limit and defined as:
S9.2.5. Then:
- if the test statistic is greater than the pass decision number for the sample size given in Table I/ /9.2.5, a pass decision is reached,
- if the test statistic is less than the fail decision number for the sample size given in Table I/ /9.2.5, a fail decision is reached,
- otherwise, an additional vehicle is tested according to point 6 of this Annex and the procedure is applied to the sample with one unit more.
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9.3. Conformity of production when manufacturer's statistical data is unsatisfactory or unavailable.
9.3.1. The following sections describe the procedure to be used to verify the CO2 conformity of production requirements when the manufacturer's evidence of production standard deviation is either unsatisfactory or unavailable.
9.3.2. With a minimum sample size of three the sampling procedure is set so that the probability of a lot passing a test with 40 % of the production defective is 0,95 (producer's risk = 5 %), while the probability of a lot being accepted with 65 % of the production defective is 0,1 (consumer's risk = 10 %).
9.3.3. The measurement of CO2 is considered to be log normally distributed and should first be transformed by taking the natural logarithms. Let m0 and m denote the minimum and maximum sample sizes respectively (m0 = 3 and m = 32) and let n denote the current sample number.
9.3.4. If the natural logarithms of the measurements in the series are x1, x2, . . ., xj and L is the natural logarithm of the CO2 type-approval value, then define:
SS9.3.5. Table I/ /9.3.5 shows values of the pass (An) and fail (Bn) decision numbers against current sample number. The test statistic is the ratio dn / Vn and shall be used to determine whether the series has passed or failed as follows:
for m0 & le; n & le; m:
- pass the series if dn / Vn & le; An,
- fail the series if dn / Vn & ge; Bn,
- take another measurement if An < dn / Vn < Bn.
9.3.6. Remarks
The following recursive formulae are useful for computing successive values of the test statistic:
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Environmental AdvantagesEuropean Federation of Green Roof Associations.
Presents nine benefits of green roofs, including energy conservation and provision of green space.
Guide to DYI Green RoofsThe Green Roof Centre.
Presents guidelines and directions for small green roofs, such as installations on garages and sheds.
How to Build a Cooler CityPBS NewsHour.
Reports on how Chicago is tackling global warming with a green design makeover. Includes slide show.
Global Networking for Green RoofsInternational Green Roof Association.
Offers a platform for the worldwide promotion and dissemination of ecological green roof ideas. Presents information and images from around the world.
NASA and Green Roof ResearchU.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
NASA researchers examine green roofs to address the impacts of climate change and its effect on urban environments. Presents information to promote a cleaner environment, energy savings, insulation, and reduction of urban temperature.
Green Roof Research ProgramMichigan State University.
Describes extensive work on green roofs. Includes list of research articles and list of useful links.
Green Roofs for Healthy CitiesGreen Roofs for Healthy Cities North America Inc.
Presents trade organization dedicated to creating a green roof marketplace in North America. Includes news, upcoming events, FAQ, projects, public policies, and research. Includes a searchable literature database.
Heat Island Effect: Green RoofsEnvironmental Protection Agency.
Outlines costs and benefits of green roofs, and gives references and links to more information.
Green Roofs - Photo GalleryNational Geographic Magazine.
Displays photos from around the world. See also the accompanying feature article.
U.S. Green Building CouncilU.S. Green Building Council.
Presents this non-profit organization aimed at making green buildings available to everyone within a generation. Provides documents on their green building certification system.
Selecting Plants for Extensive Green Roofs in the United States (PDF | 1.76 MB)Michigan State University.
Lists species and these parameters: scientifically tested; stated tested; media depth tested; whether grower recommended; recommended region; notes; references.
Native Green RoofsLady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.
Includes a list of native species, with photos, for green roofs.
Introduction to Types of Green RoofsLivingroots.org Ltd.
Includes a table on extensive, semi-extensive, and intensive green roofs.
Extensive Green RoofsWhole Building Design Guide. National Institute of Building Sciences.
Information from the engineer's viewpoint.
References on Green RoofsUSDA. National Agricultural Library.
Displays list of research articles on green roofs from the NAL catalog (AGRICOLA). A list of books is also available.

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William "Bill" T. Morton, 77, died at Angels Care Center in Cannon Falls, Minn.
William "Bill" T. Morton, 77, died at Angels Care Center in Cannon Falls, Minn., on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011.
Bill was born March 23, 1934, in Grand Rapids, Minn., to the late Paul and Burnett Morton.
He was a great student, attending the local schools and graduating from Greenway High School in 1952. He went on to college, receiving an Associate in Arts degree from Itasca Junior College and then graduating from Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn., in 1957 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry.
In 1968, Bill moved to Austin, Minn., where he worked for the Hormel Institute until he retired in 1991. Bill loved the outdoors, enjoying camping, hunting and fishing. He was an animal lover and over the years always had a pet including many dogs and cats. He loved reading and was always expanding his already vast knowledge. He loved to create and build things, not only in his work, but for things that interested him personally. During his life he built his own canoe, snowshoes and telescopes.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by Norma Bruyere Morton, and Gloria Beeman Morton.
Bill is survived by his daughters, Myrna (Ken) Raisanen of Superior Wis., Wylma (Dale) Minkkinen of Cloquet, Minn., Velma Morton of Duluth, and Paula Morton of Duluth; 11 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. He is also survived by his brother, Tom Morton of San Diego, Calif.
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 2 p.m., Friday, March 23, 2012 in Williams-Lobemeier Funeral Home with a luncheon to follow.
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Carrie Underwood starred in the NBC live staging of the classic musical. The show lasted for three hours, but felt like 16 going on 17
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Underwood, in a shot with costar Laura Benanti, has said she gets "hate Tweets" for taking on Julie Andrews's original role
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Join ConceptArt.Org.
Its' free and it takes less than 1 minute!
Hi, i'm new on CA, and I just created my account with the Facebook login feature.
My problem is that i'd like to change that because I'd rather have notification sent by email than through FB.
However, in order to change my email address (which is currently +app[...] sth@facebook), I need my current password, which wasn't provided to me during registration (I just chose my username, and voilà! )... and it isn't my regular facebook password.
Password recovery doesn't work with that facebook app link...
Since I just created my account I could also create a new one, but I'd rather keep my username.. :/
Thx in advance for your help.
I sent you a P.M. about it.
I am having the same issue, except that logging in is sporadic at best, clicking the FB connect icon does absolutely nothing for me, in fact, I have no clue how I logged in THIS time to post this. I just refreshed the page after trying to send myself my log in details and, blam I was logged in ?!
Very weird.
I'd like to keep my current username, but remove all FBConnect features from my profile. It is more hassle than worthwhile.
Any help? I have also emailed a month or two ago with no response. Am I going about this the wrong way?
I'm having trouble understanding what your problem is, exactly. Sometimes you try to log in and it just doesn't work?
Ok, well, I signed up to CA.org via the facebook connect option. This was fine until I had to actually try to sign in. You would say, 'well just click the facebook connect button' and I would agree, except that clicking that button doesn't do anything. Literally, nothing.
So I thought, ok well I will just log in normally, except that (as the original poster stated) when you sign up via facebook connect you don't get any password, and the email associated with your account is some wacky facebook email string.
So, oddly, I can get myself logged in if I choose the 'forgot password' option and then navigate to the general forum page, it literally spontaneously just logs me in. *shrug* I have a feeling that this has something to do with my page cache/cookies.
Anyhoo. The point of all this is, I don't want to be connected to facebook through my account anymore. I want a separate login/password (but I also want to keep my current display name).
Thanks for your patience.
Ok thanks, that helps me understand what the issue is. I sent you a PM about it.
I've been having the same problem.
The last time before this, i used up all 5 out 5 login attempts before it mysteriously started to work. The password reset screen seems to be the only place where the facebook connect button would respond.
I cleared out my cookies, and deleted settings from the conceptart app thing from my facebook account.
I want to know what bizarro password this account needs to login, since i don't want to go through reregistering and i can put my email and junk in there.
@afroXcore: thanks for mentioning that the FB Connect feature works on the password reset screen, was finally able to log in and receive the PM that emily sent me.
Wow this whole FB Connect issue left a bad taste in my mouth. Terrible experience. But I will continue to post here because I like the users.
Thanks Emily!
afroXcore, I sent you a PM.
Is it possible to remove my facebook and just create a login for this account? I am having the same issues listed above.
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Ephelea, I sent you a PM.
i just made my first account here- and started a sketchbook - but now i cant even work on it- maybe you can send me a pm too cause i have the same problems
"Art is never finished, only abandoned." Leonardo Da Vinci
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art website:http://calebportfolio.webs.com/
Wow... Can I say me too? I have been having the very same problem with Facebook logins. What *does* one do about this password?
I've sent you both PM's.
i cannot log in either?
I had to create a new account.
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Forums >Off the Beaten Path>I immediately thought of us...
Are you a datasexual?
They are obsessive self-trackers...not just to enhance self-knowledge but also to embellish self-presentation, especially on social networks.
They are relentlessly digital, they obsessively record everything about their personal lives, and they think that data is sexy.
Well at least someone here is making relevance to the subject.
No but holy shit do I know a few!
www.hplg.net The Human Powered League - Solo Cup Series - Trail Building
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I'm pretty sure that data are sexy. They're not?
That was good. I picked some new vocabulary words including "success theater." Heh.
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Hmm . . . .
2014 Goals: sub-3 Marathon
Current Status 03/10: Tweaking the hell out in my Tobacco Road taper
A datum by itself is not. Group sex for them.
just a simple cat
= sexy
From the linked bigthink.com article:
And, if all goes according to plan, all of this obsession with data will pay off in a way that would make Calvin Klein proud: people will think you're sexy.
Another one: "digital exhaust" (from the bigthink.com page).
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BOWLING GREEN, Ky.—The Texas A&M men's golf team earned its fifth straight trip to the NCAA Championships with a second-place finish on Saturday afternoon at the NCAA Bowling Green Regional.
The Aggies wrapped up the weekend with a 4-under 860 (295-278-287), one shot back of champion Chattanooga and one of just three teams to break par.
"We played fabulously again today," head coach J.T. Higgins said. "The course was tougher today, the greens were really firmed up and they were quicker with really difficult pin locations. It was set up as hard as you can set it up and the boys really responded well. They played great. It was a tough loss, but Chattanooga played great. I thought we had a really, really successful regional. The goal was to advance and we accomplished that—we're now just looking forward to getting to L.A. and making another run at a national championship."
The Mocs took the team crown by turning in the best round of the day, a 4-under, and were led by medalist Stephan Jaeger who went 13-under for the week.
"Jaeger shot 67, 66 in the last two rounds, and it's tough to beat a team when someone is playing that well," Higgins said. "They had three chip-ins and a hole-in-one, and we lost by a shot. You just have to tip your hat to them and hopefully we'll get them next week in L.A."
The top-seed, UCLA, finished third at 1-under, with a distant Virginia Tech (+10) and Memphis (+12) grabbing the final two qualifying spots. Arkansas (+15) missed the cut by three strokes, while North Texas (+16), Northwestern (+17), Iowa State (+22), Colorado State (+22), Clemson (+23), Jacksonville State (+45), Penn (+62) and Alabama State (+106) rounded out the field.
True freshman Ty Dunlap led the way for the second straight postseason tournament, finishing in a tie for third place after shooting a 5-under 211 (71-70-70).
"Ty was second at Big 12s and third at regionals as a true freshman, and you can't say enough about his performance," Higgins said. "He made a 15-footer for birdie on 18 that actually tied it and forced Jaeger to make a birdie putt to beat us by one. I was pretty proud of him to put the pressure on that guy to have to make a putt to win it. That was awesome."
Three other Aggies finished in the top 20, Geoff Shaw (215, -1) in 11th, Jordan Russell (218, +2) in 14th and Johannes Veerman (219, +3) in 17th. Redshirt freshman Greg Yates (224, +8) finished 35th overall.
"Geoff Shaw was just tremendous, especially the last two rounds," Higgins said. "He played his heart out and gave us everything. Once again it was a team effort…everyone was in it all the way to the end. Everyone contributed and that's what it's going to take for us to bring home another championship."
The 2009 National Champions will make their fifth consecutive and 28th all-time appearance at the NCAA finals, which are scheduled for May 29-June 3 in Pacific Palisades, California. Among all collegiate programs, only Texas A&M, Oklahoma State and USC have finished in the top 15 in each of the last four years. Teams will play three rounds of stroke play, with the top eight then advancing to match play to determine the national champion.
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2003 OPEN FORUM Abstracts
Deepak Shrivastava, MD; FCCP; Susan Edwards, RCP, CRT; Rodney Felber, DO
Department of Internal medicine, San Joaquin General Hospital, French Camp, CA
Background: There is higher incidence of obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Restrictive ventilatory impairment, gas exchange abnormalities and pulmonary hypertension are frequently present. Patients with OHS often have poor sleep patterns and excessive daytime sleepiness. OHS may be present independent of OSA. Office spirometry, in addition to other clinical features, identifies high-risk patients for OHS as part of the initial evaluation for suspected OSA.
Methods: Data was prospectively collected during pre-nocturnal polysomnography (NPSG) evaluation. A cohort of 260 patients was followed in the outpatient setting. A total 117 had obesity as defined by a body mass index of 25 kg/m2 or higher. We recorded Epworth sleepiness scores, forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume (FEV1) in one second and flow rates. Patients with restrictive physiology were referred for arterial blood gas analysis.
Male | Female | Combined 95% Confidence Interval | |
Restrictive Physiology | 30/73 | 18/44 | 48/117 = 41% + 9% |
High Co2 | 11/73 | 6/44 | 17/117 = 15% + 6% |
RESULTS: The gender (men, n=73 and women, n=44) of a patient made no difference in the proportions; all P-values exceeded 99%. Pooled data over gender revealed following confidence intervals for the proportions of obese patients who had restrictive physiology and those who had high pCO2 levels.
Of those 48 who had a restricted physiology as indicated by office spirometry, seventeen had high pCO2 levels. A 95% confidence interval for this proportion was 35% ± 14. These seventeen patients were diagnosed with OHS.
Conclusions: Significant percent of obese patients with suspected sleep apnea have restrictive ventilatory function. Many of these patients actually have OHS at the time of initial evaluation. Office spirometry can predict high-risk patients for concomitant presence of obesity hypoventilation syndrome.


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Countdown to Camp iPhone
In my summer camp days, we did things like swim, play Capture the Flag, and fashion crafts out of Popsicle sticks and Elmer's Glue.
Traditions get turned slightly on their head when an uberhyped phone and grown-up geeks are involved. This weekend, Adobe Systems is hosting a summer camp of a different kind--one for developing iPhone applications. Yes, that's right: a whole three days of nothing but stirring Web developers into an iPhone-related frenzy.
Adobe's swank San Francisco offices are set to host about 250 engineers, designers, iPhone owners and anyone else with a knack for … Read more


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A Guide for the New Muslim (12 CDs) MC48) $44.95 |
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A series of 7 pocket size books with Audio CD/Cassette for Purification and Prayer are enclosed in a beautiful box viewed above.
This enlightening set of 7 books for New-Muslims includes:
1. The Noble Qur'an (Part 30)
2. The Muslim Creed Expounded
3. Prayer and Purification
4. Basic Muslim Moral and Manners
5. Zakaah and Fasting
6. An Easy Guide to Hajj, Umrah, & Ziyaarah
7. Some Selected supplications form the Quran
Audio CD/Tape includes procedures on how to perform wudu' and Salah. The audio CD contains special bonus 22 surah recitations with verse by verse English translation from The Noble Quran. You can select the format from the product options when adding product to cart.
Reviewer: Simon from Sherbrooke, Canada on 08/30/2011
This packages is ideal to give [or sell "on the spot"] to new muslims while doing street Dawah. It is not very expensive and we can be sure that a new muslim will get a nice "big picture" of Islam after going through the books. Small books are great to bring at work or school. The CD/tape is also nice to listen in the car [it has about 15 surat on it at the end of the explanation for Salah].
Reviewer: on 12/18/2007
This box is for new Muslims. I got this boxed set as a gift when I first became Muslim. It has everything a new Muslim would need, at least to begin with.
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PHILADELPHIA — The American Association for Cancer Research has appointed Rick Buck as senior director of communications and public relations. Buck, who has more than 20 years of experience in health care communications, will oversee the communications and public relations department, as well as
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"I am thrilled to welcome Rick to the AACR. He comes to us with a world of knowledge in health care communications and public relations. His experience, expertise and enthusiasm for our mission will be very valuable to the AACR," said Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.), chief executive officer of the AACR. "I am confident that Rick will help increase public awareness of the important scientific advances taking place in the field of cancer research, and also highlight the need for increased funding for cancer research and biomedical science."
Prior to joining the AACR, Buck was chief communications officer and director of communications at BAYADA Home Health Care in Moorestown, N.J. Earlier in his career, he served as vice president of corporate communications for the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies in Philadelphia, Pa., vice president of marketing communication at Home Medical of America in Cherry Hill, N.J., director of marketing communications at AmeriPath in Riviera Beach, Fla., and public relations manager for NovaCare in King of Prussia, Pa.
"I am honored and excited to join the AACR and help lead its communications and public relations strategic initiatives," said Buck. "The AACR and its members are making extraordinary advances and measurable progress in cancer research. One of our goals will be to significantly raise public and policymaker awareness of this critical work, its impact and the need to strengthen funding for cancer research. I look forward to telling the AACR story, continuing to raise its profile in the public arena, and leading our efforts to consistently and clearly communicate the AACR's mission to prevent and cure cancer through research, education, communication and collaboration."
Buck is also former board chair and current member of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Health Academy, director-at-large of the Philadelphia PRSA and business advisory board member of the Rowan University Rohrer College of Business in Glassboro, N.J. He received his bachelor's degree in communications from Rowan University.
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Having finished the fight with Master Chief two years ago in Halo 3, Bungie isnŌĆÖt losing out on an opportunity to milkŌĆ" sorry, give greater insight into the world of Halo. Halo 3: ODST is essentially an expansion and a branch off the main Halo story. With a new set of characters and a few new features thrown in, Halo 3: ODST has something for the franchise veterans while managing to stand alone well enough to allow new players to join in as well. However, the general content deficiency and price point may become a rather contentious point, for ODST and similar future endeavours.
BungieŌĆÖs latest foray depicting the future sci-fi battle between man and the collection of alien races known as the Covenant no longer has you playing as the superhuman Spartan, Master Chief. The story of Halo 3: ODST follows the adventures of an elite group of soldiers known as Orbital Drop Shock Troopers, ODST. TheyŌĆÖre sent on a mission to retrieve a ŌĆśClass 1 AssetŌĆÖ captured from the Covenant in New Mombasa, a place visited in both Halo 2 and Halo 3. As theyŌĆÖre being dropped to their objective, the ODST are caught in the aftershocks of a Covenant ship jump, causing the team to be separated.
Starting off as ŌĆśThe RookieŌĆÖ, youŌĆÖre given a brief introduction to some of the gameŌĆÖs intricacies and the difference between the Spartans and ODSTs. The thing is, the ODST isnŌĆÖt really that different to Master Chief. Heck, they even look similar! They have a visor that acts like night-vision and objective/enemy identifier in one, which admittedly, is quite handy. However, the Intel map is a fairly arbitrary addition, as you never really need to set way points for yourself and it comes off as a waste. After all, this essentially a Halo game, which is a little bit of a shame given the supposed differences that were mooted.
Back to the story, and this is probably one of the gameŌĆÖs strongest suits, if you can ignore the obligatory love interest. As the rookie, you make your way through a dark and decrepit New Mombasa, finding clues about the whereabouts of your squad mates. Upon finding each clue, you then play through the scenario of how that ODST ended up where they are. In the end, all the ODST come together to fulfill their primary objective set out in the intro. ItŌĆÖs actually quite a fascinating and varied journey for those willing to follow the proceedings and the focus on a character-driven piece proves to be a good move.
Since ODSTs were meant to be weaker than the Spartans, the experience was supposedly meant to require more stealth and regard for your own safety. Unfortunately, itŌĆÖs only when youŌĆÖre playing through the Mombasa Streets as the Rookie that any real conspicuous actions come into play, as you often sneak up on unsuspecting patrols. Furthermore, while you have a shield just like a Spartan, your health will not regenerate after it gets damaged, necessitating the use of health packs.
Otherwise, the game is typical Halo, with a few things done a little better and few annoyances still lingering around. You play your way through several, often large scale and well built, set pieces. Sometimes these will involve vehicles, sometimes not. However, if youŌĆÖre expecting to see any new distinctly new weapons or vehicles, youŌĆÖre not going to find them here. However, since you are essentially dropped into the middle of an intergalactic war, youŌĆÖll have heaps of large scale battles to scythe through, while picking up and using whatever you can find. The variety is quite astute, they're often only have the beginning scripted and the amount going on at one time is impressive. Typical to Halo though, the first half of the game is quite difficult, while the latter half tends to be much easier.
One aspect that will no doubt please many, is the omission of the pesky third party in this intergalactic war, the Flood. Yep, there are no libraries to hack through, pesky parasitic swarms to wade through not organic levels to get lost in. However, a point of contention will be the length of the campaign. We finished Legendary co-op in around five hours. As a single player, you could easily play through one of the lower difficulties in around 3-6 hours. While the general content of the campaign is good, the lack of (promised) differentiation and weak moments (such as the corridors of the Data Hive) in the back end makes it disappointing. Oddly, the story driven nature is not ideally suited for co-op, particularly with strangers. It only takes one impatient player to skip an important cut scene, and with that goes any idea of why you are in a particular spot. Also, the save system is very finicky, with players losing their co-op saves if they arenŌĆÖt careful.
The other primary addition to Halo 3: ODST has been ŌĆśFirefightŌĆÖ. Various parts of the campaign are used in the grounds of Firefight, where you and up to three friends take up arms and defend your location against waves and waves of Covenant forces. Along the way, you get points and awards and the waves keep coming until you run out of lives. Sound familiar? Well, thatŌĆÖs pretty much because itŌĆÖs like Horde from Gears of War 2 and Mercenaries from Resident Evil 4 and 5. While itŌĆÖs more varied than Horde, itŌĆÖs not as frantic, bite-sized or rewarding as the non-multiplayer Mercenaries. Still, if you still play Halo 3 multiplayer with friends, it will certainly be welcome variety and a blast to play.
Finally, for those who havenŌĆÖt jumped on the extra multiplayer maps provided by Bungie in Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST comes with an extra disc that provides players with a full set of all available Halo 3 maps, including those that were later released as downloads. However, this seems like an unnecessary addition to the game. Even though ODST does have enough on itŌĆÖs own to interest new players, the fact is that ODST is glorified fan service. So, most players will most likely already have access to the multiplayer maps and features anyway.
On that note, it was disappointing that the original decision to release Halo 3: ODST at a budget price was rejected. While you can find good release week discounts, the plain fact is that despite the quality of game, there is simply not enough here to justify purchasing Halo 3: ODST at full retail price. While itŌĆÖs fun to play through what is essentially an expansion to a two year old game, players who donŌĆÖt have access to multiplayer will be particularly miffed with the lack reason to keep playing through.
As mentioned, this is essentially a two year old expansion, so there havenŌĆÖt been any huge advances in the technology powering Halo 3: ODST. However, the artistic work and direction is talented enough to pull of a few neat tricks. If you can look past the minor technical deficiencies, such as the caricatured animations in cut scenes, the game has a wonderful style to it. Furthermore, it runs as smooth as butter, which is certainly very welcome. As usual, the music is a highlight of the game, with excellent sombre tunes, but a little lacking in any epic finale. There are more people talking this time, and while the voicing is fine, the dialogue is somewhat typical army speak.
Halo 3: ODST probably tells the best and most interesting story of anything with Halo attached, is full of large scale set pieces and adds an entertaining new co-op mode. However, the lack of content and the essential failure of providing the promised differences make it difficult for the full retail price to be justified. Sure, itŌĆÖs still a good co-op game and sits at the right end of the scale in terms of quality FPS, but unless you can snag a copy at reasonably below retail price, it's difficult to justify rejoining the fight.
Jeremy Jastrzab
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BanzaiAlert |
Oct 31, 2010 | Rabbit | Inactive | ||
Okay, so I got tired of dying to random trash mobs and considered what I could do about it, and I thought "the first thing I need to know is when I get aggro", so I made a mod that tells me: BanzaiAlert It has options for sound, message, LowHealthFrame flashing, and comes prepacked with a female voice that says "Aggro" when that is the case (from Squishy). It defaults to printing a red warning to your Big Wigs message frame, but also supports SCT5, MSBT, Blizzards FCT and the UIErrorsFrame,... | |||||
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May 03, 2011 | Rabbit | Mature | ||
This is a tiny BigWigs plugin that assigns icons to people who get the Penetrating Cold debuff on Anub'arak. It's great if you want to assign healers per icon, for example. For 10man heroic, it will use the Star and the Orange icons. For 25man heroic, it will use Star, Orange, Diamond, Triangle and Moon. | |||||
BigWigs_SindragosaIcons |
May 03, 2011 | Rabbit | Mature | ||
This is a tiny BigWigs plugin that assigns icons to people who get tombed at the Sindragosa encounter in Icecrown Citadel. It's great if you want to assign permanent spots per icon, for example. For 10man, it will use the Star and the Orange icons. For 25man, it will use Star, Orange, Diamond, Triangle and Moon. | |||||
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Jun 28, 2011 | Rabbit | Inactive | ||
Are you certain some guy in your raid is spamming your latency to hell and back with his insane addons? Now you can prove it (not that that could ever happen, I think, but hey, it's fun to blame people!) Broker: CHAT_MSG_ADDON gathers information about the bytes travelling through the addon communication channel and gives you a "high score" list of the top spammers, in addition to average bytes transmitted over the last 10 seconds, and other small statistics. It is designed to be small and... | |||||
Broker_GuildMoney |
Jun 28, 2011 | Rabbit | Inactive | ||
Broker_GuildMoney shows how much guild revenue you generate, provided your guild has the Cash Flow perk (level 5 and 16). The LDB text updates to show how much you generated today, and the tooltip shows totals for session, today, yesterday, this week, this month, and all time total. The project screenshot shows B:GM displayed through the Blockoland LDB display addon, but please note that there are dozens of different display addons for LDB brokers out there, including ones like Barrel,... | |||||
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Jun 30, 2011 | Rabbit | Inactive | ||
Keeps track of your reagents using PeriodicTable sets. Like FuBar_PTReagentFu for FuBar, just completely without options. Broker display shows "OK" if you are stocked up enough on reagents, and "!" if you need to get some. | |||||
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Jul 20, 2011 | Rabbit | Inactive | ||
Are your guildmates constantly whining and prodding you to find out what phat lewts just dropped from the boss? Is your guild chat quiet during raids and noone gets excited about loot? BootyCall will save the day! BootyCall announces to the guild channel when someone in your group loots an epic or higher quality item. Note that it ignores items like the legendaries at Kael'Thas, TBC epic gems, and so forth. If you want to ignore more items you can easily edit the item list at the top of the... | |||||
Broker_Imba |
Jul 29, 2011 | Rabbit | Inactive | ||
Broker_Imba is a small addon designed to show you at the corner of your eye quickly how many buffs/debuffs your current raid group provides out of the total available (which is 23 different kinds as of 4.0.1). The tooltip for the LDB display provides further information about which ones you are missing. In order to KISS, the addon does not list who provides what debuff, who COULD POTENTIALLY provide what debuff (you should know this if you are a raid leader, dude), or whatever else you can... | |||||
BananaDKP |
Feb 08, 2012 | Rabbit | Inactive | ||
DKP system for all guilds in the Banana Republic. | |||||
Blockoland |
Sep 16, 2012 | Rabbit | Inactive | ||
Blockoland is a display addon for LDB plugins that helps you recover lost Eiffel Tower blocks and does so without resorting to things like hunger strikes. Almost nothing can be configured; all blocks will appear below your Minimap in fixed order, fixed spacing and so forth. If you want, you can obviously edit these things in the Lua code, but it's not set up for that either so your mileage may vary. It's basically a fork of the StatBlockCore addon with more sensible defaults, less options and... | |||||
BigWigs_ZombieFood |
Feb 15, 2013 | Rabbit | Inactive | ||
Notifies the raid when someone is Dazed. | |||||
Broker_SysMon |
Sep 10, 2013 | Rabbit | Release | ||
Broker_SysMon provides LDB brokers for simple system monitoring data sources like; Memory usage, Latency, Framerate, Increasing rate (of memory usage). The memory usage brokers tooltip displays a list of the top 30 addons, sorted by amount of memory consumed. Remember that addons that use libraries get blamed for the library's memory and CPU usage. Other addons are probably using the libraries as well, but the memory/CPU usage gets reported to the first addon that loads a copy of the library.... | |||||
BugSack |
Nov 25, 2013 | funkydude | Release | ||
BugSack eases the process of capturing bugs. It captures information about Lua errors that occurred during your play session, including the full debug stack. It aims to be invaluable to developers, and a useful tool for advanced players that use beta-quality addons. BugSack includes a LDB data broker plugin that displays the last 5 errors in the tooltip. It can also bring up a frame to display all other errors for the current session, or for any other session. The text of the error can then... | |||||
BigWigs_CommonAuras |
Feb 01, 2014 | funkydude | Release | ||
This is a plugin for BigWigs Bossmods Displays messages and bars for common raid cooldowns. | |||||
BigWigs Bossmods |
Mar 10, 2014 | funkydude | Release | ||
Introduction Big Wigs is a boss encounter add-on. It consists of many individual encounter scripts, or boss modules; mini add-ons that are designed to trigger alert messages, timer bars, sounds, and so forth, for one specific raid encounter. These encounter scripts are activated when you target or mouse over a raid boss, or if any other Big Wigs user in your raid does. In most cases only one module will be running at any given time. If you're looking for boss encounter scripts for 5-man... |


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From EatingWell: May/June 2011
Grunts, also known as slumps, are cousins to the cobbler—they too feature a biscuit topping, but unlike the cobbler, which is baked in the oven, a grunt is cooked on the stovetop. In this easy summertime dessert, apricots simmer in a skillet with honey and a touch of cloves. Then whole-grain buttermilk biscuits are steamed on top of the bubbling fruit until set. Serve warm with a little heavy cream, a dollop of yogurt or vanilla ice cream. Try it with any type of fruit or combination of fruit—frozen fruit works well too.
Makes: 6 servings
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Low calorie | High fiber | Low saturated fat | Low cholesterol | Low sodium | Heart healthy | Healthy weight |
View Our Nutrition Guidelines »Per serving: 194 calories; 3 g fat (0 g sat, 2 g mono); 0 mg cholesterol; 42 g carbohydrates; 20 g added sugars; 3 g protein; 4 g fiber; 203 mg sodium; 360 mg potassium.
Nutrition Bonus: Vitamin A (47% daily value), Vitamin C (22% dv).
Carbohydrate Servings: 3
Exchanges: 1/2 starch, 1 fruit, 1 carbohydrate (other), 1/2 fat